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^ Nice link, orangat... nice humor from the two going at it as well (mostly from the one not backing up claims with any real substance). :P

Awesome--thanks you much for the speedy reply. I'll keep this information in consideration with my new setup and the potential need to orient them belly side up.

Are there any potential bad things that can happen from installing a hard drive in a machine upside down? I'm not finding a whole lot of information when googling. I've seen everything from "no, nothing ill can happen" to "don't change the orientation if the hard drive has been one way for a...

What's the deal with the nVidia software IDE drivers? I keep seeing people mention not to install them, but I never see why not to. Can anyone point to some information about this? I'm really curious as I know with my current system and my old ATA drives (no SATA yet) that it helps out...

Skott: actually, that's what I was initially looking into until I started seeing conflicting information about it plus the A8N-SLI Premium. Look at my post about 6 up and especially the second link. Seems OCZ feel it works fine with the proper settings on this motherboard. I really think this...

I think I'll just go with this Corsair XMS memory given I have similar in my current system in a 2x512MB pair setup and I have had no issues out of it thus far--top notch stuff. Probably better safe than sorry... I hate headaches.

I am on the verge of putting together a new system and I plan to get the Asus A8N-SLI Premium. I was really hoping to get away with saving some money by getting OCZ instead of Corsair XMS this time, here. Seems some in here are having issues with OCZ, though, and the recommendation is to stay...