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Considering I'm using one computer for everything (small apartment), I don't want my CPU busy doing RAID-math. I think the card I have is pretty good (see sig).

Isn't the Pentium D a P4? Hot? Slow (per clock)?

Worthwhile is a difficult thing to accomplish for $200. AMD Sempron 3000+ AM2 - $30 GIGABYTE GA-M61SME-S2 - $54 HITACHI Deskstar 80GB SATA - $40 CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB DDR2 667 - $30 LITE-ON 16X DVD±R DVD Burner - $28 Antec NSK 4400 w/380W - $80 $262 - not including tax or shipping, from...

1&2. Having the "Michelob and NASCAR set" realize anything does not compute.

Wedding on Saturday where I've been asked to perform. Sailing Sunday. Working Monday. 5+ disks with minimal performance requirements are the only reason to use RAID-5 IMHO. For 3-4 disks, the hassle isn't worth saving a couple drives (over RAID-10). But for my 6 drive array, it would take an...

It took 2 days to move the data off the hard drives (I had enough space elsewhere to hold all but ~700GB of it). Then I created a 5-drive RAID-5 array in a few minutes. Copying the 700GB back to the array @ ~55MB/sec (in Vista) took about 3.5 hours. Adding the now free drive to the array looks...

My machine was down while I was working on my new array, then I went rock climbing while it was rebuilding (just added the sixth drive to an existing RAID-5). I can hear the drives cranking away, but it's still at 0%. I suspect this will take a long time...

You pretty much have their purpose down. It's a hard surface that has a fan or two in it. IMHO, the fans are a gimmick that manages to drain your battery (they run off USB power). So tell her just to get a book or cookie sheet (what I use) and use it a buffer. Most importantly it will make sure...

I love living so close to Antec and 3Ware's offices; UPS ground = next day delivery. We even use the same UPS routing warehouse.

I just got an e-mail from Seagate bragging that the new 250GB 7200.10 is a single-platter design. Now that the higher density is in higher production, I hope it brings the prices down.

Not SFF. Desktop/HTPC? Yes, but much larger than a Shuttle and more expensive than the basic ones. It does look good though. I normally use Silverstone for my HTPCs, but Antec has a new one with a 7" touchscreen on the front that looks interesting. At first I thought you were talking about the...

The features that come to mind are Aero and Media Center; but those wouldn't be useful on a basic computer...

I have a bunch of them in the field, some with aftermarket firmware and the transmit power turned way up. I might remember having one die once, but I haven't seen an epidemic.

Sorry Merc, turns out the new owner of the game center threw out the box of adapters along with the box of IDE cables, USB headers, SATA driver disks, and other crap I was keeping squirreled away there.

If I were to build a system from scratch right now, it would certainly be a C2D-based one. I don't think it's really a question at the moment.

This new "mega tunic" thing which is supposed to be all in fashion right now is BS; it just makes everyone look pregnant.

Nope. $249. Screw 'em. I got a Logitech G15 instead :shrug:

They had the SATA version for sale @ $239 a few weeks ago, but they were completely sold out. I'm leaving for Frys right now (about 10 minutes away), and if they are that cheap I think I'll get a few more.

...currently managing 140% of currently shipping drives at room temperature. I think it's an improvement, but that they are still a long ways off. It will be interesting to see how long spinning platter hard drives can hold off solid state drives in the high capacity space...

I've done this a few times with a couple kids each. A client's kids at their home. The first time it was 12-year olds, the second time it was some girls before they went off to college. Dad wanted to buy them new computers, and I thought that if they built them themselves they would have less...

The thing that I tell people is that they NEED to print something about once a week. I tell them flat out that unless they print one full-color picture every week, it will break. I also tell them not to skimp on paper, and to have a dust cover. This doesn't stop the printer from breaking, but...

I might have 20 or so.

I threw out a box of them a month or so ago; I'll see if I have some more lying around. I assume you are looking for about 60 of them?

Those are really beautiful speakers.

Agreed. Unless you "need" Microsoft, Linux should be preferred. Unfortunately, most people I work with have at least one app where it won't work.

I was "other" at my school. 75%+ Hispanic, 15% white, a few Asians, and one black guy. It's mostly a farming community (Salinas, CA), the "lettuce capital of the world"! My views on illegal immigration didn't go over well there; mainly because I was talking about the people I was talking to ;)

Too bad it doesn't scale with additional mileage over 1000/mo.

Wow udaman, a short post with good content. Awesome.

I suspect it's a matter of volume. The method of failure also counts IMO. If the SMART error counts are high but you can get the data off, it's a much better failure then "smoke and awe". WD drives seem to specialize in the latter.

My high school was really good at shootings. We averaged at least one a year on or around campus.

Very funny, if a bit gross...

The "GL" version is the linux-based model; sporting more memory and a faster CPU (IIRC). This is the one all the aftermarket firmwares are written for. Even if you were going to keep the original firmware, I'd get the beefier model.

Thanks for the offer Coug. Even though I didn't take it this time, it's certainly tempting ;)

So you're saying Ubuntu "Feisty" has lower system requirements than "Edgy"? I checked the release notes, but I could only find the requirements for the current version. However version 5.10 required 128MB of RAM and 2GB. Version 4.04 requires twice as much RAM.

It certainly sounds like I'm the one with an unstable system, doesn't it ;)

Very tempted, but I'm more interested in the GT 8GB model. Any chance?

If reliability/stability is paramount, to me there is no question. WRT54GL/WUSB54GS

Newegg doesn't ship drives in retail boxes. They ship them in anti-static bags tightly wrapped with an inch or more of bubble wrap in a larger box full of peanuts. I consider this satisfactory and have purchased hundreds of drives from them with only a few failures (that weren't WD) so far.

Where did this crazy idea come from? When did a new version of any OS (or any program) *ever* run better on the same hardware? New version = new "features", new features = more computing to be done.

My experience with 64-bit wasn't a colossal PITA, it was just not important at all. Once you have the device drivers for everything, the only difference is that there are two "program files" folders. Sometimes 32-bit apps with extract themselves into the 64-bit "program files" folder instead of...

Chewy, Your issues are why I don't recommend that anyone upgrade their system to Vista. Even though your system is a powerhouse, legacy support is not a strong point. And as the server version hasn't been released yet, support for server hardware is still a ways off (my 3Ware card is barely...

Actually, yes. Vista pre-caches the most commonly used apps even before you use them (provided your HDD isn't busy) and clears the RAM if it mis-predicted what you were going to be doing. What is completely unused RAM getting you, anyway? "True." But more importantly. "Of course." Aero is eye...

I've gone nearly entirely to Vista. All my own systems run it or Server 2003, all my new client machines run it (or Ubuntu). Here I will try to explain why. 1. I like it. I like the new UI. Yes, it is different, and requires a whole new learning curve, but I was trying to be open and accepting...

I'll be kind and start another thread...;)

Out of curiosity, what do you push instead, Merc?

I had 4GB RAM and a 4GB page file in XP 32-bit for a long time without issue. I'm certain that some swapping did happen, but I'm not sure if the total used (used RAM + used Page) ever exceeded 4GB. No crashes were detected.

I think it's pretty easy to justify 750GB drives over 500GB ones once the cost of power and SATA ports comes into play.

I suspect he was appealing to any potential sensabilities...kinda silly around here, I know...

Ugh...too bad that package went out already...

I seem to recall this being an issue with all S939 chips, and not an issue with AM2. I know I'm not having any issues now, but I remember specifically limiting myself to 2GB of RAM when @ S939.