Recent content by MDme

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    Intel X25-E drive

    Yeah, it would be nice to know when the new drive with TRIM command will come out. I'm itchin' for an upgrade.
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    Intel X25-E drive

    Thanks for the info. That is very informative. What you are saying is that they are equal at reads and the M will out do the E with the firmware upgrade....(don't understand why this would be the case though) since the firmware addresses the random write issue if I understand things right. The...
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    Intel X25-E drive

    Yeah I noticed that intel has not put out the firmware update for the X25-E drive. Don't understand why this would be the case. So are you saying that even "degraded" the E drive is better than the "updated" X25-M drive? Do you think the M drives would only need a firmware update for the TRIM...
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    Intel X25-E drive

    Does the X25-E SLC drive get affected by the write performance degradation? if so, how much would the loss in performance be? I am thinking of getting a X25-E vs X25-M. This will help my decision to buy now or wait for drives with the TRIM command maybe? Thanks for any help.
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    asking for opinions

    Hey I have the PC in sig below: Was gonna ask if there is any point in going RAID-0 with my two Velociraptors or just using the SSD for my system drive or just use one Velociraptor for my main OS. I looked at some sites with Old Raptors in Raid-0 and most conclusions say there is no point to...
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    advice on upgrade

    am gonna upgrade very soon....(this month or next month at the latest) need recs on: CPU (E8400 vs Q9450) Mobo: don't know what to get, am soooo confused....heard p35 will OC to FSB of 450 and X38 only good if you want SLI or CF (am not interested to do SLI/CF), if P35 is enough, what mobo...
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    X3320 (Q9300) and X3350 (Q9450) available!

    so is the x3350 is essentially a socket 775 xeon? would it work in a mobo "supporting" the q9450 ( or 45nm quads)? it would be nice to have a thread where we can post mobos which support the xeons/penryns along with the bios revisions (and shop where it was bought) for us people waiting to...
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    What's the best way to speed up the hdd?

    any thoughts?
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    hardware disk controller with cache

    Anyone here with any suggestions on a hardware raid/disk controller with on-board cache? preferably with a dimm slot (so it can be expanded - ram so cheap nowadays) - you may also recommend one with just on board cache w/o a dimm slot, coz they're generally cheaper. cost is an issue though hope...
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    making intel build soon

    thanks for the great advice......btw...I do have 4GB of OCZ DDR2-800. Hope there's nothing wrong with that. Anyway, isn't there an option in those BIOSes to lock the DRAM speed? or is there? I believe my ram can do the 1066 with some voltage.
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    making intel build soon

    So only the X38 does crossfire and only an nvidia chipset does SLI.....from what I heard the 780i is only a rebadged 680i or something.... ...anyway, I think the penryn CPUs (yorkfields) should easily reach 3.6++ Ghz the question is in order to do that on a Q9450 (with an 8x multi) what kind...
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    making intel build soon

    uh.....anyone there with any more suggestions? What chipset should I get?
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    making intel build soon

    what do you mean by "a memory standard 1066 mobo"? Can't you change the DRAM speed settings anyway to keep the memory in spec? The OCZ I have can run at 1066 though.
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    making intel build soon

    Been putting off an upgrade for a while but now will take the intel plunge. I will be making my build in Q1 of 2008 and would like your opinion on the ff: thanks in advance to those kind enough to offer their advice. :) 1) Q6600 vs Q9450. which do you think is a better buy? I intend to OC...
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    may i ask for some help?

    good points. but to clarify my point, the FSB speed of the CPU is what I am worried about. I mean to OC a significant amount, you would have to set the FSB of the CPU to insanely high levels like an FSB of 1600 or beyond. I wonder how the penryn generation will tolerate such FSB's. going up...