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    poor SATA performance on X79 chipsets compared to P67

    Has anyone noticed a markedly poorer SATA3 performance on the Intel SATA3 ports using motherboards with the x79 chipset (LGA2011) versus the p67 chipset (LGA1155)? In testing SSD's with the latest intel drivers, the x79 chipset is a good 10-15% behind in overall performance numbers compared to a...
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    Older motorcycles - Anyone like em?

    Here's my two. 1967 Honda CL360 and a 1981 Kawasaki KZ550. Both are done up CAFE style. Neither can keep up with modern rockets, but the the quirks and personalities of these older bikes makes them so fun. Yes, I'd love to restore an old Triumph or Norton, etc, but the prices of these Brit bikes...
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    Manually disabling video card in win7 question about power

    So I have a EVGA GTX295 and while it's still plenty of video card for my gaming needs, the fact I rarely have time to game anymore means that I'm burning a lot more power than need to for the majority of stuff I do. The GTX 295 isn't exactly a miser with power even when not gaming, neither is it...
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    Sandy Bridge ECC?

    So does the Sandy Bridge and/or P67 chipset support ECC memory?
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    Some interesting RAID benchmarks with two 256GB C300's

    Note: I originally meant RAID 0, but wrote RAID 1 for everything when I actually ended up posting it (was getting pretty tired/wonky). Changed now! If I missed any, it's meant to be say RAID 0, not RAID 1.. And as someone mentioned, when I wrote "hardware" raid, it's not that I mean this cheap...