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I too love speed (when it comes to dev boxes) too, and like you, I don't feel the need to exceed the speed limit when driving. My weapon of choice is the GigaByte BRIX[^]. My (now 3 year old) model has an 8-core i7 running at 3.2GHz, 16GB RAM, and a 500GB fast-write Samsung SSD. I use it exclusively for development and it screams! 
/ravi
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I see it has DDR4 memory. Nice!
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Yes, and the new models support 2 drives and 32G RAM. Aside from its speed, I love the fact that I can put it in my briefcase when I travel (which admittedly isn't often) because it's only 4" x 4" x 2" in size. It's smaller than my WD 8TB MyBook external drive!
/ravi
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I usually have 3 drives in my machine. One for the system and applications, one for data and one for Macrium images of the C: drive.
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: I use it exclusively for development and it screams!
...in pain? What are you doing to that poor system? 
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/ravi
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Cp-Coder wrote: One for my systems drive, one for my data drive and for the drive where I store my systems images, PLEASE!
I'll take the fastest drive I can get for the OS, but other things really don't matter. My main data store is a NAS, and my network connection is the bottleneck, not the set of 8TB spinning drives I have it running.
It's not like MP3s sound better if the bits are read faster. Even a slow spinning drive can keep up with realtime playback (even full HD video). A few years ago, when SSDs were still at a premium, I had to talk a neighbor out of buying a bunch of SSDs just to host his multi-TB music collection.
The OS, apps, some data...it makes sense...but beyond that, it's easy to get into overkill territory.
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You may be overlooking one consideration. The best M.2 SSDs now cost the same as SATA SSDs of the same size and soon will be cheaper. Why buy an old style SSD when you can get a version that is 6 times faster for the same price?
[Edit]
Of course you need a main board with a dedicated NVMe slot for every M.2 drive. You cannot fit them to any computer.
modified 25-Nov-19 14:23pm.
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Cp-Coder wrote: I may be a speed freak. Not when I'm driving, I am that idiot in front of you who insists on driving at the speed limit
That's just plain un-American...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Quote: That's just plain un-American...
Now how do I react to that? Thank you or scold you? 
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What do you drive? I can't imagine that it would be anything with more than 4 cylinders - which is also un-American (4-cylinder cars, that is).
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I drive a 4 cylinder Toyota Camry. So There!! It's Japanese! 
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Then it's no wonder you only do the speed limit.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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If in your view one has to routinely break the law to be a true American, then by all means classify me as "un-American." But that is only your view!
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Well, I'm being (what I thought was obviously) sarcastic, and you're busy being a pedantic little bitch. But hey, that's just my view...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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#realJSOP wrote: Then it's no wonder you only do the speed limit.
That's probably what he meant. On a good day, going downhill, with the wind at his back, he can reach the speed limit...
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Quote: with the wind at his back
The spinnaker. Don't forget the spinnaker. I have to deploy the spinnaker to reach the speed limit.
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As long as you are not a left lane hogger, you should drive at the speed you are comfortable.
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Yes. Speed limits are there for a reason. One problem on the road is that too many drivers feel comfortable at unsafe speeds.
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My Thinkpad has two NVMe slots - one for system, one for data...
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
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Nice!  I wish my desktop had more than one.
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Cp-Coder wrote: I may be a speed freak. Not when I'm driving, I am that idiot in front of you who insists on driving at the speed limit, no matter how closely you tailgate him.
It's ok to drive the speed limit. Presumably, you know your own and your vehicle's limitations.
Just do it in the right-hand lane, unless you're actually passing someone or turning very soon. (In most of the world. I assume the left-hand lane is the slow lane in GBR etc).
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Quote: Just do it in the right-hand lane
Always!
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Pretty sure you can run NVMe drives off a spare PCIe slot:
nvme pcie card at DuckDuckGo[^]
What I'm waiting for is better RAID support.
Also, speeding on public roads is for impatient people who can't plan ahead. The real fun is had accelerating, decelerating, and pulling lateral Gs (corners). All of which can be done safely, legally, and with any number of cylinders. 
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