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    need advice from the experts

    I have a 1Gb to the server, and as far as mirroring everything I have like 3tb's of data so doing a raid 1 for every drive is going to cost more and it (in my eyes) will be wasteful b/c of raid 5/6. As far as software raid 5 I guess I'm just ignorant because it feels less stable, slower etc...
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    need advice from the experts

    sorry habit, Microsoft
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    need advice from the experts

    any ideas / help?
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    need advice from the experts

    I have a box with 3 x 1.5tb's running m$ server 2008 r2 with software raid 5, but i dont like software raid, i just dont trust it. What do i use this for? media streaming on a 1gb network, music, blu rays, etc ..... What am i wanting? I want to have redundancy for drive failure, speed...
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    Worth 200$

    Was looking for another htpc, so a friends friend offered to sale this for 200$. I know I'll have to buy video card but other than that is this worth 200$? Processor- Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Motherboard- ASUS P5B-VM SE LGA 775 Intel G965...
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    Need HELP!!!! EVGA 730i Raid 5

    i just went back to vista and running the raid w/out problem, even using nvidia media thing for storage devices. windows 7 was so nice but being in beta its just not there yet.
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    Need HELP!!!! EVGA 730i Raid 5

    I have a evga 730i and 3 x seagate 1.5 tb and I'm trying to do raid 5. I go in the bios set the sata controller to raid, set up the array, build it and it looks good. I can reboot and it verifies the array good etc ... The problem is when I go into windows 7 and setup the partition I gpt and...
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    wd10eavs ????

    anyone?
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    wd10eavs ????

    so i opened up my mybook 1tb so i can put it in a array and i have a wd10eavs. i cant find this for sale but i found a wd10eacs which looks similar besides cache i believe. my questions is if i make a raid 5 out of a couple of eacs and one eavs will it work and will it have negative effects...
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    how much would you sale this setup for

    How much would you sale this setup for? ..................... No price checks. As an alternative you can log to the trade Forum and read a little, it is Not so hard to figure the price by reading what other members ask for similar systems. JackMDS Moderator.
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    QCON IN da HOUSE!!!

    i went yesterday, had fun.
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    looking for a card for hd dvd playback

    got this card here http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814102152 hopefully it works :)
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    looking for a card for hd dvd playback

    thanks for the response. got a question do you mind posting system specs so i can compare. also have you tried playing a 1080p evo file off of your hd, if so how did it fare? i believe that where im running into the problem, cant test now b/c my current card 7900gs oc does not like hdcp so i...
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    looking for a card for hd dvd playback

    so not to be blah but what video card should i pick up. i do not know alot about video so if i could get some suggestions that would be great. once again dont care about gaiming just hdcp compliant and good for hd movie playback. also must be strong enough to play 1080p and 720p mkv files...
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    looking for a card for hd dvd playback

    the 8500/8600 series has the same option for on board h264 encoding. and i believe its only 2400/2600 not all 2xxx series.
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    looking for a card for hd dvd playback

    my current card will play everything besdied 1080p evo files so thats why im getting one with h264 encoding. also its not hdcp compliant so looking to get that in a new card also. looking at the evga 8600gt for 119 i believe. let me know any opinions on this one.
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    looking for a card for hd dvd playback

    selling my 7900gs oc to get something made to play hd dvd. lookings at 8500/8600 series so if anyone have any suggestions pls let me know. looking to get asap. thanks.
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    first oc, how does it look

    ok i put in my friends ram 1.8v 5-6-6-15. tested fine etc etc played movie good but then it crashed on me while installing a program so my computer sucks. i dont know what the problem is. orthos ran stable, memtest ran good. but still crashed have no idea why. anyone have any ideas?
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    what motherboard should i get?

    well i cant right now b/c my board only does 2.1v and my ram is 2.2v. but once i get a new board i will.
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    what motherboard should i get?

    i believe i have the d9 chips on my ram. so i dont think that will be a problem. thanks for the response.
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    what motherboard should i get?

    getting rid of asus p5b-e. need something that will do 2.2v on ram and is good for the components i have listed and good for overclocking. c2d e6300 patriot pc6400 4-4-4-12 @ 2.2v bfg 7900gs oc antec trio 430 thanks for any help or suggestions.
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    first oc, how does it look

    thanks for the insight. my ram is patriot and 2.2v is the only voltage i see on the specs so i believe that was it. i also had to use my friends ram to go in the bios which would explain alot, i should of known something was up lol. but im retesting vcore 1.3612, 400fsb*7, friends ram (rated as...
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    first oc, how does it look

    im going to stop positng in my own thread one day. but i just tought of something. my ram is 4-4-4-12 @ 2.2v i had it 4-4-4-12 at 2.1 volts. could be the reason huh?
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    first oc, how does it look

    will putting my vcore 1.4 kill my cpu? i want to get atleast 400 stable ideal would be 450. but like i said im on stock cooling for now and afraid t put my vcore to high. insight pls.
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    first oc, how does it look

    ok ran 12 hours stable. started watching a movie and it shutdown a hour into it. pls any suggestions. temps looked good on cpu and video card. cant think of why it shutdown.
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    first oc, how does it look

    ps my ram is @ 2.1 but it is 2.2 stable but cant get that w/ my board. isnt 1.45 to high for my cpu? what will raising the northbridge voltage do exactly? thanks for the help
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    first oc, how does it look

    is that directions for getting a higher clock speed or just b/c i need to?
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    first oc, how does it look

    components c2d e6300 patriot pc6400 asus p5b-e bfg 7900gs oc antec trio 430 right now im at vcore 1.3500 temp at 60 full load 400*7=2.8ghz, ram 4-4-4-12 at 800mhz, stock cooling. does this seem about right? i tried 450 but orthos kept failing, tried putting vcore at 1.275 but it...
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    HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - A Guide v1.7

    ok well im going to ask it like this. e6300, asus p5b-e, patriot pc-6400 (d9 chips), what would be the recommended setup. speed, settings, everything, im looking to overclock what i can, where i can to gain speed. yes i want as most speed as possible even if i have to run the memory at 1mhz...
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    HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - A Guide v1.7

    didnt know 6300 had locked multiplier. but 400 fsb from what i read isnt that bad on these chips people have been getting 450+ on stock cooling and 500+ on aftermarket. so i guess what im saying is if i put fsb on cpu at 400 and memory at 1:1 then this would be the best scenario, 2.8 on cpu and...
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    HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - A Guide v1.7

    any comments on this from anyone, im really curious. thanks.
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    HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - A Guide v1.7

    ^^^ok now im just confused lol
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    HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - A Guide v1.7

    why wouldnt i benefit from the cpu being overclocked. plus it would make it in sync with the ram so wouldnt it be a win win situation?
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    HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - A Guide v1.7

    im planning on running my cpu at 6x400 or 7x400. so that will give me 2.4 or 2.8 on a e6300 which is not that uncommon. and this will give me full speed on my ram. atleast this is the plan if this is a dumb idea pls tell me before i try on wednesday. bye the way thanks for the input and any...
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    HOWTO: Overclock C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) - A Guide v1.7

    good guide helping me alot. i have just one question, if i have a e6300 2*266=1862 and i have pc6400 ram at 800mhz. how do i set the ram up to be 1:1 since 800/2=400 and thats not anywhere close to fsb. i maybe missing a part or something but if someone could fill me in on the settings for 1:1...
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    been asked but ..... ddr2 800 or ddr2 1066

    exactly what i was looking for, thanks
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    been asked but ..... ddr2 800 or ddr2 1066

    im building a new computer and the mb supports 800 and 1066. im going to be using a e6300 cpu (maybe oc maybe not) my question to the people here is which one ram should i get and why. pros and cons and special setup if needed to make it work flawlessly. thanks for any help.