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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova
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Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High
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Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa   / mbarek_abdel  
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:58 Test Methodology
3:17 Initial impressions
5:23 tasty SSD test
6:35 Benchmarks
7:49 Takeaways
8:55 Cleanup