{"id":6800,"date":"2014-11-06T10:50:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T15:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=6800"},"modified":"2014-11-06T10:50:33","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T15:50:33","slug":"this-week-in-computer-hardware-291-should-i-avoid-samsungs-ssds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2014\/11\/06\/this-week-in-computer-hardware-291-should-i-avoid-samsungs-ssds\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Computer Hardware 291: Should I Avoid Samsung&#8217;s SSDs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GC8uZOcPgMA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hosts:Patrick Norton and Ryan Shrout<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Shrout and Patrick Norton review the DCS LIVA Mini PC and Steiger Dynamics Maven Core HTPC with GTX 980 and CableCARD. 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