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- OS
- WIN 11, WIN 10, WIN 8.1, WIN 7 U, WIN 7 PRO, WIN 7 HOME (32 Bit), LINUX MINT
That's pretty much the first thing I do to an old laptop that needs repair... Save the personal data to an external drive, pull the klunk drive, pop in an SSD and reinstall the OS. In some cases I'll just restore the klunk drive to factory settings, clone it to SSD and pull the klunk drive after the clone is done. Works like a charm. I can't imagine why anyone would want a mechanical hard drive in a mobile device anymore. There's just no excuse for it.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- WIN 11, WIN 10, WIN 8.1, WIN 7 U, WIN 7 PRO, WIN 7 HOME (32 Bit), LINUX MINT
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- DIY, ASUS, and DELL
- CPU
- Intel i7 6900K (octocore) / AMD 3800X (8 core)
- Motherboard
- ASUS X99E-WS USB 3.1
- Memory
- 128 GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR PLATINUM (B DIE)
- Graphics Card(s)
- NVIDIA 1070
- Sound Card
- Crystal Sound (onboard)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- single Samsung 30" 4K and 8" aux monitor
- Screen Resolution
- 4K and something equally attrocious
- Hard Drives
- A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W
Ports X, Y, and Z are reserved for USB access and removable drives.
Drive types consist of the following: Various mechanical hard drives bearing the brand names, Seagate, Toshiba, and Western Digital. Various NVMe drives bearing the brand names Kingston, Intel, Silicon Power, Crucial, Western Digital, and Team Group. Various SATA SSDs bearing various different brand names.
RAID arrays included:
LSI RAID 10 (WD Velociraptors) 1115.72 GB
LSI RAID 10 (WD SSDS) 463.80 GB
INTEL RAID 0 (KINGSTON HYPER X) System 447.14 GB
INTEL RAID 1 TOSHIBA ENTERPRIZE class Data 2794.52 GB
INTEL RAID 1 SEAGATE HYBRID 931.51 GB
- PSU
- SEVERAL. I prefer my Corsair Platinum HX1000i but I also like EVGA power supplies
- Case
- ThermalTake Level 10 GT (among others)
- Cooling
- Noctua is my favorite and I use it in my main. I also own various other coolers. Not a fan of liquid cooling.
- Keyboard
- all kinds.
- Mouse
- all kinds
- Internet Speed
- 360 mbps - 1 gbps (depending)
- Browser
- FIREFOX
- Antivirus
- KASPERSKY (no apologies)
- Other Info
- I own too many laptops: A Dell touch screen with Windows 11 and 6 others (not counting the other four laptops I bought for this household.) Being a PC builder I own many desktop PCs as well. I am a father of five providing PCs, laptops, and tablets for all my family, most of which I have modified, rebuilt, or simply built from scratch. I do not own a cell phone, never have, never will.
