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Choosing a Solid State Drive


NEWEGG_SSDs.xls is, as of 12/12/10, all current data for Solid State Drives on New Egg's web page.  In this file, the text for one SSD is much bigger than others. That's the drive that I chose for my new system.

I based this choice on two definitive articles
The SSD Diaries: Crucial's RealSSD C300 and The SSD Anthology: Understanding SSDs and New Drives from OCZ by Anand Shimpi, of AnandTech, on this subject.
Are Flash / SSD Hard Drives Safe? - Best Of Tekzilla is a video of him.


Computers


PC Part Picker lets you compare all of the primary PC components.

Tom's Hardware has a charts drop down feature that allows you to compare the performance of various computer hardware components.

New Egg is almost unbeatable when shopping for computer components. 
- Also see
New Egg TV
.


Computer Components Compared


Thermal Paste Comparison, Part Two: 39 Products Get Tested

CPUs

CPU User Benchmark

Motherboards

LGA 1150 (wiki)

How to Choose a Motherboard: Basics

How to Choose a Motherboard: LGA 1155
How to Find Motherboards

Motherboard Guide: Spring 2015 Edition

Intel Z97 Express: Five Enthusiast Motherboards, $120 To $160

Video Cards

The difference between PCIe x1, x4, x8, x16 and x32 Video Card Benchmark

Others

Memory Benchmark

Anandtech (Bench)

Intel Core i5 processor comparison chart

Intel i5-4670k vs i5-4690k Devils Canyon comparison
Best DDR3 RAM: 10 memory kits reviewed and rated

Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: March 2015 (4/3/2015)

Computer Source Magazine's:
Speakers: There's a New Sound in Town


Computer Power Supply Wattage Calculators


Newegg Power Supply Calculator
Antec Power Supply Calculator Schrock Innovations 


Other Featured Computer Links


33 CPU cooler group test: cool, quiet and both

Five AMD 890FX-Based Motherboards Compared

Hard Drive Silencing: Sandwiches & Suspensions
CPU Benchmarks: Over 200,000 CPUs Benchmarked

Thermal Paste Comparison, Part Two: 39 Products Get Tested


Quiet PCs

The Silent PC
How to Build the ULTIMATE Silent Gaming or Workstation PC

Building a Cheap Quiet PC

NoFan IcePipe Passive Silent PC Review - 2500k Quiet PC

Building A Silent Computer

Silent PC on a Budget

PC-Pro 6: Tips For A Quieter Computer
12 System fans and nearly silent! Find out how!

Fractal Design DEFINE R5 Review | Silent Case Perfected!

Fractal Design Define R5 Overview - How Much Better Is It?

Cloud Unit - The ULTIMATE Silent PC

The Quietest Computer You'll Ever Hear...

Cloud Unit - Build Log (Scratch-Built Silent PC)

Seattle (Bricks and Mortar) Computer Stores

East Side


Computer Stop

Compucare Hard Drives Northwest (Redmond)


South

INFOTECH (in federal way - near the Seatac mall)

General Computer Stores

Office Depot


OfficeMax

CompUSA


General Computer Sites


Fresh Battery has "never refurbish" batteries for most mainstream laptop manufacturers and "...guarantees your battery "has not been sitting on a shelf for months" because "we build them daily.""

Direct PC

CNET's: Computers
ZDNET's: Net Buyer

Earth Web DIRECT has great prices on a multitude of software available in no other place.

Computer Source: Advertisers links to many major, as well as local Seattle, computer related companies.

Software

Buy has the lowest computer software prices.

Vendors


Apple
Buy Comp
CDW
Compaq
State Street Direct
Creative Computers (PC Mall and MacMall)
Cyberian Outpost
Dell
Egghead
Gateway
HP
IBM
IC-Direct.com
Insight
Internet Shopping Network Computer Superstore
Micron Electronics
Micro Warehouse
NECX
Multiple Zones (The PC Zone and The Mac Zone)

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