Tony
Staff member
My poor computer is on it's last leg and throwing random blue screens (BSOD). So one way or another, I"m going to have to rebuild it. I'm about 99% sure it's a mobo issue, and i have an extra 775 mobo laying around in another computer that I'm going to tear apart. Sadly though, the other mobo is not as powerful as the one I have now. But it will have to work.
with that said, I'm thinking about ordering an SSD (Solid State Drive) for the OS and applications. I will use my 1TB and 1.5TB HDD's for storage of all other material. I may even put the 1.5TB in my surveillance system, and raid 1 the two 1TB HDD's for redundancy. If you don't know what raid 1 is, the HDD's just mirror each other. If one fails, and they will, you still have all of your data and all you have to do is install another HDD into the raid and it will copy everything over. I would really like to go raid 1+0, but that would require 4 1tb drives. That will use each pair as a mirror, then take one side of that mirror, and combine the two drives. Theoretically, it doubles the speed of the HDD, but in actuality, it only goes up by about 60%. And just incase you don't know what RAID stand for, it's Redundant Array of Independent Drives. See, now you learned something lol.
With all of that said, I need to know if you know of any really good sales on SSD drives. They work much like a flash drive, and can boot a computer in about 10 seconds. anyway I need some good leads on SSD's and I need it soon. Post up what you have and I will have a look. And please don't post "Just go to newegg and get one". That's not what I'm wanting. I'm wanting links to specific drives. Thanks everyone for the help. It's been a while since I was in the game so to speak.
with that said, I'm thinking about ordering an SSD (Solid State Drive) for the OS and applications. I will use my 1TB and 1.5TB HDD's for storage of all other material. I may even put the 1.5TB in my surveillance system, and raid 1 the two 1TB HDD's for redundancy. If you don't know what raid 1 is, the HDD's just mirror each other. If one fails, and they will, you still have all of your data and all you have to do is install another HDD into the raid and it will copy everything over. I would really like to go raid 1+0, but that would require 4 1tb drives. That will use each pair as a mirror, then take one side of that mirror, and combine the two drives. Theoretically, it doubles the speed of the HDD, but in actuality, it only goes up by about 60%. And just incase you don't know what RAID stand for, it's Redundant Array of Independent Drives. See, now you learned something lol.
With all of that said, I need to know if you know of any really good sales on SSD drives. They work much like a flash drive, and can boot a computer in about 10 seconds. anyway I need some good leads on SSD's and I need it soon. Post up what you have and I will have a look. And please don't post "Just go to newegg and get one". That's not what I'm wanting. I'm wanting links to specific drives. Thanks everyone for the help. It's been a while since I was in the game so to speak.
