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Ok, Thank you for the explanation. That helps some. I guess I am looking at something like the ASUS G74SX-DH73-3D. It seems to meet most of my needs.

I am looking for a higher end laptop and wanted to get some suggestions. Price range from $1000 to $2000. Here is some of the stuff I am looking for. I7 cpu 16Gb+ ddr3 2Gb Nvidia card (Gaming) Sata3 USB3 Webcam Bluetooth 4.0 1920x1080 Decent speakers. Extended battery (6 hours plus while not...

The Expresscache software will only use 32Gb. I am using the other half of the drive for Pagefile and Readyboost.

I have installed a 64Gb msata drive along with the Lenovo Expresscache software. I can see that it is caching files to the drive, however I have not really seen a huge decrease in boot time. I was just wondering if there was a way to check it? C:\Windows\system32>eccmd.exe -info ExpressCache...

I just received a new laptop, the Lenovo T530. It has the i5 3320 processor with 4Gb ram and a 500gb 5400rpm drive. I was wondering what would be better to add right now. Another 8gb of memory or the mSATA SSD 32GB Samsung Cache? They are both around $70 so just wondering about the most bang...

I super glued the "auto" button in and it is working fine now.

I have an Acer AL1912 monitor. When it is first turned on, the OSD comes up and displays the contrast and brightness controls. The Contrast flashes between red and blue while the Menu: goes between Return and Enter, depending on the color of the contrast bar. The menu does respond when I press...

I have been a pc gamer for a long time, around 25 years. I have not played console games since I was a kid. My kids do have a Wii, but I never had much interest in it. After hearing about all the great things the PS3 can do, I finally broke down and went out to buy one last night. So far, I have...

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Sorry, meant raid 1 for the data files. The 400gb drive is for programs that are not frequently used. I keep office and other stuff like that on that drive. I was kind of thinking about getting another 260, but the 460's are only a few bucks more. I guess I will just sit tight on it for now...

Looking for opinions on what I should upgrade next. I have some ideas, but I wanted to see what others thought. I am listing all this from memory, so it may not be exactly correct. MB: Asus P5N-E SLI CPU: C2D E8400 running at 3.5 Ghz CPUFan: Xigmatek HDT Mem: 2x2Gb Patriot DDR2 LLk 800Mhz GPU...

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I wound up going with a 64Gb solid state drive. That looks like the only thing that will get the performance I am looking for. Thanks for all your help and suggestions.

Already got a nice Graphics card. It is a Nvidia 460. It runs everything out now on the highest settings. Starcraft 2 runs at Ultra across the board. A quick speedtest shows the following results: Avg write speed is 72.2MB/s AVG read speed is 47.1Mb/s For reference, my drive on a stock office...

It is primarily a gaming system. I do use it quite a bit for work, to remote in to the office. I have a credit for $100 at Fry's, so I was going to use it for one of those two options. I know not to put much faith into the Windows 7 system scores, but it rates my hard drives as the lowest...