Newegg sale on graphics cards

[TonyV]

Hey all, not to sound like a commercial, but Newegg.com is running a sale right now on desktop graphics cards, 10% off all of them, through Friday, November 12.  The coupon code for it is EMCZZYR24, and it will take the discount off at checkout.

If you're looking to upgrade to take advantage of that oh-so-sweet Ultra Mode, you might want to check out their inventory to see if it's time to swap out your old beast for some new hotness.

Hard drives are on sale too (promo code EMCZZYR25), so if you've got some spare change laying around and you want a new 3 TB monster or have been putting off snagging an SSD, now might be the time!

[GuyPerfect]

Are SSDs good enough nowadays that if you blink they don't die?

[DeProgrammer]

I've been using a SSD to load CoH for a couple years, and that's one of those ancient 100 MB/sec ones.

[TonyV]

Are SSDs good enough nowadays that if you blink they don't die?

I have three of them.  One of them is a Corsair 128 GB model, and it's been really flaky.  I had to RMA it once, and even now, sometimes when I boot the computer, it's like it doesn't come on with everything else and I have to turn it off and back on to get it to work.

The other two are G.Skill 120 GB models, and in the several months I've owned them, I haven't had any issues.

I guess my final verdict is still out.  I will admit that they are awesome sweet fast, though.