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@ $11 BILLION / Year paid by electric customers !!!!! That is an EPA estimate - I know that they would NEVER estimate wrong, or slant things their way ... NEVER! Face it, the EPA is waging war on carbon based energy. I can hardly wait for them to get their hands on fracking - then the US...

You mean "trust" the same EPA that saddled us with $16 Billion/year on reducing mercury? "EPA's health impact estimates focus on the harm done to a theoretical child whose mother consumes 139 pounds of fish that was self-caught from water at the 95th percentile level of methyl mercury...

Subsidies, Subsidies, Subsidies .... ..... and no way to store electricity for times when the wind is not blowing NOTE: This announcement very carefully does NOT talk about what percentage of power is generated - only PEAK generation I have an idea, lets FORCIBLY TAKE money from electric...

I'm also interested in this - AND in what USB 3.0 hub will work with it. I have a BlacX USB 3 docking station that works OK with my Lenovo T430s notebook (Win7) when connected directly, but not through a hub.

Gigabit network - router + cheap switch non SSD source drive 10,101,157 kb file (>10Gb) = 3:49 I don't know what to use for fuller test for networked NAS - suggestions - Win7?

FWIW, I am no NAS expert - but I recently installed a Synology 1513+ w/5 x 4TB Seagate HDD, and I could barely believe how simple it was to set up a a RAID 5 Volume. I stuck it in the basement, and mostly just forget about it. Honestly, it was a pleasant surprise that it was so easy, and a...

Isn't the Dell U2410 CCF? IPS 19:10 (!!)

>> I don't have any sympathy for people (including businesses) that are still running XP << Jeez - spoken like a True Tech Snob !! I wonder if you will be singing the same tune when W7 nears EOL, and the only alternatives are all dumbed down OS designed for phones? I suppose you were a big...

You might post what controller/motherboard you are going to use in case someone knows something "unusual".

What am I missing here? How can this be useful without a comparison to Intel SRT caching scheme? This seems so obvious that I must be having brain seizure.......

Note that the Seagate drive you link has a 1 YEAR WARRANTY ! I think you may find the same drive in retail box w/5 year warranty if you look around.

If you don't already know about it, take a look at what Intel Smart Response Technology (SRT) does. It is baked into current Intel systems. If you want to minimize possible maintenance, this might be easier than SSD + HDD. I recently installed this on a system used for daily office tasks and was...

I have looked at UltraBooks that are coming up, and have a problem - NO WIRED NETWORK!! There is no way I am going to shell out $1000 (+ insurance) and have to carry around a dongle. AMD seems to have ultrabook equivalents coming (see HP) that, although a tad thicker, fit my usage much better...

I'm having a lot of trouble seeing the wonder that is Thunderbolt. It is way too expensive - price some Thunderbolt cables! It is completely Intel proprietary - which may have something to do with Apple's fascination with it. USB3 DisplayPort. The potential to daisy-chain is pretty cool...

Although it may not help if you have to buy immediately, using Google Alert to monitor (no pun intended) can be useful.

Right you are! Thank you for catching this.

What is primary use of monitor? Does 16:10 or 16:9 matter to you? Does the 970 have DisplayPort? Do you need HDMI 1.4 to drive 970 - and does your video card support it? I much prefer 16:10 aspect ratio because of the work I do. Currently using 2 x Dell 2709 @ 16:10.

FWIW, I have at least 6 x 3TB coolspin + 6 x Seagate 3TB 7200rpm drives. I have had 1 of each fail within 1 year. FWIW, I also have 6 Seagate 2TB 5900rpm drives, and had 1 of these fail also. None of these were DOA, and all originally had good SMART readings. I know this is not statistically...

What motherboard and BIOS version? Does the drive have any data on it that you want to preserve? http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2674-partition-volume-create-new.html

Fractal Design XL NOTE: It is heavy!

FWIW, Micro Center has 3TB 7200rpm Seagate with 5 year warranty.

Why don't you use a powered (gets power from a wall outlet) USB hub?

It sure looks like Intel made a big mistake using cheap thermal paste instead of the fluxless solder they previously used....must be cheaper..... I wonder what genius signed off on this to save what - $0.50/chip????

Thanks for the link.

>> Reliability should obviously be much better with the RE4 since they are enterprise class. << I wonder about that. I have never seen any sort of statistical illustration that this is true. I have never seen a manufacturer written explanation about what exactly is different except firmware. Do...

Me too! What motherboard is this?

Thanks for the confirmation.

Is there a load on the machine when looking at speeds? Try CPU-Z, and start a load......

An I correct in thinking that the ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z will support 1 x Videocard @ 16x 2 x RAID cards @ 8x I just want to make sure......

Thanks for the replies, Zap and DesertCat. So Silverstone is the only one?

Has anyone seen cables available for any modular PS other than the Silverstone 500 (or is it 550)?

I could keep the SATA2 drives on my existing LSI 1068 or IBM IBM M1015 (rebranded LSI 9240-8i) by installing them in the computer case. Thanks

I'm just thinking of what happens if I implement RAID in the future that might saturate SATA2. Thanks

Bobby - Thanks - that gives some insight into what I need. >> think of the expander as acting like a network switch for hard drives << That is REALLY helpful..... it is my failing, but I just never thought of it like that! FWIW, the 10 x SATA3 drives are my main concern - trying to get SATA3...

Thanks for the reply, but I am interested in doing this without going thru a network. I am under the impression I can connect a RAID card to a RPC-4020, but that is where my confusion starts. Any URL's anyone might suggest to learn about this?

I am confused over adding a "storage box" that connects to my main computer. extenders, port replicators, backplanes, etc. Do I need a motherboard w/OS installed? I have 10 x 3TB SATA3 drives + 6x 2TB SATA2 that I would like to connect to a system as JBOD, with the ability to add more drives...

http://www.amazon.com/Dell-UltraSharp-U3011-Widescreen-PremierColor/dp/B004KKGF1O/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_t_2 Does this mark the start of phase out of this model? Is it the beginning of the end of 16:10?

I don't understand how this makes sense. Could you elaborate?

Your link seems to be broken You might post the make/model .....

I'd be curious to know why you would not trust the "Clear CMOS" button. Seems to me it is simply a shortcut to shorting 2 pins......