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    Semi-Budget Video card good for image/video editing? (NO Gaming at all)

    I would recommend the 4850 1GB as well.
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    hard drive(s) making computer choppy?

    it's definitely not spyware/viruses, I run adaware, spybot search and destroy, and spyware blaster, coupled with NOD32. I think defragging helps a little bit, but I was just curiuous of drive performance issues if they were full.
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    hard drive(s) making computer choppy?

    Hey guys, I have 4 hard drives, 2x300gb maxtor diamondmax10's (7200RPM, 16mb cache) (one of thse is my OS drive) and 2x320gb WD3200JD (7200RPM, 8mb cache). Each of these drives, is pretty full, with probably on average 15gb or less space available on each drive. I've noticed in some of my...
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    Do you think its possible for me to

    is it currently for sale anywhere online? i.e. forums, eBay, also check pricegrabber/froogle to see if any online shops are carrying it. i'll bet some are on ebay, then you can probably get a good idea of what to sell it for.
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    cheap raid 5 array?

    ok, thanks for the info, just to confirm - it will be slow when writing the data (no big deal, just a storage drive to hold back ups and stuff like that, mp3's, dvd back ups, pictures, etc. but will not slow my computer down at all (it is hardware raid-5).
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    cheap raid 5 array?

    anyone have any ideas?
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    cheap raid 5 array?

    how slow do you think it would write? any ideas? a lot slower than a regular 7200rpm/8 or 7200rpm/16mb cache drive?
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    cheap raid 5 array?

    a slow down as in my whole processor being used, and everything on my computer will be slow? or do you mean stuff will write 'slow' to the array itself?
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    cheap raid 5 array?

    Alright, I will keep that in mind for all my future hard drive orders. If I were to put a 4 drive raid 5 array in my computer with that 3ware raid controller mentioned above (the 4 raided hard drives would be WD 400GB RE SATA) in my main pc (used for gaming - I have A64 3200+ Venice core...
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    cheap raid 5 array?

    what makes you say that? i've ordered a lot of my drives from newegg... no problems so far? is this a known issue, this is the first i've herad of it. on another note, this is a hardware raid-5 card, right? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16816116022
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    cheap raid 5 array?

    anyone have any ideas about the bad reviews the RE drives are receiving? or any comments?
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    cheap raid 5 array?

    what are the benefits of using raid edition drives, would this be a huge issue to consider in a raid5 array? I've just read awful reviews about the raid edition drives, specifically here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144424 if I went raid edition, those would be...
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    cheap raid 5 array?

    is there such thing as putting together a cheap raid 5 array? I'd like an 8 drive array or so, I think i've found my card (3ware SATA Raid-5 one, either PCI or PCI-X depending on the motherboard I get) and my drives (WD3200JD's) but i'm not sure about motherboard/cpu/ram. i'd like to get max...
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    F/S: CRT Monitor // Headphones // Sound Card // Cases // Software

    bump
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    F/S: CRT Monitor // Headphones // Sound Card // Cases // Software

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