Mats wrote:Since the price is $3000 for 80 GB, who cares?

...because like all other SSDs, the price should fall in time, and some of us might actually be interested when they hit affordability?

Wonder how it would have performed with direct touch heat pipes... at face value it looks like it should have performed a little better.

Mention is made of the inability to use these as a boot drive "for now". Will be interesting to see if the forthcoming consumer version can be used as a boot device.

...could you imagine putting a couple of these suckers in RAID 0?

...does the 1TB Caviar Green require active cooling? In my quad core box, I have two and they're always within a degree of ambient temps. I turned off the fans I had mounted in my case to cool them to quieten the system, and the temps haven't suffered at all. I've copied 200GB onto them in one move ...

I know of no one that undervolts fans and doesnt use some sort of fan controller, either software or hardware. Either they run them at 12v, or they have some sort of fan controller. So while a comparitive test at 12v may be applicable, the 7v test really isnt. ...I would have thought there were a f...

Bound to set a new GB/W density efficiency record though if it does come to market.

xan_user wrote:Ask them if you used separate drives for each OS, would it be better? (if you don't mind...im curious)

...that was my thoughts too! They're probably just used to rebuilding Windows in a corporate environment.

Zgundum, those tests are basically meaningless unless you compare all three at the same RPM, not the same volage. I would disagree - the majority of folk without a fan controller are going to run these fans either at 12V or 7V. So the 7V test is valid from a practical perspective, i.e. real world a...

Well the price difference is easy to explain - the 1TB RE2-GP is an efficient enterprise grade drive designed for 24x7 operation, whereas the 640GB Caviar Blue (WD6400AAKS) is a consumer drive for home use.

The RE2-GP is probably overkill for most home usage scenarios.

Forgive the question as it is for my education but is software raid (mdadm) on linux a no-go for this array size? This question was asked back in May... anyone got an answer? What are some practical size upper limits on mdadm arrays? I'm using mdadm for a RAID 1 array of 2 x 1 TB disks, I'm plannin...

For those in the world who persist with imperial measurements, here are the manufacturer's claimed cubic feet per minute ratings: 500 rpm: 0.015 A - 5 dBA - 31 m³/h - 18 f³/m 800 rpm: 0.023 A - 9 dBA - 48 m³/h - 28 f³/m 1,150 rpm: 0.034 A - 16 dBA - 63 m³/h - 37 f³/m 1,450 rpm: 0.049 A - 21 dB...

...I don't think the VelociRaptors generate much heat at all - at least that's been my experience. Even when doing 100GB transfers (reading or writing) it barely moves a degree or two, and is cool to the touch.

Windows Virtual PC is Windows only. VMWare Server is free though. I'm using a VelociRaptor 300GB - performance is fine. Slowest performance is starting a paused VM, but starting a powered-off VM is very good - but the guest OS still needs to boot. A paused VM needs to have it's state read from disk ...

Gotcha. I wasn't sure if you were after a recommendation for virtualisation software, like VMware Server, Windows emulation software like wine, or some software to test the performance of native vs virtual Windows, to determine which would be faster. I haven't used wine, but it's an alternative to d...

Are you after a hypervisor recommendation, or performance testing software recommendation? The physical disk format should not matter - storage is virtualised, so you can have a FAT32-formatted virtual disk stored on a physical ext3 partition. I'd go with whatever physical format offers the best per...

...I just checked, and it's $229 at 5pm on 26th Nov? Looks like it only dropped $30 from yesterday when it was $259 (before rebate). I thought the special was kicking in from 3pm.

I'm in Australia, but was going to get one shipped to the in-laws in Florida to forward to me.

I've got a pair of WD10EADS in my system - I'm *yet* to hear them. The VelociRaptor drowns them out. I've also enabled AAM on them, so if they WERE making any noise, they're making less now :) Go for them! I'm hoping they release more in a higher capacity - maybe 1.5TB - before I buy any more, just ...

Only one I can think of is that your DVD/CD ROM would be vertical. The right hand side (looking from the front) is absolutely flat - you could glue/mount some soft rubber feet and lay it down. Obviously you would need to turn it upright to do things like mount hard disks - you need to remove both si...

...I'm quite happy with my Antec Three Hundred combined with a Corsair VX450 - it came to around $200 AUD. I looked at the NSK6580, but decided to spend a little extra on the Three Hundred so I could choose my PSU - for the money it's a good case IMO.

I want one... but don't need it.

Ok, I've decided to try out the AS-25A 2.5" anti-vibration HDD bracket, to see if it helps resolve the VelociRaptor noises I'm experiencing. I've decided NOT to suspend the drives, but thought that I would test one of these anti-vibration mounts out instead. The only place in Australia that stocks t...

Actually... just recalled a problem I had with the P5Q-VM - just retested and it's still there. When using a DVI cable, in 1680 x 1050, the screen will randomly lose signal, then after a second or so, come back. It's almost as it it turns off then on. If I decrease the resolution to 1440 x 900, the ...

What may also make a difference is the type (or the removal) of any mesh or grid in front of the fan (for case mounted fans). Just one this... my Antec 300 has the honeycomb mesh in front of every case fan - would removing this reduce some fan-generated noise? Thinking of clipping out the mesh on t...

How do you find the two Slipstream 1200s noise-wise? I'm tossing up between them and the 800s for replacement intake fans - going to ditch my AC PWMs - at ~500RPM on PWM they're ineffective, and at 12V they're very loud at 1500RPM.

Yeah, I found the fastest SSD can't even be connected by SATA since it's rated at 700mb/sec! Instead, it's made on a PCI-Express card, since that's the only PC connection capable of moving the data at full speed. Fusion IO card - 80/160/320 GB I'm surprised that there hasn't been more mention of th...

Intel is releasing 65W TDP versions of the Q8200, Q9400 and Q9550 - denoted by an "s" suffix (i.e. Q8200s, Q9400s and Q9550s). This is down from the current 95W or more for these chips! http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20081119034328_Intel_to_Unveil_Desktop_Quad_Core_Chips_with_Lowered_Power...

I've been running the P5Q-VM for about a month now - basically the same board but no Firewire or onboard RAID. Very happy with it - the later BIOS versions are more advanced than the base BIOS mine came with - you can store a dozen or more overclock profiles, as opposed to the 2 profiles with the or...

Two things: 1) Rounded cables are a big no-no. They compromise data integrity (slowing down data transfer) and they are even bigger, blockier obstructions. At least ribbon cables can be folded or cablegami-ed and run under the mobo or other areas. Rounded cables provide no flexibility. I've had a d...

AFAIK WD1500BLFS is the same physical drive as the WD1500HLFS - just without the icepak. So buy the WD1500BLFS.

Are you likely to spend some extra money on a round IDE cable to replace the default ribbon IDE cable in order to improve airflow? If so, compare that cost to the motherboard adapter option. I wish I'd seen the motherboard adapter options before I committed to buying an IDE DVD burner, I ended up sp...