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post #31 of 45

10/26/12 at 2:05pm

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Yeah I have disabled hibernation I have 8GB ram. Im putting some things on the ssd just not games as the load time’s aren’t that bad anyway.

I do recommend everyone get a ssd when they can I wish I had sooner even pc's that are slightly older would get a massif performance boost from a ssd.

Off topic for the hdd area but does anyone know of a good guide to getting fans quiter?

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5	P8Z77-V	ASUS HD7770 Series	Corsair 8GB 2x 2GB
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
segate	none	corsair H80	windows 7 64
Monitor	Power	Case	Mouse
Samsung s22b360	corsair tx 750 m	NZXT phantom 410 (GM)	logitech G400
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5	P8Z77-V	ASUS HD7770 Series	Corsair 8GB 2x 2GB
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
segate	none	corsair H80	windows 7 64
Monitor	Power	Case	Mouse
Samsung s22b360	corsair tx 750 m	NZXT phantom 410 (GM)	logitech G400
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10/26/12 at 2:11pm

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Yeah I have disabled hibernation I have 8GB ram. Im putting some things on the ssd just not games as the load time’s aren’t that bad anyway.

I do recommend everyone get a ssd when they can I wish I had sooner even pc's that are slightly older would get a massif performance boost from a ssd.

Off topic for the hdd area but does anyone know of a good guide to getting fans quiter?

How are they loud? Get a fan controller and lower the voltage to the fans till they are quiet. Or get new quieter fans...and a controller still.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7-2600K	Asus P8Z68-V	MSI GTX 660 Ti PE OC	G.Skill Ares
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Plextor M5 Pro	Seagate Barracuda 7200.12	Seagate Barracuda 7200.12	Asus DVD Burner
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Monitor
Thermalright Silver Arrow	Microsoft Windows 8 Pro	Samsung P2370HD	HPw1907
Power	Case	Audio
Corsair TX650	Corsair 650D	Asus Xonar DX
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CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
Intel i3-2100	ASRock H61M/U3S3	G.Skill Ripjaws X	Samsung Spinpoint F4
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Samsung Spinpoint F4	Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000	Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000	Samsung Spinpoint F3
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	OS
Samsung Spinpoint F3	WD Red	WD Red	Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Power	Case	Other
Corsair TX650 v2	Fractal Design Arc Midi	Dell PowerEdge PERC 5/i
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CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
A8 5600K	BIOSTAR Hi-Fi A85W	G.Skill Ripjaws X	Crucial M4
Optical Drive	OS	Monitor	Monitor
Asus DVD Burner	Microsoft Windows 7 Professional	ASUS VE276Q	HPw1907
Power	Case
Antec Neo Eco 520	HAF 912
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CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7-2600K	Asus P8Z68-V	MSI GTX 660 Ti PE OC	G.Skill Ares
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Plextor M5 Pro	Seagate Barracuda 7200.12	Seagate Barracuda 7200.12	Asus DVD Burner
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Monitor
Thermalright Silver Arrow	Microsoft Windows 8 Pro	Samsung P2370HD	HPw1907
Power	Case	Audio
Corsair TX650	Corsair 650D	Asus Xonar DX
View all

CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
Intel i3-2100	ASRock H61M/U3S3	G.Skill Ripjaws X	Samsung Spinpoint F4
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Samsung Spinpoint F4	Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000	Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000	Samsung Spinpoint F3
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	OS
Samsung Spinpoint F3	WD Red	WD Red	Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Power	Case	Other
Corsair TX650 v2	Fractal Design Arc Midi	Dell PowerEdge PERC 5/i
View all

CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
A8 5600K	BIOSTAR Hi-Fi A85W	G.Skill Ripjaws X	Crucial M4
Optical Drive	OS	Monitor	Monitor
Asus DVD Burner	Microsoft Windows 7 Professional	ASUS VE276Q	HPw1907
Power	Case
Antec Neo Eco 520	HAF 912
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10/26/12 at 2:40pm

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the front one makes alot of turbulance I think its due to the hdd cage being right infront of it. and the fan on the side is making a high pitched noise over 700rpm but it goes away if I cover 1/3 of the fan with my hand?

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5	P8Z77-V	ASUS HD7770 Series	Corsair 8GB 2x 2GB
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
segate	none	corsair H80	windows 7 64
Monitor	Power	Case	Mouse
Samsung s22b360	corsair tx 750 m	NZXT phantom 410 (GM)	logitech G400
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5	P8Z77-V	ASUS HD7770 Series	Corsair 8GB 2x 2GB
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
segate	none	corsair H80	windows 7 64
Monitor	Power	Case	Mouse
Samsung s22b360	corsair tx 750 m	NZXT phantom 410 (GM)	logitech G400
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10/26/12 at 2:42pm

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This Is the first test of the SSD

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5	P8Z77-V	ASUS HD7770 Series	Corsair 8GB 2x 2GB
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
segate	none	corsair H80	windows 7 64
Monitor	Power	Case	Mouse
Samsung s22b360	corsair tx 750 m	NZXT phantom 410 (GM)	logitech G400
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5	P8Z77-V	ASUS HD7770 Series	Corsair 8GB 2x 2GB
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
segate	none	corsair H80	windows 7 64
Monitor	Power	Case	Mouse
Samsung s22b360	corsair tx 750 m	NZXT phantom 410 (GM)	logitech G400
View all

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10/30/12 at 8:17pm

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How are you guy's loading your systems with SSD / HDD mixed in?

1 - 128 gb SSD for windows, a few small apps
1 - 256 gb SSD games (s there a benefit to games on a ssd besides load times or can this be a {raid} 7200k HDDs)
2- 2 hdd in raid for storage

just looking for the general concensus...
dont feel like loading twice...

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10/30/12 at 8:57pm

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How are you guy's loading your systems with SSD / HDD mixed in?

1 - 128 gb SSD for windows, a few small apps
1 - 256 gb SSD games (s there a benefit to games on a ssd besides load times or can this be a {raid} 7200k HDDs)
2- 2 hdd in raid for storage

just looking for the general concensus...
dont feel like loading twice...

128GB for OS programs
2x 500GB 7200rpm drives in RAID 0 with a 64GB SSD cache for data storage and games
1TB drive as a scratch disk and for temp files, basically a work space for anything
256GB SSD for virtual machines....upgrading to a 512GB SSD soon.
2TB drive for backup
Server with a 4x 2TB drive RAID 5 array for backup and movies as well

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7-2600K	Asus P8Z68-V	MSI GTX 660 Ti PE OC	G.Skill Ares
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Plextor M5 Pro	Seagate Barracuda 7200.12	Seagate Barracuda 7200.12	Asus DVD Burner
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Monitor
Thermalright Silver Arrow	Microsoft Windows 8 Pro	Samsung P2370HD	HPw1907
Power	Case	Audio
Corsair TX650	Corsair 650D	Asus Xonar DX
View all

CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
Intel i3-2100	ASRock H61M/U3S3	G.Skill Ripjaws X	Samsung Spinpoint F4
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Samsung Spinpoint F4	Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000	Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000	Samsung Spinpoint F3
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	OS
Samsung Spinpoint F3	WD Red	WD Red	Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Power	Case	Other
Corsair TX650 v2	Fractal Design Arc Midi	Dell PowerEdge PERC 5/i
View all

CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
A8 5600K	BIOSTAR Hi-Fi A85W	G.Skill Ripjaws X	Crucial M4
Optical Drive	OS	Monitor	Monitor
Asus DVD Burner	Microsoft Windows 7 Professional	ASUS VE276Q	HPw1907
Power	Case
Antec Neo Eco 520	HAF 912
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7-2600K	Asus P8Z68-V	MSI GTX 660 Ti PE OC	G.Skill Ares
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Plextor M5 Pro	Seagate Barracuda 7200.12	Seagate Barracuda 7200.12	Asus DVD Burner
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Monitor
Thermalright Silver Arrow	Microsoft Windows 8 Pro	Samsung P2370HD	HPw1907
Power	Case	Audio
Corsair TX650	Corsair 650D	Asus Xonar DX
View all

CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
Intel i3-2100	ASRock H61M/U3S3	G.Skill Ripjaws X	Samsung Spinpoint F4
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Samsung Spinpoint F4	Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000	Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000	Samsung Spinpoint F3
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	OS
Samsung Spinpoint F3	WD Red	WD Red	Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Power	Case	Other
Corsair TX650 v2	Fractal Design Arc Midi	Dell PowerEdge PERC 5/i
View all

CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
A8 5600K	BIOSTAR Hi-Fi A85W	G.Skill Ripjaws X	Crucial M4
Optical Drive	OS	Monitor	Monitor
Asus DVD Burner	Microsoft Windows 7 Professional	ASUS VE276Q	HPw1907
Power	Case
Antec Neo Eco 520	HAF 912
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10/30/12 at 11:46pm

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1x 60GB ssd for windows and some applications I want to load fast and operate fast.
1x 1TB for storage and all other applications/programs

But Sean Webster's way seams to me it would be a lot more efficient than the way I have things set up as I need a lot of temp storage (for work related stuff and rebuilt files)

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5	P8Z77-V	ASUS HD7770 Series	Corsair 8GB 2x 2GB
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
segate	none	corsair H80	windows 7 64
Monitor	Power	Case	Mouse
Samsung s22b360	corsair tx 750 m	NZXT phantom 410 (GM)	logitech G400
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
Intel Core i5	P8Z77-V	ASUS HD7770 Series	Corsair 8GB 2x 2GB
Hard Drive	Optical Drive	Cooling	OS
segate	none	corsair H80	windows 7 64
Monitor	Power	Case	Mouse
Samsung s22b360	corsair tx 750 m	NZXT phantom 410 (GM)	logitech G400
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10/31/12 at 8:18am

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So on my Asus z77 sabertooth, it has
2 - 6GB sata (intel chipset)
4 - 3GB sata (intel chipset)
2 - 6GB sata (asmedia chipset)

Does the Caching SSD need to be plugged into the same port group as the "HDD's" it is caching content from?

example -

If I use two of the four "Sata 3GB Ports" for 2 - 3 TB sata drives, one for a optical and one for a SSD cache drive, will that work?

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10/31/12 at 8:25am

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So on my Asus z77 sabertooth, it has
2 - 6GB sata (intel chipset)
4 - 3GB sata (intel chipset)
2 - 6GB sata (asmedia chipset)

Does the Caching SSD need to be plugged into the same port group as the "HDD's" it is caching content from?

example -

If I use two of the four "Sata 3GB Ports" for 2 - 3 TB sata drives, one for a optical and one for a SSD cache drive, will that work?

It just needs to be on the same controller, the intel one.

So yes, it will work.

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7-2600K	Asus P8Z68-V	MSI GTX 660 Ti PE OC	G.Skill Ares
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Plextor M5 Pro	Seagate Barracuda 7200.12	Seagate Barracuda 7200.12	Asus DVD Burner
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Monitor
Thermalright Silver Arrow	Microsoft Windows 8 Pro	Samsung P2370HD	HPw1907
Power	Case	Audio
Corsair TX650	Corsair 650D	Asus Xonar DX
View all

CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
Intel i3-2100	ASRock H61M/U3S3	G.Skill Ripjaws X	Samsung Spinpoint F4
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Samsung Spinpoint F4	Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000	Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000	Samsung Spinpoint F3
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	OS
Samsung Spinpoint F3	WD Red	WD Red	Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Power	Case	Other
Corsair TX650 v2	Fractal Design Arc Midi	Dell PowerEdge PERC 5/i
View all

CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
A8 5600K	BIOSTAR Hi-Fi A85W	G.Skill Ripjaws X	Crucial M4
Optical Drive	OS	Monitor	Monitor
Asus DVD Burner	Microsoft Windows 7 Professional	ASUS VE276Q	HPw1907
Power	Case
Antec Neo Eco 520	HAF 912
View all

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
i7-2600K	Asus P8Z68-V	MSI GTX 660 Ti PE OC	G.Skill Ares
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Plextor M5 Pro	Seagate Barracuda 7200.12	Seagate Barracuda 7200.12	Asus DVD Burner
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Monitor
Thermalright Silver Arrow	Microsoft Windows 8 Pro	Samsung P2370HD	HPw1907
Power	Case	Audio
Corsair TX650	Corsair 650D	Asus Xonar DX
View all

CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
Intel i3-2100	ASRock H61M/U3S3	G.Skill Ripjaws X	Samsung Spinpoint F4
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive
Samsung Spinpoint F4	Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000	Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000	Samsung Spinpoint F3
Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	OS
Samsung Spinpoint F3	WD Red	WD Red	Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Power	Case	Other
Corsair TX650 v2	Fractal Design Arc Midi	Dell PowerEdge PERC 5/i
View all

CPU	Motherboard	RAM	Hard Drive
A8 5600K	BIOSTAR Hi-Fi A85W	G.Skill Ripjaws X	Crucial M4
Optical Drive	OS	Monitor	Monitor
Asus DVD Burner	Microsoft Windows 7 Professional	ASUS VE276Q	HPw1907
Power	Case
Antec Neo Eco 520	HAF 912
View all

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10/31/12 at 8:39am

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Thanks Sean

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