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Easiest answer for multiple OS installs, where you are not using heavy hardware, would be to virtualize the OS. You would have one main install, then you could use VMware Workstation Player. There are other hypervisors, but Player is the easiest for basic use and compatibility. If you are...

Raid 1 is absolutely a industry standard practice for the boot drive of a server IF that server is not a VM on a cluster obviously. As far as how raid should be implemented, the RAID card on the mobo is not a hardware raid, it is infact a firmware raid and not at all much better than the windows...

are you planning on having the OS on the ssd and applications on the other? how big is the SSD? are you wanting everything on the ssd?

Here is a tool to test transfer speeds: http://www.totusoft.com/files/LAN_SpeedTest.exe You can use it to verify r/w speeds between the 3 computers, you can choose the file size, try something larger than one song, like 20MB. As to why this could be happening, I know there have been issues with...

check to be sure it is in progressive not interlaced. 1080p vs 1080i makes a huge difference on monitors.

the warranty is 3 months.... it is truly a gamble it could be useful for 2 years or more, or it could die after 4 months and you would be out $15. totally your call. there is no way to guess your chances honestly.

probably your best bet. the SSHD have an 8GB SSD cache on them that makes them perform quite well over standard HDD's http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178379

Those cards ran hot anyway, I would make sure your case is clean of dust and rest easy, it sounds fine. If you are weary, just run any gpu temperature tool and watch it. its safe to call anything around 60c at idle or low usage okay, and anything over 90c while gaming, just listen for the fan to...