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2 HDDs you would recommend for ~$250 total?

I am guessing the idea is that if the OS fails, you can swap out that drive and replace it with a new drive with OS. Another advantage seems to be a cleaner drive for the OS (less fragmentation?) It just seems like it's a pretty common practice after reading here a bit, or am I mistaken?
- PupChow
- Post #5
- Mar 21, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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2 HDDs you would recommend for ~$250 total?

Well, for the HDD that will run the OS, I am looking for performance, while the other one storage but still decent performance... :) The reason I want to go with two HDD instead of one big one is I am afraid of drive failure...
- PupChow
- Post #3
- Mar 21, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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2 HDDs you would recommend for ~$250 total?

Originally I planned to get a Seagate 750GB Barracuda AS 7200.10 for ~$184, but after reading online, I think I will go with two physical harddrives instead. With a budget of $250 (maybe $300, less the better), what drives would you recommend I look into? I will using a MSI P7N Diamond board...
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- Mar 21, 2008
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Which of these two RAM would you get?

Thank you guys, I think you all must have saved me ~$30+ =)
- PupChow
- Post #10
- Mar 20, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Which of these two RAM would you get?

I was under the impression that 800 would not work? I actually have a pair of: Patriot Viper 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model PVS24G6400LLK That is sitting in the box waiting to be shipped back to Newegg because my friend told me it...
- PupChow
- Post #7
- Mar 20, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Which of these two RAM would you get?

Ahh, do you have any recommendation for compatible RAM with the MSI P7N Diamond? (DDR2 1066)
- PupChow
- Post #4
- Mar 20, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Which of these two RAM would you get?

Which would you recommend on the bottom two? They are around the same price after rebate. Going to run a MSI P7N Diamond board with Intel Q6600. G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail...
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- Thread
- Mar 20, 2008
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Good board for Intel Q6600?

Doh, here's an issue that I just realized... I already got 4gig of RAM and they are Patriot PC2-6400 800mhz... which does not work with the P7N Diamond board. With that in mind, are there other recommendations I should look into?
- PupChow
- Post #9
- Mar 19, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Good board for Intel Q6600?

Thanks, between the following three boards, which one would you guys go with? I have 4gig of DDR2 ram (no DDR3) MSI P7N Diamond LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard with SoundBlaster X-Fi Extreme Audio - Retail - $259.99 MSI P7N SLI Platinum LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI...
- PupChow
- Post #7
- Mar 19, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Good board for Intel Q6600?

Thanks for the recommendation! Did you overclock and have you experienced any difficulty with the board? I just read some reviews and that seems to be one item that people mentioned.
- PupChow
- Post #3
- Mar 18, 2008
- Forum: Motherboards
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Good board for Intel Q6600?

I am looking to build a budget machine that is respectable, so far I have picked up the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 and got a Patriot 4GB DDR2/800 coming in. What would you recommend for a good motherboard? I would like one that supports SLI as well, in case I want to go that route in the future...
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- Mar 18, 2008
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Motherboards

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