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    ( @ Frys )Maxtor 1TB Serial ATA/300 32MB **$159.99**

    I stand by my Maxtor comment. I've had way too many fail on me over the years.
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    ( @ Frys )Maxtor 1TB Serial ATA/300 32MB **$159.99**

    The reason they're cheap is because they're Maxtor... least reliable drives on the market.
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    Need some help with how to set up 3-4 displays

    Options are to either invest in multiple video cards or something like a Matrox Triplehead. A system upgrade would probably also be halpful. (If you're successfully trading, you should be able to do better than that rig.) I love my three Samsung 21" LCD's and Triplehead DE. It not only...
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    Need some advice, one 8800GT? Or SLI 9600GT?

    8800GT is the ONLY option. If you're gonig to use that motherboard, SLI is NOT supported, just crossfire, so a single 8800GT or GTS would be your best bet.
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    Asus maximus formula and E8400

    Don't use the Ballistix 1066 with this board. There are a lot of OC'ers (myself included) having issues with it. This board has killed 4 of my 2GB Ballistix kits since Jan. Depending on how far you plan to OC your system, Kingston HyperX PC8500 seems to do well up to about 485 FSB. As...
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    Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) DDR26400 800mhz $19 AR FS

    I've RMA'd 4 GB of this RAM and 4 GB of the PC8500 sticks in the last 3 months. These sticks die quick, even when running at spec voltage.
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    Your HD tune scores

    The drives are short stroked on the RAID0 partition. The rest of the drive space is used for non-critical RAID5 backup. Critical files and client information are all transferred and backed up to the SCSI RAID array on my home server.
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    How do I Properly destroy a HDD

    Awwwwwww c'mon OP! You know that the stuff on the HDD isn't medical records.... It's porn isn't it! Admit it! How many years are ya' facing if the data is recovered by the FBI? Personally I'd just flatten it with a hammer and toss it in the trash.
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    Your HD tune scores

    My ICH9R running too many drives. (6 short stroked raptorX150's)
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    2 Drive RAID 0 works fine - Should I try 4?

    You created a RAID array and didn't notice any difference? The performance difference I saw was definitely noticible with 2 drives. With 4 drives the difference was HUGE. ~90 MB/s sustained transfer rate vs. 335 MB/s sustained transfer rate. 6 drives run ok on my ICH9R, but the controller...
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    New Raptor coming on Monday 4/21/08?

    Yeah, the WD800ADFS is the 80 GB OEM drive from Dell. On sale now! http://cgi.ebay.com/Western-Digital-Raptor-80GB-WD800ADFS-16MB-Cache-SATA_W0QQitemZ150236459964QQihZ005QQcategoryZ3757QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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    Onboard RAID vs PCIe Expansion cards? Performance difference?

    For a 4 drive array, onboard RAID with the ICH8R and ICH9R SB work very well.. Unfortunately, adding more than 4 drives seems to really task the onboard controller... I'm finding that out the hard way. 4 drive RAID array (onboard) 6 drive RAID array (onboard)
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    Hard Drive have anything to do with gaming performance?

    Raptors will load games a bit quicker and offer "snappier" performance than the 7200 rpm drives, but sustaoned transfer rates will vary vary greatly depending on the drive you're comparing it to. Regardless of the 7200 rpm drive you're comparing it to, the raptor will also beat other SATA/IDE...
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    Random Raptor Corruption

    If you're overclocking your system, you may want to check your settings. I had HDD failure issues when my PCI-E frequency was set too high, but those were resolved by dropping the setting back below 115. Good luck!
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    Your HD tune scores

    Doh! You're right... Oops!
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