- We usually write up sales on the Intel 660p, but this time around we have something much faster: the Sabrent Rocket family of speedy NVMe SSDs. Although the company isn’t one of the major players in the space, its SSDs hit all the right spots. We have three today, with capacities ranging from 512 GB to 2 TB, all on sale at absurd prices. The 512 GB model can do 3400 MB/s in sequential reads and 2000 MB/s in writes, and 357K IOPS in random reads and 456K IOPS for writes. It’s going for just $49.99 at Amazon. The next one up is the 1 TB model, with 3400/3000 MB/s for sequential data, and a whopping 650K random read IOPS and 640K write IOPS. This one will set you back an almost-even $99.99. The biggest unit is the 2 TB model, with 3400/3700 MB/s sequential speeds, and 490K/540K IOPS for random I/O. You can pick this one up for $219.99.
- Today’s cheap RAM pack is the Adata XPG Gammix D10 16 GB set with 3000 MT/s sticks. The silver heatsinks should look good under any kind of lighting, and the timings are set at 16-20-20. The folks at Rakuten are asking but $53.54 for the pair with the checkout code SAVE15. The manufacturer offers lifetime warranty.
- It’s a hot season for Ryzen builds, and we have just the board for that. The Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro WiFi is one fine lookin’ circuit board with two PCIe x4 M.2 slots under heatsinks, a souped-up ALC1220-VB audio codec with WIMA capacitors, an Intel Ethernet chip, and metal casing on the main PCIe slot. You also get USB 3.1 Gen2 ports in both Type-C and Type-A flavors, along with Intel-powered 802.11ac Wi-Fi. The VRMs sit under decently sized heatsinks, and there’s onboard RGB LED lighting for good measure. This mobo hits all the right notes, and it’ll set you back just $109.99 at Newegg.
- If an Intel machine is more your speed, then check out the Core i3-9100F processor. This is one of the top low-end processors you can get your hands on, as its four cores clocked at up to 4.2 GHz make for a potent gaming concoction, especially when paired with a discrete graphics cards. As it happens, the “F” suffix for this model means that it does away with an IGP, making it suitable for that exact type of build. Pick this processor up from Newegg for only $84.99 with the cart code EMCTCTV38.
- It’s time to go mobile. The Lenovo Flex 15 (81SR000QUS) is a fold-back convertible with a 15.6″ 1920×1080 touch-screen, and it’s powered by a snappy Intel Core i7-8565U chip (four cores, eight threads at up to 4.6 GHz) next to 8 GB of RAM (in a 4+4 configuration) and a 256 GB NVMe solid-state drive. The machine’s just 0.81″ (20.5 mm) thick, and the price tag is equally as thin at $564.99 with the cart code LEN110.
- For a meatier hardware selection, we have just the machine. The Dell G3 15 gaming laptop (I3590-7957BLK-PUS) is one heck of a geared-up portable, powered by an Intel Core i7-9750H processor, a six-core, twelve-thread affair with a 4.5 GHz turbo and 12 MB of cache. Sitting next to the CPU are 16 GB of RAM and a roomy 512 GB NVMe solid-state drive. Pixels find their way to the screen at speed thanks to a Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics card with 6 GB of its own memory. The port selection includes both Type-A and Type-C USB ports, as well as an HDMI output. You can get your hands on this fast-moving beast for $1079.99 at Best Buy.
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Bruno Ferreira
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Amazon has it for the same $151.19 price.
[url<]https://www.amazon.com/Ballistix-16GBx2-PC4-25600-288-Pin-Memory/dp/B07M5RKH5Z[/url<] If the white color isn't your thing, they have a black/gun metal grey kit for $161.01. [url<]https://www.amazon.com/Ballistix-16GBx2-PC4-25600-288-Pin-Gaming/dp/B07MNJTVF2[/url<]
That listing is sold by ‘Twinix’. Newegg’s sold out their supply apparently.
[url<]https://www.newegg.ca/ballistix-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820164134?Description=Ballistix%20Sport%20LT%2032GB%20%282%20x%2016GB%29&cm_re=Ballistix_Sport_LT_32GB_%282_x_16GB%29-_-9SIAGWT9106586-_-Product[/url<] whaw whaw whaw
I’ve bought two Sabrent Rocket 1TB recently and they come as 512e.
So much talk, and no one even tried to divide $99.99 by 2.
Edit: I’m not saying that anyone should, especially not those not in posession of a handsaw.
On the near opposite end, 32GB DDR4 4000 CL17 is $500.
Crucial Ballistix 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3200 CL16: $126.19 (w/ stackable EMCTCTW23)
[url<]https://www.newegg.com/ballistix-32gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820164134?Item=N82E16820164134[/url<] -> $252.38 for 64GB.
THE WORLD MAY NEVER KNOW, BRO.
There’s a fix (software to change reported sector size to 512e): [url<]https://www.sabrent.com/download/sb-rocket-256/[/url<] buildapcsales and redditor NewMaxx (https://www.reddit.com/user/NewMaxx/) are a pretty good source of info on SSD deals.
I’m interested to know what cloning software was used, because I would wager that most applications are aware of this issue and have been for a while.
Interesting. I know 4Kn is supposed to be the “wave of the future”, and some enterprise gear has had it for a while… did not realize it was trickling down to consumer products now.
2+2 = 5
(for extremely large values of 2)
Surely you meant the comparison to include the 9100F? Cue chuckula’s complaint about a lack of integrated GPU, I guess?
Probably going to get the Samsung 500MB 860 EVO and another 2 or 4 gig WD HDD. I’m in the firm belief of using the HD as my storage drive and my SSD as my OP/program drive.
I’ve been doing this since I purchased my 30gb Kinston SSDNOW V series of SSD for my Win 2000 rig,… which still works by the way.
Reason why is that I don’t lose any important material from virus/comp failure due to how I archive things.
1, 16gb stick for 68 bucks… Both AMD and Intel use… DDR4 3200…
DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600)
Timing 16-18-18-38
CAS Latency 16
Voltage 1.35V
[url<]https://www.newegg.com/team-16gb-288-pin-ddr4-sdram/p/N82E16820331331?Description=team%20group&cm_re=team_group-_-20-331-331-_-Product[/url<] 64GB for under $275 base cost I might get a few sticks to try them out.
[b<]MY CAR GETS 40 RODS TO THE HOGSHEAD, AND THAT'S THE WAY I LIKES IT![/b<]
One thing I’ve read about the Sabrent that concerned me (from the Amazon reviews):
[i<]This is down in the weeds a bit, but an important note is that it uses 4k byte sectors and has no 512 byte emulation (512e). This minor detail cost me 12+ hours of trying to figure out how to make the drive work with what I needed to do with it (clone and encrypt my OS). For clean installs, this should not be a problem. Cloning a hard drive is a problem, however, because you will need to have cloning software that can convert 512 byte sectors to 4k sectors, and even then, the cloning software may not be able to convert the boot partition (which happened to me), which will result in it being impossible to boot your computer. Most modern hard drives have 4k physical sectors (like this one) but emulate 512 byte sectors for compatibility purposes (some programs still are only compatible with 512 byte sectors). This drive does not emulate, which causes the above-mentioned issues. If doing a clean install of Windows, the drive should be fine and is very fast, but cloning did not work for me. Be aware that there may be other compatibility issues with programs, however. My laptop is less than one year old and has a SATA SSD, so this doesn't just affect traditional hard drives.[/i<]
i3-9100 beats the 2400G in every benchmark IIRC. That’s a pretty sweet price.
Just snagged a 1tb. Ryzen 3000 is going to be headed my way Sunday most likely.
WHAT DID YOU SAY, GRANDPA?
Grab those SSDs while they’re cheap, boys. Feels good when you snag a great deal at a time when you actually needed to buy the thing in question, especially when prices of such are at rock-bottom. Like buying stock whole it’s down then watching it climb.
I’m pretty sure Mr. Owl, of Tootsie Pop fame, drilled that into our collective memory.
One Two Three *CRUNCH*.
It takes three evens to make an odd.
Or have I misremembered that too?
The concept of 1 cent is too much for these poor people…
You could argue that every odd number is as far from even as you can get…
No one has yet figured out how many evens it takes to make an odd. One day science will allow us access to such knowledge.
…but two odds does make an even.
?! Four digits IS an even number. People around here seriously need to work on their basic math skills.
😉
Almost… but 2 evens, don’t make an odd.
“This one will set you back an almost-even $99.99.”
I suppose every odd number is almost even…