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    Windows 7 Installation on SSD, current, definitive guide?

    I have a box full of components about to be put together. After that, I'll need to do the Win 7 install. Of course I have an SSD system drive and magnetic data drive. I'm looking for the definitive, and current, guide to doing this installation, and optimizing the configuration. It's not...
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    Any 2GB Radeon 6950 cards unlockable to 6970?

    If there are, and there's a choice, which is the best quality?
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    Best choice for 120GB SATA III (6GB/s) SSD

    At the moment, what does everyone think would be the best choice for an SSD? I'm looking at the 120 GB class. Also am strongly inclined to go with a SATA III interface. I'm looking hard at the Crucial M4. I looked at the OCZ Vertex III, but that seems to be not ready for prime time yet...
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    Msi z68a-gd65

    Brand new on 'egg. I've had a MSI board for years now (machine being replaced, with not a hickup). Was looking hard at the P67 version of this board when the recall threw the breaks on the build. Now they have a Z68. Price is about where I want it. Anyone get one of these yet? Any...
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    MSI P67A-GD65 - No love?

    All the talk about P67 motherboards seems to be centered on Asus and Asrock. Anyone going MSI. The P67A-GD65 seems to have a good feature set at a decent price. Any reason to avoid?
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    Using Discrete Video Card - P67 vs Z68

    Was about to do a Sandy Bridge build when the recall hit. Postponed build till after boards with revised P67s became available (which is starting to happen.) My build will have a discrete video card. I will never likely use the built in graphics functionality for display. I current have no...
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    Sandforce 2000 - When available?

    Any due dates for Sandforce 2000 controller based drives (ie OCZ Vertex 3 and others)?
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    Any new (post recall) Sandy Bridge builds?

    Are people getting their board yet (especially non-replacement, new purchase)?
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    Any official ETA of new P/H67 boards with fixed southbridge?

    It sounds like Intel will get the chips to the board mfgrs by the end of the month. How long till the boards get to the stores? How fast can the container ships get here from Taiwan?
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    Reaction to P/H67 defect - What will you be doing for new builds?

    All the SB motherboards are off the market, and will likely be for three or more months. You were planning to build with SB, but didn't buy before the recall. What are you going to do? I think I'm waiting for Z68 at this point.
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    Now that Sandy Bridge is out, anyone still going to buy a Nehalem?

    Assuming your upgrading or just building new, is anyone out there planning to build with one of the Nehalem chips (i7 860, 870, 920, 930, 950, i5 750, 760 or lower, etc), not that Sandy Bridge is out? Note: This is only about builds. If you have a PC and don't plan on upgrading or building...
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    Sandforce Overprovisioning Levels and SSD Longevity

    Various Sandforce controllers (and I guess the various firmware releases) support various different levels of overprovisioning. I've heard about 28%, 13%, and 7%. I will likely use one of these drives as a boot/installed software disk for a new build, and will have have a magnetic HD for...
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    What capacity SSD for a Win 7 boot drive

    The next build will have an SSD for a boot/installed software drive. There will be a 1TB or bigger mechanica/magnetic for bulk/media/transactional data. This will be a win 7 workstation install. (general use, maybe some gaming). So how big for the boot drive. I think I want > 64GB. 80GB...
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    Sandforce SSD Manual Overprovisioning.

    Anyone with Sandforce SSD manually overprovisioning the spare area on their drives? Is this worthwhile, or just format to max indicated capacity? Any benefit to manual overprovisioning? If so, how much space to dedicate to it?
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    Memory configurations - using the second set of dimm slots

    It may be an old wives tale, but does using the second set of DIMM slots degrade performance over having the same amount of RAM in just the first set of slots? If I want 8GB in a dual channel system, should I get 2x4gb or 4x2, or does it not matter. Also, does it matter if I have an...
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    Any reason to wait for Sandy Bridge?

    Looking to build a mainstream/gaming capable rig. My pre-SB config would be a core i7/930 based system with a single 470GTX based video card and 6GB of ram. I have no interest in using a CPU's on board graphics. I'm not going multi-gpu, but want to maintain that capacity. SB looks to be a...