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I wanted a decent size boot drive, that's why I raided the two, and, I figured they would be faster, and, at a good price point.That hasn't changed. I probably made a mistake not enabling 'write through' or write enabling... I'm sure it would have increased write speeds. One of the cards is...

ATTO on the SCSI raid is Writes between 130 mb/sec and 100 mb/sec. Reads 130 to 133 mb/sec. SSD's are running 15 mb/sec to 20 mb/sec writes, and, 98 to 120 mb/sec Reads. HDtach is running SSD's at 60-105 mb/sec, Random Access 0.1 ms. SCSI 80-120 mb/sec, with 6.0 ms. The write speed is REALLY...

There is no onboard SATA controller. SCSI based system. The drives are too small to boot from off the other SATA card on the machine. Thought of putting one in the other HTPC, but, it's again, really too small to boot from. Guess I could use them on that machine, with the Raid setup, provided it...

So far, not all that impressed. Pretty snappy, but STR are slow: 100 mb/sec. Probably the controller. Stuff opens quickly, but boot time is a little longer. Writes are terrible.

I've been getting 150 mb/sec for about 3 years now, thanks to two Seagate 15k cheetahs,,IIRC. I found the two drives to be the fastest access wise, and through put wise, perception wise. In other words, 4 drives had faster throughput, but, what felt like hesitation compared to two. Two of the...

Currently my Raid 0 throughput is 150 mb/sec or so. I'd like something that is a noticeable increase. Two drives are a bit smaller then I would like, but, doable. I'm going to try that first.

David: is there much difference between two and three of those drives in raid 0 to humans, not benchmarks? Or is it at a point of diminishing returns?

Is this worth it? I'm seriously considering two of the Vertex Turbo's http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227468 Price seems REAL good? Comments, suggestions?

How, and with phone and program?

Hi I was wondering what folks are using for Contacts or an address book? I am thinking using google gmail contacts list as an address book, so if I have a backup of my address book. Any other solutions you are using, and why? Thanks Gs Happy New Year

Did a clean install of XP and the problem went away.

Panasonics' Bluray player was about 190 bucks at Costco. I thought the Plextor would give me a full, functional copy of PowerDVD 8, which it didn't but, it does play Bluray, for 150 bucks, and the burner should work as well, and perhaps the burner software will work better then the PowerDVD...

Continuing saga of the TV. I want to try this with Bluray quality signals, so, I picked up a Plextor PX-B310u external Bluray player, about 150 dollars, total. It comes with burning software, and PowerDVD 8, my main software interest. Figured I would get a full copy of DVD 8 for that price...

Went back to Nero 6. No video player. Using Media player classic home cinema, and VLC>

thank you, ST and LM. Just really started crying last night. Grief is not fun. Triggered by watching an old episode of Magnum, about his grandfather dieing, and, the problems he has with his new stepfather. Almost EXACTLY the same problems I'm facing.

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No memory errors. Must be a software conflict I haven't been able to figure out. Burning Rom works fine, it's just showtime that doesn't. Don't really need it. I bought a Plextor external Bluray player, with PowerDVD for playing Bluray on this machine. The drive got good reviews, and, it's...

Going through the same thing. Besides my mother passing at 10:30 Monday, The Mercedes 89 died next to the Mercedes dealership. It's a rather nice, 300E that was abused by my girlfriend, but, has relatively low miles. First mechanic said the compression was shot. Second has spent 120 in...

ran chkdsk:OK Will run memtest tonight... Wonder if it's a conflict between the other video progams? VLC, FLV player, etc?

"Showtime.exe-Application Error The instruction at "0x10C416de" referenced memory at "ox12d5e900". The memory could not be "Read". What does this mean? Possible cause? Thanks GS

Work I'm about 4 feet away when typing. Watching stuff, 5-7 feet. The keyboard pulls out of my desk, 13" Desk is 26" from TV to edge of desk. Oddly, it still looks better with my computer glasses on. I seem to loose part of the 3D aspects if I take them off, which bothers me... MacGillvery...

The depth, and 3D that this screen brings out, and shows, is really incredible. It's a VERY different experience from using the 21" Samsungs to watch movies. It's very BRIGHT and white, have to turn the backlight down from 85 to 25, but, that's very easy to do with the remote.

DARN COBRA ALMOST BIT MY HAND....

James Bond videos opening sceens are freaking incredible.... Watching Quantum Solice. INCREDIBLE. I MAY HAVE TO GET A PANASONIC BLUE RAY PLAYER, JUST TO REALLY TEST THIS THING...

Weird. The tax was, IIRC, 16 dollars on 629? It was near twice that on a 250 dollar monitor. VERY strange, as is this state....Plus, nearly 9%, or more, in state sales tax, so that's what, nearly 20% in tax? I can always return it in 3 months, and get all my money back, and get the Hell out...

Went with the Vizio 37" XVT, 120 hz, 1080P, 10 bit screen. Pretty bright. Playing with it, and typing on it right now. Think I'll watch a movie or two... 629 at Costco, and, I've got a 90 day window to return it...

David: Could you check if your system has slowed down at all? Both the Vertex setup, and the X-25M setup? Thanks gs

What I've found so far is there are just a couple that use a 10 bit screen and processor, and, they aren't cheap. Sony Bravia comes to mind, and the Vizio Extreme 40" are the two I have to choose from... Been thinking about that or two Vertex Turbos or more vertex turbos...

Pradeep: Looks like 2-4 drives is it for me on that card. 300-700 mb/sec, plus access time reduction should be noticeable. That would be a 100% increase from my current setup, if only on the low end.

SPED and ROP Intro to Law, and public schools in California.

My thanks. Didn't know MPC classic had a new version. I've found DVD 6 to have better picture quality then 8, and Nero 9 better then VLC, or MPC. That said, VPC works on stuff that most of the others don't.

BEST VALUE OF DRIVES TO HIT 1200 MB/SEC If you had a 3ware card with 16 channels, and a bus max of around 1500 mb/sec, what combination of SSDs would you use, and, if you have them used, do you want to sell them cheap to a retired teacher?????

Stereodude: What are you using for DVD playback? I've been using VLC, Nero 9, recently downloaded a trial of PowerDVD 9, but couldn't get it running. PowerDVD 6 gives me the best playback with DVD's so far, with default settings. David: I'll give any AnyDVD HD a try. I've been using, on...

THANK YOU FOR THAT LINK!!! Works great.

What software is going to best utilize HDTV and 1080P output, surround sound, etc?

OK; Thanks. So far, I took my old video card, and HDMI cable, installed it in my friends' computer, and hooked it up to a relative cheap Emerson 32" 720 60 mhz TV. Seems to play pretty darn well, and, with a DVD out put from the computer, looks VERY good. So, a few more questions. Which...

The last thread was about a 28" monitor they offer, lower quality but good reviews, for 300 dollars. I've been looking at the TV's, and, they have better picture quality, and a better price point. Also, they appear to have better quality control then the monitors. I have two 21.5" monitors...

Hi I'm looking at moving up to a TV as my main monitor from the 2233 Samsung. I'm finding the 32" TV's are much bigger then the monitors, appear to be better quality, and Costco has em. Is 37 or 40" too much for a desktop? Thanks GS

DAVID? I notice a BIG difference in access time, due to the added processor and cache, both the 128 mb on the raid card, and, perhaps, the doubling of the cache on the drives. I don't notice any increase over two drives in access time, in fact, it seems a bit slower the times I've done it...

Similar, but without the SSDs. I can't designate a removeable drive through the 3 Ware Raid card, so I need the slow card in as well.

From ram disk testing, my system is maxed at 1200 mb/sec. David's at 3500 mb/sec, IIRC. The 3 Ware Raid card has done 800 mb/sec, in the 133 PCI-X slot, with 8 7200 SATA drives in one of the tests. I think at these speeds, and access times, to really notice a difference, you need to at least...

I was NOT impressed with those tests, and the drives. Reminds me of my setup, vs. a standard 7200 rpm drive. I expected it to be MUCH faster...

2 GIG OF RAM IS ALL 2003 WEB 32 BIT WILL SEE. Motherboard will take 12 gigs. I do have a 64 bit version of XP, but, there is some reason, hardware wise, maybe, it won't work with this setup?

Hi Wondering if a 16 gig or 32 gig, or more would be a nice SSD addition for a page file drive, and, browser cache drive?

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND EVEN BLACK FRIDAY!!!

THREE PCI-X SLOTS. http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/E7505/X5DA8.cfm Key Features 1. Dual Intel® Xeon® Support up to 3.2 GHz 2. Intel® E7505 Chipset 3. Up to 12GB DDR 266/200 SDRAM 4. Intel® 82545EM Gigabit Ethernet Controller 5. Adaptec AIC-7902 Dual-Channel...

Thanks. I kind of figured that after reading the reviews, but thought I'd check anyway...

Picked up a 3Ware 9500S-8 8-Port SATA 64-bit PCI-X RAID Card Item# 220512754812 for hooking up my current SATA drives, and, considering the SSD from Vertex David recommends. Anyone tried the Transend Pata SSD's for laptops? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208445

4 15k 4.5 gig cheeaths, 2000 dollars.

Reminds me of the mac guy I sold all my SCSI mac stuff to, and, all my mac hardware. He got it for pennies on the dollar, and was delighted. I'm sure it was far faster then anything he had ever had, so Sechs' rejects might be someone else's jewels.