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Power Supply blew. Seasonic 650, replaced with another one. Time to reconfigure. Drive down to David's. I now have a 'brick' of Vertex Turbos, 3 of em, that do max about 280mb/sec on the 9550SUX. SCSI data was backed up, and, the Gem 318 removed, along with 5 scsi drives. Stopped at...

HMMMM. Got to play with the Netbook today. It was passable quick, but, I just couldn't get past the controls feeling so much like my phone... I see the point, and, agree that the X-25E is wasted.

DAVID: for double the price, you could have got an i7 laptop, and that would have REALLY been able to use the SSD..

Mercutio: Keep in mind that you, and industry professionals, get to try, and use many more computers then someone in my arena, and, I'm WAY above most of the folks I know that use computers. With the myrid different chips, sockets, etc. it's difficult for a non-pro, or dabbler, to have any...

MUCH better then what was in it, and, I would guess it's pretty snappy?;-) I'd be REAL happy with those sort of numbers in my CF-51, even if they aren't what the drive is capable of.

Any benchmarks, with a decent data base, that establish how good the processor is at a single threaded ap?

Why is it a waste? David, how does the whole setup work? Bottleneck on laptops for me has always been the dog slow drives. This is a major solution: less power, instant access, what's not to like? What did you image with?

My major objection to the CF-51, is that when loading anything, including booting, it was working at 590MHZ, thanks to the power settings. With a bit of research, I've got it running at 1.6 mhz from boot, and, that makes a BIG difference. I do notice The Beast uses a LOT of ram, more then 2...

I wonder if the chipset/bios haven't been updated for an SSD? What Sam said.

Sounds like you need a driver for the SATA chipset. Try going in and loading a driver for the onboard chipset, so the OS can see the drive.

Anyone care to test their SSD's in their laptops to see what kind of through put they are getting??? My laptop functions as a back up to our computers, and a test bed. Speakers are blown, so that is a problem. Still, when something goes down on the other machines, it's nice to be able to get...

Intel Pentium M 1.60 Ghz. Problem is it has that stupid battery saving software, that runs the processor at lower, much lower, 590MHZ when it boots. Just figured out why, and how to turn it off, I think. Now, to the topic at hand. Intel Pentium M 1.60 Ghz Passmark score: 358 Intel Core i7...

I'm thinking of replacing the Panasonic CF-51. I'd love to have a SSD based laptop, but, the Panasonic has only a PATA interface. I noticed the i7 laptops are supposed to be about 10X faster, processor wise, and, an SSD in a laptop might make a HUGE difference? Just wondering...

Hi Has anyone used the new i7 laptops? Experiences? Opinions? Suggestions? Recommendations?

Time: I wish I could take credit for the prose, but, it's not mine. It was from a review by someone didn't post their name, that wrote this in a review. You'll notice I ended it, and then asked it this was true, and why? Thanks for the links, Time. I would certainly like more information...

I just can't imagine him asking us about SSD's. Knowing him, he'd have his entire company on SCSI SSD's LONG ago for boot drives..

Just got done looking at the benchmarks. Looks like a wash, and I don't really think any human could tell the difference...

As you can see, it's cheaper to buy the next fastest cpu and a normal cooler. On the other hand, even that one may not get over 4 ghz. There is something to be said for a 25% processor boost, and, overclocking. Intel seems to be stuck at 2.8-3.2 ghz, and, I kind of wonder why that is?

The Extreme edition processors have one very endearing characteristic: They are able to be overclocked, without having to alter other bios settings. Is that feature worth a bunch more money? Don't know. It would mean another grand for a cpu, or 700 if I can find one used, and, another 400...

Hello Gregory, Thank you for updating. I would like to inform you here that it is the expected behavior of the Samsung monitor as the 3D mode requires more brightness. Also, when in 3D mode the color or brightness cannot be changed. I sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause...

Sam: Do you notice much difference between 3.11 ghz, and 3.8 ghz?

Call me;-)

LiamC: I had a bunch of stuff that was just too many bandaids. A supermicro, 10 year old motherboard, USB 2 Plextor Bluray writer/player, AGP 4670, all running on XP Pro. Same player works fine on The Beast.

I miss Gary. Wonder what he's been up to? Buck too.

Hadn't thought about that;-) You're right, she'd love it...Right now she's sitting in front of the electric heater. She misses the server box;-(

I DID build two middle area Athlon 3200+ computers in about 2006-7. That was the right price for what I was doing at the time, about 200 for the processors. Those passmark at about HALF the speed of the dual Xeons. The other components were not nearly as quick, either. Enterprise hardware does...

I love the way it's setup. My cat would hate you;-)

It overclocks itself, with no setting changes, to 3.11 ghz. Haven't noticed it go any higher yet, but I suppose it's possible. That's consistent with the Passmark numbers. It runs a little faster then a 950, but, .9ghz slower then the 960 or 965. Pretty amazing. Intel has a cute little gadget...

Adtron pricing made Intel Xeon pricing look sane. Yes, I know they are there. I still don't think the prices justify SSD's, or are just starting too. I can't help but think it's going to go the way RAM did in 1994-5, when 32 MB of ram for a mac laptop went from 1250 dollars to 150 in one...

In going over to SSD's, I've noticed that it's much more like having everything in RAM. In other words, windows paging, program paging, anything that would normally be stored on a hard drive, happens at what we preceive as nearly RAM speed. Programs that normally take awhile to load, like...

Better solution. Instead of 'bugging me' for the current shows, he wants to get his own system that allows him to download and record movies. 200 bucks in hardware, and about 7 bucks a month. Don't know if that includes the cable service. Good chance to get him his OWN internet connection...

" New (DVD): Added workaround to AnyDVD ripper for "Angel & Demons (rental)", Japan" Seems to be that is a problem title. Check in the release notes posted by Handurin, and, that's one of the issues that is supposed to be addressed.

Funny how you can work with someone for over 10 years, and not really know them...And, you're right...

I assume in two you are using AnyDVDHD to do the ripping to iso? Your Bluray times are WAY off the charts. MAYBE it should be around 45 minutes, and that's usually doing two at a time. I still use RipIt4Me, and Dvd Decrypter, and DVD shrink, and it works on almost all my DVD's. The Beast...

I gave the guy, now my roommate, two Matrox G450s, and another, newer Nvidia AGP cards, along with a very expensive Granite Digital cable, and terminator, to keep in case the 1650 ATI goes south, and we need to test it. I thought I would not have any use for them. I went to work, came back...

Have to post this. "Friend" sold a 1500 dollar DD computer setup for about 1000 bucks. "f" went psycho, and threatened to throw the monitor through the window. Just offered him 500 cash to for the computer, to never deal with him again. We'll see how this plays out.

WONDER IF THAT APPLIES TO THE CURRENT NVIDIA STUFF?

Vizio emailed the TV will come out in about Summer. Didn't mention the glasses... From the alternatives, I hope they don't 'fix' the settings to Nvidia's preset... GS

That's what the Nvidia glasses are. I guess I could return the Vizio 37". So the 240's actually take a 120 MHZ signal?

Problem is all those Mitsubishis are REAL expensive....or too big. All the monitors are too small. It doesn't look good.

I've contacted Nvidia and here's what they said: Hello Gregory, Thank you for contacting NVIDIA Customer care. This is Sunil, assisting you with the query you have. I understand from your email that you would like to know if the Vizio XVT 120HZ 37" monitor will be compatible with NVIDIA 3D...

Anyone tried this stuff? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4386904&CatId=4231

I'm kind of wondering about SSD's and laptops. Is there a different set of connectors for laptop SATA drives vs. the standard SATA drives? If so, who makes laptop SSD's, and, has anyone used them? I can't just plug a Vertex Turbo into a Lenova?

1300-2700 dollars for a slow, 32 bit application????

One of the reasons I'll probably never use another Adaptec card...That, and slow processor on a Zero socket raid card.... I think I have a LSI single channel in my storage box if you are intrested. Internal, and, I'll pull it out and look and see if has drivers. Running 7?

So, this means just increasing the cpu speed? Can I do that with the 940?

I'm ripping, transferring a 50 gig file, surfing, and, using 3.03 Gig of ram. YES, 4 gigs is a great idea, if you are using 7.

If I try and overclock this more, what settings should I try?

"Couple questions I have: 1.) Given his usage, would it be a good idea to upgrade to 4GB RAM? Not sure how Win7 64-bit is with RAM, I'm still using WinXP. I want the system be be snappy, for what it is. 2.) I plan on using the onboard video, ATI Radeon HD 4200. Any problems with that for the...

OK: I was close.;-) David and Mercutio: What ram are you using? What settings are you using? Does OCing the processor throw other areas of the computer into out of sync/standard settings? Thanks GS