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Also, be careful of the same chips on two different sockets now: Socket 939 and AM2. I'm wondering if I should jump on the 4400+ before it goes away...

Actually, I read that AMD is dropping all of the processors with the 2x1MB cores that aren't in the FX line. I guess I will just have to wait and see where things go.

Definately a good price for 1GB. I'm holding out for one that has a cap that you can't loose. I'm checking out models from Ritek and PNY right now. Waiting for a deal...

This might me a good idea for a vB add on as well. You could choose whether or not something was a regional deal and choose the region. Then, it would automatically be appended to the subject or something. Just a thought.

I say just keep them all together. You can always put a disclaimer in your topic if you think it is a Regional deal only. I don't want to have to wade through multiple forums inside of multiple forums searching for deals....

This just gets me all giddy about the BF excitement. Hopefully all members will understand the type of strain that puts on a server and why these permanent and temporary changes are needed. Props to the GD admins for communicating with their users and letting them know what is going to happen and not just blind siding them.

I do what I can.

Asus is almost always a solid board reccomendation. Don't feel bad in reccomending it to anyone. They always seem to be stable and on par with any competition. The important thing is that Asus seems to be consistent with there quality where other MB companies seem to fluctuate in the race.

I don't think she would be able to post new threads either then. However, it seems that she created this one, so her account should be fine.

This also happens in a thread that while you were trying to post to it, is deleted or moved by the moderators or admins. You can still see the page because it is cached by your browser. In reality, the thread isn't in the location your browser thinks it is, or it has been deleted. So when you try to do the "post" action, you get an error.

yeah... a deal will come around again on the external burner if you aren't in a hurry.

It looks nice for the price. Now that I have a CD/DVD shredder, I could never go back to not having it.

Do any of those also have the CD/DVD Shredder? I love mine that does that.

I/O Magic uses different brand drives. You could get a good one, or a mediocre one. I'm not sure which this one uses. Either way, $40 is a pretty good deal considering it is an external drive.

Did you grab one of these mrn8? If you need any help flashing to DD-WRT, let me know.

Hmmm... I want dual core so bad... I'm really looking for 4400+ though...

These newer ones can now be converted to linux and run a lite version of DD-WRT. A good solution if you want this router specifically.

I believe that you can do that as well with that box, but it isn't what I would do. I would just replace a drive if it goes bad. They are all hot swapable. I also plan on keeping a separate backup on another media or drive in a fireproof box. I will probably do those monthly or so.

I'm currently using about 300-400 GB of space. This will continue to grow however as it includes our personal files, music collection, and all the photos that we take. As our digital cameras get better, we are taking up more and more space... :) It will actually be XRaid, which is a proprietary type of raid from infrant. If you put 2 drives in, it runs similar to raid 1 (mirrored). If you add a third drive, it moves to a raid 5 type array automatically. You can add a 4th drive as well, and it will continue in Raid 5. In addition, with XRaid, you can replace all the volumes one at a time with larger drives, and the array will rebuild itself on the fly without any loss of data. So in the future, I can replace the drives with 500GB drives and have a 2TB (1.5TB useable) solution. With RAID 5, you always loose the space of 1 drive. You don't get any more redundancy by adding a 4th disk, you just get more space. By spending $60 more now, I will get 140 GB of useable space now, but when I upgrade and add the fourth drive which I already have, the total difference would be 210GB difference (750GB vs 960GB).

Here is my dilema and why I cancelled my order for the 3 drives: I already ordered a 320 GB drive when they were $95. It should be here today. That means I would already have one. I decided to go with only 3 drives in the NAS to start with. If I get 3x250, that gives me 500GB useable space. Later on, when I upgrade again, I can add the 320GB drive and have 750GB of useable space. In contrast to that, if I spend about $60 more now on 3x320GB, I will have 640GB of useable space initially. Then, when I upgrade in the future, I can add the matching 320GB drive for a useable space of about 960GB. Thoughts?

I actually got it from http://www.eaegis.com They have the best prices on it. I cancelled the order for the 3 250GB drives... I'm thinking that I may spend the extra $60 and go with 3x320 instead... Decisions Decisions...

Well, I ordered the ReadyNAS NV and 3 more 250GB drives today. That will give me about 500GB of useable space with parity. Time to replace this old server... :)

What kind of computer do you have now? Are you sure that there isn't a SATA controller already there? They can run anywhere from tens to hundreds of dollars depending on what you want and need. If it is just to act as a secondary storage device, you can probably get away with a pretty cheap one. SATA I controllers start at around $15 shipped. If you want to get a faster SATA II controller, they start at around $30. I prefer promise controllers, but they are a little bit more expensive. I would just find one that has good ratings at NewEgg and go with it. Something like: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16816132001 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16816102061 It seems that the SATA II cards that start at $30 or so are PCI-e. You pay a little more to get a PCI version.

Still available today.

The 1.2 is definately better. You will get much better definition and contrast with it. I also believe that other colors will soon be released under 1.2