let's take the fastest sort of SSD we can find and then connect it to our tiny PC using a USB 2.0 port!
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and really, who among us hasn't wanted to have an upsidedown geforce sticking out the front of their gaming rig?pic.twitter.com/UhNhsparhU
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here's another one that's weird, but mainly because it's internal. It's a USB to dual-SATA adapter, and that's common... but it's designed for being vertically mounted internally into a USB3.0 motherboard header.pic.twitter.com/WoiaQOXLkS
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here's another one in that weird category. It's a USB to ethernet adapter, but instead of being a dongle, it's an internal expansion card, but with no PCI-E connection. Instead it's internal- USB.pic.twitter.com/P8HOIFLH5G
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DDR4 extender! for when you need to move your DDR4 memory... away from the motherboard, because... reasons?pic.twitter.com/K6agw3kFab
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have you ever wanted to use more expensive DDR2 SODIMM modules in a full-size DDR2 motherboard? No? Well fuck you, we made an adapter for it anyway.pic.twitter.com/YJsFXiQCls
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Have you ever wanted to plug a gigabit ethernet connection right into a m.2 socket? AGAIN, FUCK YOU, IT EXISTSpic.twitter.com/B6gLV5whof
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INDUSTRIAL USB FLASH DRIVE what's that mean? IT MEANS YOU CAN BOLT IT TO SOMETHINGpic.twitter.com/aa0j6kh7GS
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have you ever wanted to mount an m.2 SSD in something that looks like it's supposed to be a medieval torture device?pic.twitter.com/zZsMlGUuyL
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PCIe DOM! this is an SSD. But rather than bother with anything like cables or connectors, you just plug it right into an PCIe slot and BAM, storage.pic.twitter.com/3v6VKAaPPd
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these are designed to be plugged straight into the motherboard (or IDE controller), with no cables needed.pic.twitter.com/3EjPqXLyJR
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fun fact: some companies have taken this IDE DOM idea and given it a connector for some other devices. Like this one which takes CF cards (so it's a mostly-passive device)pic.twitter.com/Har4u6lY58
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and the rare "USB DOM" the common name for this is just a "USB flash drive", but since it plugs right into an internal USB header...pic.twitter.com/nOgfFMdq5R
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here's a weird one so many questions why is there no drive why is it upside down and why is it completely passive?pic.twitter.com/sJrwe1PaWH
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It's designed to work with that weird 1.8" ZIF IDE hard drive format, so you connect the drive to the card using a ribbon cable.pic.twitter.com/cN5DHHUrmM
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fun fact: memory slots are basically just really fast I/O ports, right? So why not use them to interface with m.2 or CFast memory cards? WHY NOT INDEED, that's what Apacer asked!pic.twitter.com/fd0JiHHxsA
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Here's another thing that looks similar, but it's not. See all those chips? that's too many to just be a SATA controller... and they look like flash memory. So this isn't a DDR3-to-SATA adapter, it's just a SATA SSD that happens to mount in (and get power from) a DDR3 slot.pic.twitter.com/PWzZ6fSAEX
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And here's another one that's weirder and weirder the longer you look at it. So it's a 5.25" bay mounted hard drive, but it's a RAM disk. Now a RAM disk is when you use some RAM like a disk, but this isn't on the motherboard, so... how is it RAM? how does it connect?pic.twitter.com/RY4I5VsFLE
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see when they call this a RAM disk, they really mean it on the "DISK" part. It's SATA! It's a SATA drive you use like any other drive, it's just fast as hell because it's backed by RAM!pic.twitter.com/c6kE9N9tsv
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but doesn't RAM lose its contents when turned off? YEP! that's why it has that big honking battery there, it keeps the RAM active when the PC is turned off.pic.twitter.com/14fNLFTKVs
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ooh, IDE to m.2 so you can use super fast m.2 drives in an IDE machine! I'm ordering this one.pic.twitter.com/OdRuDR3SWZ
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so there are, of course, adapters to let you use an SD Card as a SATA drive. but they're boring. Why would you want to do that?pic.twitter.com/mN0dOmAJtG
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why not? I'll tell you why not: IT'S BORING. so fuck everything, we're doing FOUR SD CARDS.pic.twitter.com/kTzy4hCEbG
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on the other hand, SD cards are kinda old-school. microSD is more common these days... so why not 4 microSD cards?pic.twitter.com/GLaezoC92l
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I'LL TELL YOU WHY NOT 4 MICROSD CARDS: BECAUSE YOU COULD FIT A FUCK TON MORE ON THERE!pic.twitter.com/lTuXN5kAxJ
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I like that 1. mini-PCIe CF card adapters exist 2. they have to mount the connector sideways... BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM OTHERWISEpic.twitter.com/9oxkcqmcFk
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there's also a compact flash hat for the raspberry pi naturally it's just USB. this is really just a weird-shapped USB CF adapter like you could buy for 8$ on amazonpic.twitter.com/B9pjZJPbum
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