Thanks.

Do you mean that I can just choose RAID mode in the BIOS without actually configuring any RAID at all?! Sorry. I have never done a RAID array in my life before.

Also, if I choose RAID, the other non-RAID drive will be running in AHCI or IDE?

Hello. I have a Gigabyte P35-DS3R motherboard and 2x500 GB Western Digital SE16 HDDs and 1x640 GB Western Digital Caviar Black. All drives are SATA.

Currently, I have Vista installed on one of the 500 GB HDDs and all the drives are running in PATA mode. I recently bought the 640 Caviar Black and I want to make this my main partition (running AHCI) while the two 500 GB drives are made into RAID 1. But the problem is that I have both 500 GB HDDs filled with data and I can't move them now. So, I want to install the OS now and a week or so later, I'll make the RAID.

Which option should I choose in the motherboard BIOS now: RAID or AHCI? Thanks.

Is this a good switch? I am trying to buy one really soon, and this is the only available option.

What do you think?

http://www.dlink.ca/products/resource.asp?pid=230&rid=741&sec=0

OK. Silly me!

I did a search in past messages in this forum and found out what I needed to know.

Thanks to everyone.

So, should I just go for 800 MHz?

If higher frequencies don't provide actual increase in framerates, then what's their point?

Currently I have 2 GB DDR2-800 (1x2), 8800GT 512 MB, E8400 and a P35 mobo. I was thinking about going 4 GB (with Vista 64bit). The current 1x2 GB modules will be transfered to another computer, so I am not losing anything.

The question however is this: I am getting 2x2 GB modules, shall I go for 1066? The thing is that currently, my modules are Kingston ValueRAM 800 MHz 5-5-5-18 modules, and they are working great, really great and they are 1.8v. The 1066 MHz modules that I am are planing to buy are (please be advised that I live in Egypt and we don't have a newegg here!!!) Kingston HyperX 1066 MHz 7-7-7-21 modules. I have checked those on newegg and found that many users complain that they are not true 1066 MHz modules and that they require plenty of tweaking to work at 1066 MHz with acceptable timings.

So, will I be gaining anything from going 1066 MHz when I can easily (and cheaply) get 2x2 800 MHz modules? I want real framerate difference in games, not 3DMark numbers. My motherboard is a Gigabyte P35-DS3R which supports RAM up to 1200 MHz.

Thanks a lot.

I changed the thermal paste (after cleaning with alcohol and acetone), it didn't matter. The temperatures are the same:

RealTemp: 70 (Core 0) 65 (Core 1)

Hardware Monitor (CPUID): CPU 65C, Core 0 80C, Core 1 75C

Is this a defective chip, or am I just getting wrong readings? The heatsink doesn't look like 65 at all.

I have an old P4, when it reaches 50C, the heatsink is really hot! Moreover, my other E8400 in my other rig also feels the same like the one in the P45 board, just warm to the touch.

no brand will work, but at an increase of maybe 5C over something good like arctic silver 5Wartzay

If I ever find any, I'll make sure I buy some Arctic Silver.