ok here's the situation. Since i have this new PC, i thought i would try installing the "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" drivers for SATA hard disks. But then it didn't want to install, saying my board doesn't meet the requirements. Then i downloaded the latest "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" drivers...

don't get the Green hard disks, they're slower, doesn't constantly spin to 7200rpm, and have this terribly annoying head parkings which supposedly "use less power" but if you ask me, it makes a little annoying noise when not in use, and probably will make the heads break faster. Instead, go for the ...

hmm i decided to try it after a while...and yes it was on the inside part of the card, the pin 7 and 9 are the ones near the main board, not on the most outside part of the sound card. Now i can hear the sound coming from my TV, but i don't have control on the sound volume from my computer, only wit...

ok i got my two 2-pins SPDIF cables from eVGA (they were generous enough to provide them to me, since the cables didn't came with my eVGA video cards (Geforce 9600GT and Geforce GTS 250). So i've been wondering...i have a XtremeGamer PCI, and by looking at this picture: http://img4.glowfoto.com/imag...

the WD10EALS i bought seem to have a little...noise. But my guess is this noise must be a normal thing for steady 7200rpm hard disks, and also that every drives are unique in the way that every drives are made differently, they are not 100% built identically, there's always a percentage...like if yo...

hmm maybe i'll do that. Those are going to become expensive coasters

heh if i need another drive, i'll probably buy a Blue 640gb or 1tb WD

as soon as they come up with a "green" 460 with a single 6-pin PCI-E, I'm in. I like the idle power cons, I like the OC potential, size and the general clout the card has. That's why i actually like my eVGA Geforce GTS 250 512mb: Stock cooler is efficient and silent enough for me, it only require 1...

Hmm my guess is i should use the real Acronis True Image Home 2010 then...

Now i'm just waiting for my WD10EALS to come in the mail, shouldn't take long, never had trouble with NCIX with hard disks.

so far it doesn't have any bad sector, and anyway, i might take this WD5000AADS out when i'll migrate/clone everything on my incoming WD10EALS.

so the IntelliPower technology is responsible for the "park" mode on the Green Power (GP) series? So yes...i'll use that free True Image WD Edition to clone/migrate all my stuff to that new WD10EALS...this park mode feature really annoy me and it seem like i can't turn it off on this WD5000AADD with...

i must say the 460 GTX seem to take a lot less power than the 465 GTX.

But i agree, it's a flaw not being able to use aftermarket coolers on it, but so far the stock coolers are not that bad, the fan keeps itself at 35% when the video card is not needed.

Ok my guess on the Intelliseek "park" mode to 8 seconds is because those hard disks are made to be "green" so taking the least power possible with any mean possible. So my guess is when the head park, it take less power...but then not for long because most users are using their HDDs constantly/regul...

it still can be used...i'll just use it to transfer big files from a point to another, so it won't be used often.

i have a Seagate 500gb HDD which lays there unused because it's self-destructing itself (more and more reallocated sectors when in use...) little by little because someone have hit my external enclosure and it fell down the computer, dammit!! :evil: ...so yeah, this one is only used for transfering ...

anyone tried the Acronis True Image WD Edition? it's made especially for WD drives (duh), but i wonder if anyone had good experiences with it? ...as if all go well, i'll migrate my stuff from this 500gb WD5000AADS to this WD10EALS which have a constant 7200rpm instead of the Green series screwing up...

ah yes, the WD10EALS? Seem to be a great choice. Blue, 2 platters, doesn't seem to be as loud as the Black drives, and 32mb cache also. AND doesn't have to be formatted like those new "advanced format" drives! I'm so gonna put the AAM to the quietest on this one! :lol: Now i wonder if i can use that...

ok i got my new computer (i had problemsd with the OCZ memory kit, i did a RMA back to the shop and replaced by G-Skill ones, everything runs fine). I'm running on Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit now. But now i'm already looking for another hard disk for this computer, i would use it to install games o...

Mike, you should do a test with the Noctua NF-S12B FLX, NF-P12 and a few other silent fans. as a side note, i would like to know...how many months/years my Nexus 120mm (i have the black and white version) fan should be able to remain silent? (i do clean my computer once in a while, and my Three Hund...

Anyone tried Noctua NF_S12B FLX on a Prolimatech Megalahems yet?

If my Nexus 120mm fan even get noisy, i would like to know if the cooling is good enough on it with a NF-S12B FLX.

Purolator is going to grab my package this Tuesday for RMA the RAM sticks back to NCIX, i asked them to send me the Corsair CMV4GX3M2A1333C9 instead (still a 2 x 2gb kit, hopefully i would have the problem fixed with them!) I checked the Corsair memory finder with my new main board, and they are gar...

I think i did a really bad mistake here. When ordering my new PC, i should have checked the feedbacks on this RAM kit (OCZ3G1333LV4GK), because a lot of peoples says it makes their computer crash, updates failing and BSODs. Here are the specs of my new PC, normally: Board: Asus P7P55D-E LX CPU: Inte...

well their new boards have that button called "MemOK", saying all kinds of memory should be fine with their boards (as long as it's DDR3 memory in this case)

i know, i never had problem with my DDR400 ram sticks, only once, but it's the board's fault being capricious on RAMs... the guy from OCZ told me to check my BIOS if the RAMs are set to 9-9-9-20, TRFC 80, and 1.65V. i hope that if it's not set that way, i'll be able to set that easily. Or if i still...

if i have problems, i might buy a 4gb kit of Kingston...

ok i ordered this PC i was talking about: board: Asus P7P55D-E LX CPU: Intel Core i5 750 Lynnfield RAM: OCZ3G1333LV4GK now...i heard this RAM kit has been optimized for Lynnfield platforms, and this PC will use a Lynnfield CPU. I heard a lot about this RAM being defective and everything, but maybe t...

ok here is what i (finally!) ordered: Case: Antec Three Hundred (with default 120mm and 140mm case fans) Board: Asus P7P55D-E LX CPU: Intel Core i5 750 RAM: OCZ OCZ3G1333LV4GK (2 x 2gb DDR3-1333) Hard Disk: Western Digital WD5000AADS (Green but still 7200rpm) OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bits French...

Good grief, a reborn phoenix!

would you recommend me to get the Samsung Spinpoint HD103UJ (1Tb) instead of a Western Digital Green WD5000AADS (500gb)? is the Samsung drive quieter than the Western Digital one? the Samsung's 750gb version of this dirve is in the recommended list, but the 1Tb drive wasn't available at the time it ...

i asked the question to NCIX and i HAVE to buy a new case so they can put all the fully-assembled parts in it for shipping. So i think a Three Hundred would be nice...along with a Noctua NF-P14FLX fan for the top exhaust, and i might use my Noctua NF-S12B FLX for the rear exhaust. But then i worry a...

do you think the Megahalems rev.B would be a cooling job as good as the Venomous X? or maybe better also. i would use the Nexus 1000rpm fan (black & white) on it, is that good enough? Do you think even the 750 would stay cooler than my actual Athlon 64 3700+? (which is always between 44-47 Celcius w...