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quick curious question, my 2TB HDD is 64mb cache, how does that differ from the old 32/16/8mb cache with old drives? meaning what benefit would 64mb cache would give me?

it's a Seagate Barracuda XT, one of the few hat run at 7200rpm.

thanks guys, i thought it over, and it's just too much. i'm sticking to my 128GB SSD for Win7 and utilities while the 2TB for Steam and games and what not HD media/movies/pictures and stuff.

I'm thinking of going insane and ordering the Corsair 512GB SSD($800) only for gaming instead of my 2TB HDD(7200rpm/64mb cache)...but I don't wanna lose my kick ass hard drive either :(

[quote]id love ti install games on my SSD, but guy using steam chewed up close to 200GB on my older HDD.....you see my point? what games do you install on your SDDs?

I don't use an SSD but my main partition is 100GB, and I install all my games on it.

The thing is that I just simply don't ...

superfetch is off. should i disable fetch as well?

id love ti install games on my SSD, but guy using steam chewed up close to 200GB on my older HDD.....you see my point? what games do you install on your SDDs?

thanks guys, and that site was extremely helpful. unfortunately during the installation process my video card got fried out of no where so i went out and bought another, then i realized i need a ned PSu to handle it's 600W lol what a day.

thanks.

as the title mentioned, im installing windows 7 on the SDD and everything else on the 2TB HDD. my question is, are there any utilities that should install on the SDD such antivirus or defrag?

i'm mainly gaming and watching movies on the PC....how many partitions do you recommend for the 2 TB? i ...

thanks, i ordered the mamba, I'll be receiving it in a few days! :)

[quote]so what do you guys think? i loved my Logitech wireless G7, but that thing had ridiculous battery, i literally had to charge it every 2 days.

2 days ? I used to have a wireless optical mouse that wouldn't even last 2 hours. Yeah, that made me switch back to wired mice permanently ...

well for one i hate wired mouse, I've been stuck with a Microsoft laser keyboard/mouse combo for a while now, which work great, nut not sensitive for gaming, so i want something for gaming(mouse), i have the Razer Lachesis which is great, but i wish it was cordless, which is why i want the Mamba or ...

both are wireless and have 0 free lag, the MS cost $80, while the Mamba is $130. i don't mind the price different but do wan the best. only disadvantage is that the Mamba battery doesn't last as long, anyone have experice with those mice? what do you recommend? I'm about to order them from amazon ...

thanks for the info. i forgot to mention, i do have a 24" monitor with a resolution of 1920x1200 so yes do run my games in that resolution, ie i need a card that can handle it.


GTX280 sounds tempting.

EDIT: do games make use of GX2 cards or do they have to be developed for them?

Nvidia is going to be coming out with quite a few cards through the end of '09. A good way to go is get a GTX 260 OCed or OC it yourself, then if you like the other stuff they come out with better, like the GT300 DX11 models, you can swap it out without huge loss. You could also add another GTX 260 ...

My 9800GX2 from EVGA tops out at 70C and is not really that loud.

what watt is your PSU? mine is 650 or 750....can't remember, i hope it mine can handle the GX2 since it's 100 watts extra over the 8800GTX power consumption.

whats the worst thing that could happen if my PSU is not powerful ...

I have a kick ass rig, Core 2 Extreme 3Ghz(45nm), 4GB RAM, Asus Muximus Formula mobo, 750GB HDD and an 8800GTX video card with a Zalman heatsink/fan.

me being the nice guy that i am, i'm giving away my video card to my best friend cuz he's building his PC and can't afford a high end video card ...

Logitech elitism perhaps? Personally I dont think wireless mice are too bad as long as you have the receiver close to the actual mouse, if you have a keyboard tray, tape it under your desk so it sits close to the mouse.


are you saying that a wireless Logitech or Microsoft mouse at 1000 dpi ...

more august purchase, i got 2 mouses, a Microsoft Laser 800 becau eiliked the mouse and wated the Blutooth adapter, plus i also got the Razer Lachesis 4000 dpi wired mouse, a kick ass X-Tac (Rpper XXL) massive mouse pad that cover my entire desk, and last a Vanilla scented candle :) ...ops, i forgot ...

[quote]thanks guys. By the way, I've seen Razer(or was it tarantula) mouse with infrared technology at 1800DPI, i read about it on the net and apparently it's one of the best and most sensitive.

thoughts?

here is the link:

http://www.razerzone.com/c-2-gaming-mice.aspx

i like the ...

thanks guys. By the way, I've seen Razer(or was it tarantula) mouse with infrared technology at 1800DPI, i read about it on the net and apparently it's one of the best and most sensitive.

thoughts?

here is the link:

http://www.razerzone.com/c-2-gaming-mice.aspx

i like the 2 blue ...