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As of now, eSATA is a whole lot more common than USB3.0 on computers. It also doesn't have any performance hit since it is the native interface of the drive. So, the makers can keep the USB3.0 enclosures, I'll take the USB2.0/eSATA enclosures. I realize it doesn't have power, but it's not...

Has anyone played around with one of these? I bought one last week with the intention to put in a 2.5" eSATA / USB2.0 enclosure after Newegg had 'em for $99 after promo code w/ free shipping. I thought it would be nice to have a portable 1TB HD that doesn't need an AC adapter and isn't...

Well, a limit of 1 totally sucks if you want to do RAID-1 or any other RAID level for that matter. In the past they did promotions like this that were limit 1, but more recently that hasn't been the case. Ultimately, I guess they get to do what they want. :p

I retested with Read Ahead caching disabled. 8 x 2.0TB PERC 6/i RAID-6 Array IOmeter benchmark (ATTO imitation) Read Ahead disabled: [/URL]

Hah, even Lunar could find it. I wonder what the Terminator was doing wrong?

Okay, here's the first benchmark. 8 x 2.0TB PERC 6/i RAID-6 Array IOmeter benchmark (ATTO imitation): For comparison a PERC 6/i card in a similar dual core PC with 8 x Samsung Spinpoint F2EG HD154UI 1.5TB 5400 RPM 32MB cache drives instead. 8 x 1.5TB PERC 6/i RAID-6 Array IOmeter benchmark...

RAID Gear:8 x Samsung Spinpoint F3EG HD203WI 2.0TB 5400 RPM 32MB cache Dell PERC 6/i PCI-E x8 SAS RAID controller with 256MB cache & battery 2 x 32pin SAS to 4 SATA cables The array is a single RAID-6 volume with a 512k size stripe. I got all the drives installed in the case last night and the...

It looks like other people are reporting it dead as well... It worked when I used it.

I agree. I bought 2 to put in external eSATA / USB enclosures.

The 2TB F4's are $60 shipped Free at Newegg.com with promo code EMCZYNW48 right now. Limit 5.

I updated to the latest LSI MSM software. It still didn't consider a partially degraded array a worthy of a popup, but it actually saves the changes, so I bumped up the severity so a partially degraded array will generate a popup.

Step 1: Find more matter than exists in the solar system. Step 2: Build Dyson sphere

I'm not sure I'd call it misinformation. Some of it is dated. Prior to the Fermi cards nVidia didn't have a bitstreaming solution. So, someone missed that line when editing the post to update it. As far as I know the information about the i3/i5 is correct with regards to 23.976Hz video and...

Did you hear anything? :scratch:

That's not correct. The Fermi based nVidia cards support HD audio bitstreaming. Right below it in the same post: Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio/Master Audio bitstreams Every Radeon HD 5xxx graphics card GeForce GTX 460/GTS 450/GT 440/GT 430 graphics card (with ffdshow Audio...

I have an 8 drive 1.5TB 5400RPM Samsung RAID-6 array and it's behaved quite well. I've got the drives here to put together a 8 x 2TB 5400RPM Samsung RAID-6 array, so I'll find out soon enough.

How do you figure that? :confused:

I wasn't aware of the Perc H700 before reading your post. Are they available cheap as used pulls?

Did Platinum suddenly become cheap and abundant today while I was at work? If not Fuel cells are DOA.

So, don't buy one. It's the beauty of the free market system. No one is forcing you to buy a car you don't want (at least not yet).

Uh, lets see, there's Nuclear (fission), Solar (thermal), Nuclear (fission), Solar (thermal), and Nuclear (fission) power. Anyone who thinks we're actually going to run out of water isn't thinking very hard.

Nonsense. The Volt is an electric car (for most people) without the biggest drawback of an electric car. You're not limited by or to the capacity of the battery. Sure it's too expensive, but it's a great solution to the problem of immature infrastructure for electric cars. I wouldn't buy one...

Right, wrong or indifferent, the Hindenburg probably sealed the fate of Hydrogen in transportation.

:confused: I don't really think so. There's no shortage of water on the planet, and the process of removing the salt from ocean water isn't that hard for any remotely technologically capable society.

It was okay. I'm not sure there's really enough there to keep me watching though. Primarily because I'm not sure that the premise will really work for me in a serialized show since it's pretty depression. Also, the topic seems so overdone recently between the Resident Evil films, 28 Days...

I discovered today that I had a single drive failure over 1 week ago on my Perc 6i RAID-6 array and I didn't know it because the default setting for the LSI MSM software for a warning (which a drive failure is considered) is to log it to the system log and the MSM log, but do nothing else (like...

It was a logical progression from Bozo's Ovrdrive. :alb:

That only works if you don't own the battery in your car and therefore don't care about it. I know if I took good care of my battery pack I wouldn't swap it for an one in unknown condition.

Of course not... He's ambidextrous. He uses his left foot to work the power controls system and his right foot to work the keyboard.

He might want to be careful running HDtach or the drive might OverDrift :rofl:

Well, it's alive. I grabbed this DDR2 kit from Microcenter on the way home from work yesterday for $79.99. Newegg is refunding my money for the 2GB kit I ordered from them since UPS apparently lost it. Now I just need to figure out why they're refunding me less than the price I paid for it...

Yeah, like your fingers pressing the 0 key too many times. :lol:

You're probably the last (okay, 2nd to last) person on this forum who should criticize the spelling of someone else. :rotfl: Especially one who simply read what was on the card given to him. :erm:

Uh... what's up with that HDtach STR plot?

That's not at all surprising.

So, I got my parts yesterday, well most of them. I was a little surprised to find my box from Newegg had no packing material in it and the DDR3 RAM was missing. :cursin: So, I either stop by Microcenter on the way home and hope they have some DDR3 at a reasonable price (may be possible) or...

You'll find out when you try it. :p

I think they're 12oz bottles, but I might be remembering incorrectly.

There are reasons why refuse to pay extra for faster shipping. :poke:

Some mashed potatoes are great. Adding a packet of powdered ranch dip mix (the kind you add to sour cream) makes for some killer mashed potatoes.

Well, supposedly OEM installs are tied to the motherboard and and aren't legally allowed to be used on another system. However, it's unclear how well MS's online activation system enforces their License Agreement. Or, how much success you might have activating by phone talking to someone if...

I shudder at the thought of the price of 3 and 4 layer media given the cost of dual layer BD discs.

If you don't care about the software you can get the BDR-205BK for ~$110 from Superbiiz after their current 10% off coupon.

Excluding booting Windows 7 and Vista work fine. To boot from them under 7 or Vista you need an EFI "BIOS" (as I understand it). I believe that Windows XP Pro x64 will also work fine with advanced format 3TB drives since you can manually align the partition and it supports GPT. However XP Pro...

I don't think you can buy XP Pro x64 anymore though I did find a few hits via Google. There are also some on ebay, but I haven't a clue how legit those are. I think the only official way to buy it new now is via downgrade rights. However, paying for Windows 7 Pro only to install XP Pro x64 is...

Anyone have any favorites or suggestions for a Blu-Ray burner? So far the Pioneer BDR-205BK/BDR-205BKS seems to be the best option out there.

So, why do you need a RAID controller for that? Does the motherboard you have even have a PCI-X slot?

What are you hoping to gain with the RAID controller?

I don't get the matrix of small fans. He could have used a single large box fan or similar. :confused:

It looks like I was able to get an unused copy for $30 shipped through another forum. So, I should be all set.