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    Recommendations for 80 GB SSD for around $300?

    Depends. Any Indilinx controller drives will have better write/sustained write speeds and comparable read speeds to the Intel drives. Intel does much better at random reads/writes, though, and generally has better IOPS performances. For the most part it won't matter, but check out some of the...
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    Best SSD for <$300?

    Managed to snag a retail X25-M for 248 after shipping :) Still not as low as I would have liked, but hey, they had it in stock, and I don't know if waiting will do me any good for the short amount of time I have left. So I figured it was worth it. Can't wait to start playing with it next week.
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    Best SSD for <$300?

    I've seen several bulk/supply sellers that offer the retail 80 GB for around $240 with free shipping, and the OEM version for about $5 less than that. Granted, they're all out of stock right now, but just have to keep checking on them.
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    Best SSD for <$300?

    Looks like I'll go ahead with an Intel 80GB G2 as soon as I can find a good deal. Problem is that it looks like most stores are experiencing stock shortages, so anywhere it is in stock has a higher price. Hopefully this will change as new shipments come in over the course of the month.
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    Temporarily failing RAID disks

    That ERC issue may just be the killer. I'll defiitely look into it when I can handle the drives. Thanks for the link.
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    Temporarily failing RAID disks

    I'll check on that as soon as this current rebuild is finished (~20 hrs). Unfortunately I can't check the drive information while it's connected through the Intel RAID, so I'll need to remove them one by one and check on my other machine.
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    Temporarily failing RAID disks

    I currently have a 4x1.5TB RAID 5 setup off of the Intel ICH10R. I use it as a general media storage (avg filesize ~250 MB). Ever since I put it together, I've been having random drive failings. While I have reason to suspect it may be the drives themselves (Seagates), the general activity...
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    Best SSD for <$300?

    Well, it's February. Another month and my Win 7 RC will start shutting down randomly. I'll be upgrading to the full version, of course, but rather than have to mess with a clean install twice, I'm looking into SSDs now so I can have everything working extra nice. That said, I don't have the...
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    Any problems with OS changes for RAID?

    The OS will be going on a new SSD (when I get one), so that shouldn't be an issue. If everything is stored with the mobo, then all is well. Just wanted to make sure everything would be fine before going ahead with it.
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    Any problems with OS changes for RAID?

    Alright, I currently have a RAID 5 array of 4x1.5TB on Windows 7 RC. I'm using Intel's matrix storage RAID controller that was included on my mobo. In light of the coming automatic shutdowns etc for using the RC, I'm planning to upgrade to the full version. However, MS prevents you from simply...
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    Intel Core i7 Full System Drawing @ [H]

    That would be awesome.
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    Lossy audio questions

    Hello, I'm currently starting to look into the world of high-fidelity audio, but want to make sure that some of my bases are covered. I realize that most audio equipment is used to play directly from CDs since the waveform is perfectly preserved on them. However, the vast majority of my...
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    Figuring out my audio priorities

    2. The receiver's main use would be as a source for a variety of other components, not meant for just audio use. Looking for multi-zone, some amount of upscaling ability (including legacy analog), and of course solid performance. My price range looks about right for those kinds of features, but...
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    Figuring out my audio priorities

    I intend to move on to surround sound later on. My immediate budget is actually something I'm not entirely sure of. I usually decide how much money I'm willing to put towards something after I've put in adequate research. At this point I've only decided on $500 +- $100 for the receiver, as...
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    Figuring out my audio priorities

    Hello all, Currently I'm trying to figure out how to go about my audio purchases. Namely, I'm trying to figure out what my priorities should be based off of what I'll be doing and where I'll be. I'm fairly new to much of the equipment in the better end of the audio spectrum, and this is also...
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