Any Intel i7 hardware geeks?

Originally Posted by Cyclone

I would agree with getting a getting a smaller system disk and another drive for files...

Got to agree with this as well. That way even if you just backed up you system files it would not be too much.

Different topic but I have been using clonezilla to clone my system lately (I use it on all the school computers) maybe something to think about... get you system just perfect with all you programs and apps them make an image of it on an external drive... as back up.

As for the system looks nice, wish I had 12GB af RAM

And yah Asus all the way!!

[SeanGAR]

Gigabyte's new UD boards are the bomb and in my opinion you get a better bang for the buck than with with the Asus ... I'd look at their X58 boards too.

That Seagate has a lot of horror stories associated with it .. I'd avoid that one like the plague.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148337

I don't buy ATI cards anymore because of driver problems & frickin bloatware, so I'd swap that one for Nvidia of the same price range.

I'd also recommend a 500-640 GB boot drive and a 1 TB for files - I'd get WD black drives, they've been good to me.

[SeanGAR]

Originally Posted by str8edg

get you system just perfect with all you programs and apps them make an image of it on an external drive... as back up.

Absolutely great advice ... my 260 card just yesterday was no longer recognized by my boot drive. Uninstall, reinstall, reseat, no dice.

I swapped to my clone which was made once I had everything perfect.

Move over a few files and I'm up and running. I'll just clone back the current drive rather than try and troubleshoot the driver conflict.

I clone then unplug but have it still in the case. A couple of minutes and I'm back and running yet the drive isn't building up hours like a raid would. And the software error that messed my computer wouldn't have been helped by raid at all.

All hail clones.