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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:12:48 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>[Win7 hardware] Drive order. Does it matter? If Y, then ...</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I have a Gigabyte EP45UD3P that is supporting six channels of Intel's&reg; ICH10R SATA Controller. (in pink)
Not using the Gigabyte SATA ports at all.

These six Intel SATA ports are labeled as 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5.

Four drives will be used:

a. Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284
Data storage, large files and long term. (movies, images, etc)

b. Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS 300GB 10000 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136322
Working data storage and smaller files. (emails, typical stuff)

c. SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD&plusmn;R DVD Burner LightScribe Support - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151173
optical drive. No blu-ray yet. Maybe later.

d. Intel X25-M SSDSA2MH160G2R5 2.5" 160GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD) - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167024
This will be the OS drive for Win7.

 So, does the order of the drives as connected to the SATA ports make any difference?

Which drive should be first, and so on? ~ To get best performance.

Thank you very much for helping a n00bish bird. :)
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Oh, I love the smell of fish. Guts, rotten, it's all good.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-07 21:58:19</pubDate>
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<title>HDD Noisy, but not &#x22;failing&#x22; noisy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Core i7 920
Windows 7 Ultimate
Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB
Gigabyte GA EX58 UD4P Mobo
12GB OCZ 12800 RAM
OCZ Modstream 700W PSU

I just replaced my Seagate 500GB with a Seagate 750GB. Both have been lightly used since I bought them. The 500GB was just loud, too loud when data was being accessed. The noise does not appear to indicate the drive is failing, as I have had those before. 

I cloned the drive with Acronis and the new 750GB is just as noisy. Both drives are quiet in my SATA dock, so I am not sure what to do next. Online searches have not been helpful.

I recall a setting somewhere in the bios that allows to to run drives quieter, but can only remember seeing it in a few notebooks that I have owned.

Any thoughts?]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-08 08:56:27</pubDate>
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<title>Who&#x27;s won?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of opportunities to win computers or computer hardware.  Who here has won something, and what was it that you won and from where?

Sometimes I wonder if some things are legit.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-06 21:40:42</pubDate>
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<title>RAM Timing Discussion</title>
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<description><![CDATA[What is the downside of running RAM that's timing is 8-8-8-21 at 9-9-9-24 or something other than what it's supposed to be? This something I've always been curious about and I'd like to hear from people with real world experience.
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Hunting is a sport... except only one side knows it's playing - anon comedian
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<pubDate>2009-11-05 11:07:45</pubDate>
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<title>ram question</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I have got some kingston ram that has failed it came as a bundle with my mobo. Should I rma the stuff or go get corsair ram its ddr2 pc26400. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-07 20:36:54</pubDate>
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<title>Micro Center now in St. Louis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[For those that live around the St. Louis area Micro Center has a new store that opens Monday (11/9/09) in the Clayton area on Brentwood.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-07 21:52:15</pubDate>
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<title>Another new build..need help</title>
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<description><![CDATA[OK guys...I've really got the bug again to build another system.  Here is what I'm looking at.
Coolermaster HAF 932 case                      $144.98
EVGA P55 SLI Mobo                                  199.99
Intel core i5 750 or i7 860 (???)                  149.99 / 229.99
Gskill Lockjaw 4 gig mem DDR3 1600              90.99
Corsair TX 750 PS                                     109.99
Some kind of CPU cooler for 1156 (???)
Standard DVD player & burner             under  75.00 both
WD Black 1TB HD SATA                               99.99
Video card (???)

This will be used mostly for gaming, video encoding, Digital photo editing.  I'm building this for my brother, and he cannot spend more than $1200.00, but wants quality parts.  Any suggestions for the (???)?
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Chuck

I reject your reality and substitute my own]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-07 22:47:19</pubDate>
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<title>Portable Printer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Does anyone have any experience with portable printers? I'm in a position where I might require one to print out materials on the go for clients. I searched on this forum and I found this post: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18172040?hilite=portable+printer but no one answered it.

Any recommendations? ideas? greatly appreciate it.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-07 22:17:00</pubDate>
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<title>I5 Vs I7 for new computer.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I have been shopping lately for a new computer  and am so for getting more confused.  I want a Quad core but what is the difference between an I5 and an I7 price and performance-wise
The machine will be used for surfing, E-mail, Collage and high-school homework by the grandkids and will run Folding at home to find a cure for various diseases.  Only kids games will be played on it.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-10-15 21:57:40</pubDate>
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<title>[hard drive] Two Questions Regarding Hardware With My OS</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I had a pretty good Quad Core HP desktop, however, the motherboard went bad and I decided so far not to try to replace it.  I went out and bought an inexpensive ASUS Notebook, with a Core 2 Duo processor, 3 gigs of Ram and a much smaller hard drive (financial reasons).  It is running Win 7 Pro x64.

I do have a 750 gig external hard drive.  Can I load programs and files on this drive (mostly videos and music files) and have them work with my OS?  There is nowhere the amount of room on my Notebook HD to do it.

I also have a very good speaker system.  Is there such thing as an external sound card that I can hook up to a USB so that I have a good sound system?  There is no external out for separate speakers on my Notebook.  Even if there was, there would be no way it would power my speaker system well.  Thanks.

EDIT: I see that there are external sound cards, however, I need one with a USB interface that will work with Win 7 Pro 64 bit.  Looking around, I haven't found one yet.
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UCLA Only On A Clear Day-Class of '81]]></description>
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<pubDate>2009-11-07 10:30:02</pubDate>
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