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Thanks for that first link, I was reading through it and noticed it said to make those changes before installing anything. I have installed Windows Updates, and drivers, Adobe Reader, Flash, and Java. On my raid0 drives I've installed vent, firefox, steam, mw3, and wow. Should I really wipe...

So I have a 60GB SSD for Windows 7, drivers, and any other small utilities. When it's all said and done, I have 20GB left on the SSD, and want to keep it that way. I also have two HDD's in raid0 for absolutely everything else, and I will add a folder(s) on them for temp files and what not. I...

So the internet connection issue on start up, stopped and it's working properly now, maybe a Windows update or something fixed it, who knows. I called MSI. First thing, I miscounted my SATA ports, I have 8 not 6.. Ports 1-2 are Intel 6gb/s Ports 3-6 are Intel 3gb/s Ports 7-8 are ASmedia 6gb/s...

So unfortunately that still didn't work. I suppose I'll try calling MSI support and see if they can help me. Another thing that I'm having a slight issue with is, when the computer boots up, it takes a good minute or two for the internet to connect. Is this because it's booting up so fast and...

Wow I don't know how I missed it! Thanks, it does say I have to switch the BIOS to RAID. That's not very descriptive but it gives me more than I knew before, so I'll give it all a whirl, thanks.

The first screen I see upon booting looks similar to that. I see my two 500GB HD's listed like that, it doesn't say "Non-RAID Disk" at the end though, it says SATA 0 and SATA 1. Even though they are in SATA ports 5+6, in both the BIOS and in Windows they show as Sata 0 and Sata 1, while the...

Well, I have 6 SATA ports. Ports 1-2 are 6gb/s, ports 3-4 are 3gb/s, ports 5-6 are 6gb/s. Besides those indications on the mobo and in the guide, there's nothing that would say if certain ports are for raid. For my mobo, setup is Del and select boot device is f11. I tried f9 and nothing...

So, I recently had a thread in the new build section where I got a lot of advice on what to get and what not to get. I ordered everything and got my parts and put the build together. I got: 1x Mushkin 60GB SSD - for Windows7 2x Seagate 7200RPM 500GB HDD's - for everything else I'm using a...

Very simply put and easy to understand. Thank you.

How about something like this? Newegg.com - Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR60GB 2.5" 60GB SATA III Asynchronous MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Before I order everything, I'd still like to know if I shouldn't be going for the raid0?

So I was about to place my order; and I went back and double checked everything. So I was looking at the SSD and I noticed the one I had chosen had: Sustained Sequential Read: up to 280MB/s Sustained Sequential Write: up to 270MB/s I started to look at some slightly large drives and saw...

I had planned on putting them in raid 0 for performance. I forgot to mention that. I could be completely wrong as I have been about everything in this thread.

Alright, thanks for the suggestion. As well, thanks a lot for pointing out that the motherboard comes with SATA cables, I guess I should read more thoroughly.

Thanks a lot. I will go with the 480 then. I had planned on using the mesh side panel and mounting 4 fans, I was just curious should they be blowing in or out? Should all 4 be blowing the same direction? As well, the CPU cooler I picked out looks rather lage, do you think I will have any...

I posted my edited list above.