Recent content by placenta

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    Any more X2 4800+ 939 left out there??

    i just picked up a 4800+ also, for about $300.
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    74gb raptor Raid 0 vs seagate 320gb Raid 0

    Theyre not bad dude. Theyre the best there is for people that want the ultimate. Aside from high priced SCSI. Most people cant afford them. Or dont want to.
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    74gb raptor Raid 0 vs seagate 320gb Raid 0

    i have 2 74gb raptors in Raid0. I never had any reliability issues. Sure they cost too much, but if you want the absolute peak access, you go with them. the lowest I seen my access time in a HD Tach chart is 8.1ms, and thats only after I installed my dual core CPU. Before that, it was always...
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    compare a single raptor to 2 reg disks in RAID 0

    well.. i installed my first dual core CPU... 4800+ at stock speed.. no difference in my hard drive test. well i gained .1ms in access but thats prob just a coincidence. I have to read up on dual core now and figure out if theres any other setup I need to do. But it did boot up to desktop...
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    compare a single raptor to 2 reg disks in RAID 0

    my next charts will be with my new CPU, to see if it makes any difference. old cpu: Athlon 64 XP 3200+ (stock=2.0ghz, usually run at 2.2ghz) new cpu arriving today: Athlon 64 XP 4800+ X2
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    compare a single raptor to 2 reg disks in RAID 0

    2 more graphs of my new raid array: http://sicily.globat.com/~bellbottomblasters.com/images/74gbraid2.jpg http://sicily.globat.com/~bellbottomblasters.com/images/74gbraid3.jpg
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    compare a single raptor to 2 reg disks in RAID 0

    My old single 74gb Raptor vs my 2 new 74GB 16mb Raptors in stripe (64kb) http://sicily.globat.com/~bellbottomblasters.com/images/74gb.jpg http://sicily.globat.com/~bellbottomblasters.com/images/74gbraid.jpg
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    compare a single raptor to 2 reg disks in RAID 0

    new or used for that price? Ive always stuck with the "Atlas" series of SCSI drives. Anyone have favorites? I dont really want to buy a used ANYTHING.. drives are sketchy enough as it is.
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    compare a single raptor to 2 reg disks in RAID 0

    i been thinking about SCSI a lot. I used to have the old U160 setup in some 15k rpm drives. but the drives were only 9 and 18gb. now, i'd need a 74GB SCSI as my OS drive. + a controller card. And if i want a 15k rpm one, its $600+ for the drive alone.
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    compare a single raptor to 2 reg disks in RAID 0

    thanks for those reviews, I checked them out. I did have updated firmware. I had upgraded my MB bios a coupel days ago which renewed the Silicon Graphics controller firmwware. (Even though I'm not using that one now). And I downloaded the newest Nforce SATA drivers yesterday during install...
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    compare a single raptor to 2 reg disks in RAID 0

    Adding my setup: Coolermaster CM Stacker case AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (non dual, running stock speed right now) 1 GB ram (Geil) BFG 7800GTX Audigy XS2 3 tests. Was comparing my raptor to a striped non raptor setup. All in all, now im tempted to keep the new pair of disks. Look at how much...
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    XBOX (not 360) and HDTV

    keep in mind, that any game that isnt officially widescreen will look like crap on a widescreen TV. everything will be stretched out. I only have like 2 widescreen games. So you need to put your TV into 4:3 in that case, if you want your 480p games to look right. (I dont have many of those...
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    CoolerMaster CM Stacker

    I love the stacker. I have one 120mm front in my hard drive cooling module, and one 120mm in rear. Then I have a CM crossflow blowing across the whole motherboard. Then i have an 80mm exhaust blowhole on top. my cpu averages 26C my PSIMC averages 30C my chipset averages 34C my 7800gtz...
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    BFG 7800GTX OC getting high temps and 3dmark 05 problem

    I fixed it.. get this.... I decided to bite the bullet and take off my heatsink. Guess what, I had zero thermal compound or pads on the GPU. Is it supposed to? Anyone taken apart a stock BFG 7800GTX? Well, I Arctic Silvered up all the ram and the GPU. Reassembled carefully. Well, I did...
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    BFG 7800GTX OC getting high temps and 3dmark 05 problem

    my BFG 7800GTX hits 90-91C under load.. i know.. it sucks.. and i have excellent case cooling, my cpu ranges from 24C-26C..