Reddit mentions of Kingston Digital 60GB SSDNow V300 SATA 3 2.5 (7mm height) Solid State Drive (SV300S37A/60G)

Ok, I've found some stuff on Amazon, would this combo be any good?

• http://www.zotac.com/products/mini-pcs/zbox/nvidia/product/nvidia/detail/zbox-id18/sort/starttime/order/DESC/amount/10/section/specifications.html
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-Adapter%C2%A0Solid-SV300S37A-60G/dp/B00A35X6GM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427460151&sr=8-1&keywords=kingston+ssdnow+v300+60gb
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-ValueRAM-4GB-1600MHz-DDR3/dp/B0084IEK7E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1427460266&sr=8-3&keywords=kingston+kvr16s11+4gb
  
  Dunno about the CPU, I don't know anything about that chipset.

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-Adapter-Solid-SV300S37A-60G/dp/B00A35X6GM

60GB / $49.99

Many thanks, captain. If ye wanted another SSD fer yer games n' other things, I found one on sale fer 50 gold down from over 120. Here it is, ye should probably look up some reviews n' benchmarks before ye buy it. Happy sailin'!

CPU: http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-Processor-BX80646I54690K/dp/B00KPRWB9G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413138098&sr=8-1&keywords=i5+4690k

Motherboard: http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-MAXIMUS-VII-HERO-Motherboards/dp/B00K2MASE4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413138154&sr=8-1&keywords=asus+maximus+hero+vii

GPU: http://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-970-GAMING-4G/dp/B00NN0GEXQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413138193&sr=8-1&keywords=msi+gtx+970

PSU: http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Builder-Series-Bronze-Certified/dp/B008RJZQSW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413138237&sr=8-1&keywords=corsair+cx750

RAM: http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-8gb-1600mhz-Hyperx-Savage/dp/B00N8H066A/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1413138276&sr=8-4&keywords=kingston+hyperx+savage

Water Cooling: http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Series-Cooling-Performance-CW-9060015-WW/dp/B00FZHWFEW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413138338&sr=8-1&keywords=corsair+h75

Fan's: http://www.amazon.com/Corsair-Series-AF120-Edition-CO-9050002-WW/dp/B007RESG7G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413138370&sr=8-1&keywords=corsair+af120

SSD: http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-Adapter-Solid-SV300S37A-60G/dp/B00A35X6GM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1413138420&sr=8-3&keywords=kingston+ssdnow+v300

HDD: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Spinpoint-Cache-Desktop-HD103SI/dp/B001U3S5S0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1413138452&sr=8-3&keywords=samsung+hdd+1tb

Case: http://www.amazon.com/NZXT-Technologies-Tower-Chassis-Cases/dp/B00I44EUAK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1413138513&sr=8-1&keywords=nzxt+h440

Cold Cathode's: http://www.amazon.com/Logisys-CLK12-Cathode-Single-Diameter/dp/B000JQ17WU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1413138543&sr=8-2&keywords=cold+cathode+pc

The market is pushing out 60G drives, a few months ago I saw several for right about $50, now the cheapest I see is the Kingston 60 for $60, but I'd spend the little extra dough on a 120G Crucial M500 for $75 which is a much better drive than the kingston and twice the space. This is a decent 128G for $63 after coupon(VMEMADNESS expires today) There's also 64G for $44 without coupon. I haven't personally used ADATA, so can't vouch for them, but the reviews look ok.

edit: forgot the link to the ADATA

1. As others have said, a celeron NUC is more than powerful enough these days for high bitrate 1080p video playback. It will almost certainly not fair well with next gen software-decoded h.265 content. You need a beast for that stuff. Fortunately, hardly any of that exists.
   
   
2. Since you are using Kodi on your Note 2, you don't need transcoding, so it doesn't really matter how strong the CPU of the server is. Your Note 2 is performing the video decoding.
   
   
   I've got the DN2820FYK running OpenELEC. I pretty much never need to restart it. Here's my setup:
   
   4GB DDR3L RAM
   
   Xbox 360 Remote
   
   Rosewill MCE Remote for after I got sick of the 360 remote not having a stop button.
   
   Getting an SSD is overkill, but I like it because it ensures the NUC is quiet and boots about as fast as possible. All of them are small enough. Here's one with decent reviews that's especially small.
   
   
   As far as noise goes, I've never personally heard the NUC. I live in an apartment though. It's possible if you put it in some kind of sound deadened room, you might hear it, if you've got really good ears.

Build:

MoBo: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P

CPU: AMD Sempron 145

RAM: Kingston Hyper X Blu 4 GB

HD: Kingston Digital 60GB

GPU: 5x 750ti FTW edition

PSU: KingWin 850 Watts ATX 850

I have a feeling its the combination of a crappy PSU choice (I was aiming for different GPU's originally) and the FTW edition GPU's.

So, do I go with this kingston of this SanDisk SSD? They are the same price.

If you have USB3 connectors on your Air (ie. got it after mid 2012) you can get a regular SSD hard-drive and an USB3 enclosure. I use this SSD and this enclosure. Total cost for both should be under $50.

If not, then you will need to add a Thunderbolt to USB3 adapter (assuming you don't use the Thunderbolt connector for something already), which are quite expensive and please make sure you get it from a vendor with good return policy because there's no guarantee the adapter will work with a USB3 SSD enclosure.

Also, have you considered upgrading the hard-drive in your Air?

Consider getting an SSD for the machine's boot drive: this is 120 GB for $60 as the system drive, and put the other two in a RAID 1 (you'd need a different motherboard).

milk steak ....sounds yummy lol

an SSD to load dem games faster

If you already have the windows disc then the Windows install is free. You can definitely built a gaming PC for $500. $400? Nah probably not. But, to be fair, they sell the consoles at a loss. But the one you build for 500m it will perform better than both consoles, but not by a lot. You'd have to be very picky with parts.

Case Mobo CPU Ram SSD for OS Storage Drive Graphics card [Power Supply] (http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-80PLUS-Certified-ATX12V-100-W1-0500-KR/dp/B00H33SFJU/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1414218841&sr=1-1&keywords=500watt+psu)

That's less than $500. Not the most fantastic build but yes, you could game on this.


(I should buy this and test it out.....)

http://www.amazon.ca/Kingston-Digital-Adapter%C2%A0Solid-SV300S37A-60G/dp/B00A35X6GM/ref=sr_1_27?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1417822242&sr=1-27&keywords=ssd

Even at minimum wage that's less than a day's work. Get a damn job you lazy kids.