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    Recommend storage HDD

    Recently I have wierd problems with my hard drives - I have 5 in my system and 2 500 GB WDs just do not wanna play nice with the whole setup. I get controller errors, lost sectors -worrysome stuff . So I want get 2 drives for software RAID setup (software so I am not hostage of mb controller)...
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    Intel SSD refresh?

    I made decisions to buy SSD and now the choice is between Vertex and Intel x-25m. I am leaning towards intel, but heard there might be update coming for it soon. Cant find any other information, does anyone know more details?
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    Are 64 GB SSD for 130$ worth it?

    Newegg has a whole bunch of 64 gb ssd in ~$130 range .I was thinking to replace my 8 year old WD 120 Gb (which is still used as my OS/APP HDD ). Is it worth it for performance over relatively modern WD500 which I was going to put in as my new OS drive? $130 is quite a lot for such a...
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    Upgrade cpu/vid to match 24" monitor?

    So I have 3 yr old system which I was pretty content with so far, it was a huge bargain back then (got good deal on cpu and vid ) and it lasted quite a while : C2D E4300 OCed to 3.15 GHz - the cheapest C2D back then ,with lowest cache and first stepping 2 Gb ram 8800 GTS 640 Mb (no oc)...
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    Will PC2100 slow down significantly AMD 64 socket 754?

    Subj. I already have 768 MB Cl 2.5 ,PC2100 DDR SD RAM , and with current prices I really do not want to buy new ram. How much slower my system will be with PC2100 ram instead of PC3200? (I use my rig primarily for gaming and applications development) .
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    Philips "17 rebates

    I just purchased Philips from OD with their 20% coupon . Funny thing that they gave me two rebate coupons ($30 & $50) - I only counted for second one. I didn't think that I will be able get two of them till I looked at the box -It has 2 (two) UPC codes . So how people think is it possible to get...