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Isn't this the same as the this post from Feb? The title is the same too https://www.techpowerup.com/219919/plextor-unveils-the-m6s-plus-series-ssd

Is the controller a rebranded Marvell? afaik, that was what the old "Toshiba" controller was

It seems like the motherboards get better and better every generation. The Gaming 5 seems like a replacement for the G45 and it's better all around with more features. Audio is better, POST code is nice addition, LAN is a bit better and M.2 is better than mSATA Only things I don't like are the...

Shipments of PC's made by large OEM's are down is what they mean. I've managed to convince pretty much everyone I know to build their own PC's or let someone build it for them. Higher quality parts and last longer imo. Only hassle is buying your own OS and having to handle individual warranty...

Great job! Thanks for the great write up. I was thinking of getting an Haswell rig to play with since I may have a buyer for my Ivy rig. You said it was the luck of the draw in terms of Haswell. I was wondering what kind of OC did you get out of the bad chips? 4ghz? 4.2ghz? I can run my 3570k...

Nice Drive Seems like this drive would make a great budget choice especially if were given some discounts every now and then

Button Down Well time to disable non-security Windows Updates and bios updates for everyone on those boards. I am guessing though that a clean-install+re flashing to older bios could allow OC again? Or is the code changed forever for that CPU? Intel also took away the 4 extra OC bins for...

i5 vs i3 i5 are called i5's instead of i3's even if they have the same core count is a strategy from mobile use. In mobile, i5's are only differentiated mainly by having turbo boost enabled. I guess they are slowly bringing that naming convention over to desktop. In mobile there are 2c/4t...