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    Upgrade Advice: Does Your Fast SSD Really Need SATA 6Gb/s?

    This is one reason I want to upgrade my mobo to SATA 6, but now that I see performance difference I'm not in that much of a rush. Yet I remember that my mobo doesn't support AHCI, should I be back in a hurry?
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    Need advice on Motherboard/CPU Upgrade for Gaming

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    Need advice on Motherboard/CPU Upgrade for Gaming

    Any news on the i3 and i5 price drops from the April and May ivy release? I know they dropped the price on the mobile editions.
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    Need advice on Motherboard/CPU Upgrade for Gaming

    For storage which drive. The blue or barracuda ES.2. Not sure if the server HDD will outperform. Both 7200 but the ES.2 has power trim and a 32mb cache, rated 1.2 mil hours. I'll sell the other, the ES.2 resells $20 ish more.
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    Need advice on Motherboard/CPU Upgrade for Gaming

    Yep typo ment 2100. Funny enough Skyrim runs perfectly on this Athlon. Any other recommendations for a Z68 board, or any comparable options using a 990xa or FX. I hear bulldozers are terriblE though. Also the resale on the Intels is very high and I do eventually want the 2500k. Maybe I just...
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    Need advice on Motherboard/CPU Upgrade for Gaming

    Current: Athlon X2 250 Asus M4N68T-M V2 8gb G.Skill Ram Corsair Force 3 90gb SSD GTX 560ti Caviar Blue 500gb or Seagate Barracuda ES.2 500gb(Which one to use as storage?) Corsair GS 600W NZZT Gamma?(The big cheap one) Current Windows Index. CPU: 6.5 Memory: 7.2 Graphics: 7.7 Gaming Graphics...