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    Benches comparing very old to newer cards

    I know that AnandTech Bench is kind of like this, but it doesn't go back as far as I need. Does anyone know where I could find benchmarks comparing (relatively) new low-end cards to high-end cards from generations ago? Specifically, I'm looking for a comparison between a Radeon 4350 and a...
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    Areca controllers and 4k sector (advanced format) drives

    Does anyone have any experience using Areca RAID controllers with advanced format/4k sector drives? Areca themselves have an FAQ that says, "there have no special settings needed for controller to be able to works with them." However, I'm always hearing bad things about 4k sector drives in...
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    Cloning HDD to SSD

    I'm picking up an SSD for my laptop in the near future to replace the 5400rpm drive - probably with an OCZ Agility, but we'll see what prices look like at the time. I recently did a clean install of Win7 RTM on the laptop and just finished installing and configuring all my apps, so I'd much...
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    Corsair P256 SSD review

    It's not new (posted on April 10), but Legit Reviews has a review of the new Corsair P256 SSD that I haven't seen discussed here. The drive uses a Samsung controller and Flash, and comes with a 256 GB capacity. It's cheaper than the G.SKILL Falcon and OCZ Vertex drives of comparable size, but...
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    G.Skill Falcon SSDs

    I hadn't seen any news or announcements regarding new SSDs from G.Skill, but today I noticed a new line of Falcon drives on NewEgg. They're based on an Indilinx controller and have 64MB of cache - so it looks like the hardware is the same as the Vertex, and the performance should match if the...
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    Cheap SAS controller recommendation

    First, the question: Can anyone recommend a PCI-E SAS controller that: - Supports tape drives - Is quickly available in Canada - Is as cheap as possible If absolutely necessary, I could go with a PCI controller instead. Those are my only criteria, any other features like RAID support...
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    8400GS vs 9400GT vs R4350 vs R3450

    Well, I'm trying to decide what video card to drop into an upcoming workstation build, and I've narrowed my choices down to a Radeon HD 4350, Radeon HD 3450, Geforce 9400GT or Geforce 8400GS (G98 version). What do these GPUs have in common? They all have very cheap fanless cards available...
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    WD6400AAKS on P5K Premium

    Short version: My new WD6400AAKS drive performed absolutely terribly in my system (C2D E6850, P5K Premium, 4GB Patrior PC2-6400). I ended up RMA'ing the drive, but when the replacement came it was just as bad. Does anyone have any theories on this? What are the odds I ended up with two dud...
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    Recovery from RAID controller failure

    Can anyone shed some light on how easy it is to recover from a RAID controller failure? Currently I have a RAID 1+0 array running on an onboard SiI 3114 controller. If the unfortunate happens and the motherboard explodes (but the hard drives survive), could I drop the drives into a...