SSD's usually come with the standard 3 year warranty but reliable reviews
state that they should last upwards of 7 to 10 years even as an OS drive.
The Crucial SSD that I use is great as a boot drive and uses so little
energy its ridiculous. I have a WD Caviar Black 640 for larger files and
lightly used software installs.
On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 12:42:56 -0600, DSinc <[email protected]> wrote:
FORC5,
Yes, I read this a few posts back. Understand. I would gamble that the
DVD on the 3gb ports may never, ever, hit the current bug. Seems fair.
How long do you think it may be before you add a large 1-2gb EM hard
drive to the mix to deal with storage, normal application I/O, etc.?
I thought SSD's worked best, lasted longest, in a Write Once-Read Many
I/O scenario. I would think that misc. temp files, page files, logs,
dumps, and other Windows operational stuff would quickly use up the
finite number of SSD internal operations. JMHO. And I freely admit that
I do NOT fully comprehend the internals of the Windows OS. I do see
that XP is very stable against my attempts at PEBCAK. Still, I still see
the OS grow larger over time.
I so know I am on some thin ice ATM.......... :)
Best,
Duncan
On 02/01/2011 13:18, FORC5 wrote:
my decision is to build the h67 stuff I have, only DVD on the 3gb
ports. Just a spare play box anyway.
Wait for the Z68 for main system build.
But I am flexible.
fp
At 10:55 AM 2/1/2011, DSinc Poked the stick with:
Stan,
I was going to order this kit. I did not. Sorta glad I got back on the
fence. I will eventually own a 2500K or 2600K that plugs into an Asus
m/b. This current glitch would affect me, I fear, because I would use
ONLY the 3GB/sec SATA ports. So, I can/will wait for the Step-C
*Cougar Point* chipset....... :)
May even wait for the Z68 business.
Agree. A bios update will not fix this B-Step bug. It will be a
chipset change or nada burritos ATM!
Just now, I am having way too much fun with my matched trio of C2D
E8400's on the Intel P45 chipset with the required DDR3 ram!
Best,
Duncan
On 02/01/2011 10:13, Stan Zaske wrote:
The Anandtech article makes it pretty clear that the faulty
transistor is legacy design from earlier chipsets and doesn't even
matter so they just switched it off in the revised chipsets to solve
the problem. Since this is a hardware issue they probably can't fix
it with a BIOS revision which is why they've stopped selling them.
Funny thing is that it's the revision B chips that are faulty but the
revision A's had no such problem. Also, Intel could only replicate
the problem in an oven at high voltage to simulate use over years of
time. Probably not a biggy for us desktop enthusiast's why upgrade
regularly. Duncan, don't get one of these boards. Ok? LOL
On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:49:04 -0600, FORC5<[email protected]> wrote:
not sure what to do but since this build will put two SSD's on the
6gb ports and one DVD on the 3gb ports, should not be a
problem.(HOPE) DVD does not get used much. DO not know if that
matters. I wonder if they will come out with a bios update to lower
the voltage.
Random thinking.
FP
At 05:07 AM 2/1/2011, Anthony Q. Martin Poked the stick with:
I keep reading that some h67 boards may not be affected. Howeer, I
don't understand how that could be.
On 1/31/2011 12:09 PM, FORC5 wrote:
anyway to tell the defective part by date or number ?
just received a i5-2500K
should contact newegg maybe and just order a replacement ? not
even mounted yet.
The one and only time I ever jumped off the fence early.<:-|
fp
At 10:03 AM 1/31/2011, JRS Poked the stick with:
If you just purchased a system powered by Intel's Core i5 or i7
chipset, get
ready for a return or repair.
Intel has a chipset issue that affects the launch of Sandy
Bridge.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/intel-hit-with-chipset-design-flaw-in-sandy-bridge-rollout/44257
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