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awesome article! Thanks for exposing us to this great technology :)

Bleh. This HA stuff looks like technology from the 90s, not technology that is available to us right now! What happened to the networked fridge that knows its inventory and that you can remotely manage in tandem with your favorite food retailer's outlet current up-to-date selection as to find...

solid build overall but I would switch out the 150gb raptor for either a smaller SSD or a 300gb raptor. The speed difference between a high density 1tb black vs the 150gb raptor is very similar yet the raptor costs more. The newer raptors in the 300gb size are actually faster than the 150gb...

if your motherboard supports raid0 already, you don't need to buy an extra controller. The most common integrated controllers are ICHR9/10 nowadays. Performance-wise, you won't see a difference for only two drives.

at 21 canadian cents per gb, this drive is just about 2x more expensive per gb than the 1tb green version. I'd advise consumers against those drives until the prices settle a bit. There is no point in spending twice as much money on storage drives because they are new (unless you are a...

because this array is designed for storage purposes (I'm assuming you have in mind some kind of media server?), I advise you to take WD green drives. The performance between greens and blacks will be a non-issue at 6 drives and you will be happy to save power (including on your electricity...

Honestly, I found this interview short, lacking in detail and depth and strong on the evangelism. Sure, you can make a point of saying "we aren't on Apple's payroll" but at the end of the article, it is still a pretty big advertisement to them for no reason. The main point is that the new...

So many games, so little space... HL2 got boring halfway through for me Fear was super repetitive and looked like a tech demo Far Cry 2 is yet another super boring tech demo Left 4 Dead I played the first campaign, then I played one multiplayer game and that was it. No fun whatsoever for me in...

Additionally, 4x green drives might not be the best option. Consider getting an SSD / velociraptor 300gig for a system drive. If you don't care about the data "safety" because you backup externally very often, then you could grab 2-3-4 velociraptors and get decent results. I wouldn't advise...

a good 24inch monitor is the G2400WD from BenQ. Great quality/price and awesome performances overall. If you don't believe me, read this MASSIVE thread that ranks pretty much every LCD under the sun: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=31&threadid=2049206&enterthread=y

things to consider before doing backups: 1- initialize and format the system disk as a primary partition (so it can boot) 2- make sure your 7year old system can accept drives with large partitions (my guess is that a 7yr old system would not allow >128gb) 3- Don't rush anything, read the...

neiroatopelccI take it you're not referring to www.battle.net or the ingame equivalent used for diablo 2 ? cause that can't be mentioned in the same sentense as "good services" ; There is no customer support, there is no help for hardware issues, there is no active work to prevent...

I used to have 4.0 altec lansing (from the early 2000's) and recently moved to a pair of Polk Audio rti a9 and eD a2-300 sub for 2.1 sound system plugged into a Yamaha rx-v663 through optic cable (the sound card is a fatal1ty x-fi). Soon there'll be a pari of rti a3 for the rears and a csi a6...

That's one thing that Vista makes easier. When I installed my system with AHCI and vista 64, I had no issues whatsoever. I also have a p5q board (mine is pro) and with the intel raid controller, I didn't need to worry about external drivers. You may want to consider getting vista?

get a mechanical drive and put the computer in another room?