Posts by balistic2

Please do not remind me about the current lack of USB 3 support. I don't know why intel is/was anti USB 3.

I have a 200 Watt adapter, It works fine for about 45min-1.5hrs then mine overheated and I had to let it cool down, keep in mind I was playing Dragon age. Watching DVDs or videos would not have overheated the car adapter.

Can anyone find the second 4870 card? I want to upgrade!

Quote: Originally Posted by NWGuru My seq write on my x-25M is 108. Make sure you have the latest firmware installed. The biggest downside to the Intel drives is the seq write. What Firmware is on your SSD? I...

Thanks for the benchmarking suggestion. Here are my results SSD vs my 7200 RPM drive using crystal disk mark: 5 tests 1000 MB SSD INTEL X-25M GEN2 80 GIG Sequential Read : 259.774 MB/s Sequential Write : 87.813 MB/s ...

Haha ya... well this class we had to program our own Linux kernel in x86 and C needless to say I had the worst time trying to get my scheduler to work correctly and not page fault ever couple RTC interrupts ... not the most exciting...

Ya I suppose I don't need a ton of space, but what I was planning to do with the SSD was to put my OS/some aps/my GAMES on it. Games being the big one. This HD searching is harder than I thought! Question: Do SSDs also lie about the...

Got ya, So what is my next best bet? 2 500gigs at 7200 RPM? Do you have a raid 0 going? I have 2 500gigs compared on new egg. Is raid 0 comparable to SSD? I know if you want an SSD now you have to pay a premium, but I can get almost 9x...

I knew it was too good to be true! The pic on the web site is a standard 2.5 in HD without the massive heat sink. It was on this site compuvest. the pricing must have been a mistake b/c they upped it to $279, but it is still in my cart...

hey I am in the exact same boat. I wanted to get the OCZ agility 120 GB, but it costs >=$350. So I am considering raid 0 options. I just found the WD velicoraptor 10K rpm 300 GB for about $180. Has any one had any expirence with raid...