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Its crqzy how fast storage prices are dropping. 4tb of storage for only 160 on amazon now (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Interesting_Cash442@alien.top to c/framework@hardware.watch

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https://amzn.to/47AJmOg its only gen 3 speeds but still something like this cost an arm and a leg when i bought one for my desktop. And apparently gen 3 is better for battery life anyway.

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[–] Delphius1@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I thought about getting a 4 tb SN850x, I have one along with a 2 tb in my desktop, but 4 in a laptop is a lot to manage at least for me, also that would require a more sizable investment to back up the entire thing when it is full which is more difficult for physically smaller and more durable drives. I also opted out from going the full 64gb of memory as at that point that may impact battery life, nor do I really have a use for that much as I'd be working with raw image files and maybe some light gaming with emulators at the most

[–] wordfool@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Does RAM quantity really impact power consumption in any meaningful way? I'm curious because that crossed my mind after I missed the crucial 32GB deal and opted instead for 64GB from GSkill. My SSD will be a Hynix P31 so I'll save some battery life there at least

[–] More-Bison-3852@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It makes 0 difference to power consumption if you're comparing like to like kits. What matters in ram is the voltage. Most ddr5 sodimm kits run at 1.1v whereas some of the crazy fast kits run at 1.35v.

However, the only 1.35v kits I've seen were XMP (which I believe framework doesn't support at least on the AMD boards). You should be fine with whatever you go with.

[–] Delphius1@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

While true, there are no memory kits I can find at least through pcpartpicker that are 262 pin DDR5 that run more than 1.1v

[–] More-Bison-3852@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://www.amazon.com.au/Kingston-Impact-6400MT-SODIMM-Gaming/dp/B0C3J1GC17

1.35v at xmp. I believe it's the only kit at the moment.

[–] Interesting_Cash442@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Is that even compatible with the framework? I thought it could only be the 5600 mt.

[–] Interesting_Cash442@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I'm considering getting it for my desktop that only has 1 TB of storage. I already bought a 990 pro 2 TB for my framework