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Flash Drives were never really consistent, for me anyway. Here's one of the HD read/write tests used http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html

@EmeraldFlame Will having more cores on a processor help increase the processing of the RAID controller onboard? Or is that a separate deal altogether?

Cool, thanks guys.

*I know RAID0 isn't perfectly scaled, but for the sake of my question, let's assume so* Let's say I have 1 SSD with 500 MB/s read. This is within SATA 3's limitations (6 Gbps/750MB). Now, if I add another SSD (and it scales 100%), is it going to cap at 750 MB/s or will it be 1 GB? Thank you!

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an amd card?

I'm looking for a Headset/Headphones with a NATIVE 1/4 inch (6.5mm) jack. I don't want a 3.5mm jack with an adapter. I plan on buying a high end sound card if I can find a pair like I described. My price range for these is up to $200. If anyone finds anything PLEASE let me know, thanks!

2 Intel 330 Series in RAID 0

You can have it down to ~20sec (excluding BIOS time). -> Make sure your SATA controller is set to AHCI mode -> Deep defrag your HDD with something like O&O Defrag, (pick Optimize/Complete), this mode will put the most used files and boot process at the begging of your HDD where it's faster to access it, and the rest will follow. The process is very time consuming... you may want to leave it over night as you sleep (don't forget to turn off sleep before doing it, and turn back sleep after) I had 19sec with my HDD with the above, For instant boot you need: -> Fast SSD -> FULLY supported UEFI motherboard -> GOP supported GPU (you need to contact the graphic card manufcature to get the firmware to make it GOP ready. Because, once it's GOP ready, it will no longer function on a traditional BIOS. Also not all GPU are ready for this, and it varies between manufactures to manufacture, depending if they put a firmware chip with sufficient space to support this updated firmware. EVGA GTX 600 are ready, that I know. -> CSM turned off -> SATA Mode set to AHCI -> FastBoot enabled -> Windows 8 If you have the above, your system will boot like this: HP/Microsoft: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_QIi8xQ9Fg ASUS: ASRock: "-> FastBoot enabled" Is this something in the BIOS or in the OS?

found other threads :3

Geek Squad agents are basically Best Buy Salespeople... Never go to them for a computer repair, they'll charge you $70 just to look at it, then they'll be too lazy to fix the problem and tell you it's non repairable and charge you $500 or some absurd amount to re-install the OS. I work at Radioshack and all my co-workers know to come to me if they have computer issues. P.S.- If you do end up going to them, delete any personal files. They feed off finding that stuff.

So I timed it from the POST beep and it came out to 17 seconds. I tried looking in the BIOS for a 'Fast Boot' or something similar, but no luck.

Does RAID 0 have an effect on bootup? Shouldn't be taking this long compared to everyone elses D:

I wanna see a comparison of everyone's compared to mine :) Post in this format: OS: Type of Hard Drive(s): Time from powering on computer to the desktop (or Start Screen for Windows 8): ---------------- My results are: Windows 8 2 SATA 3 SSD's RAID 0 29.5 seconds -------------- I feel like I should be getting faster boot times, is there something I may be doing wrong?

Idk about the programs, but I can tell you multi monitor setup in Windows 8 is better than 7. You get native taskbars on each screen. (I also have 3 monitors)