is that 10 second on desktop or 10 second counting just right after bios post? (windows logo)
also how many startup items do you have?
PowerPC wroteYes with the new intel drivers you get TRIM on the Z77, my question was more towards khaled as he's on the older chipset.
i had little brainfart when i posted my question, forgot that sata III offered 6Gbits/s, so you'll still be under the theoretical maximum in raid. Those are nice speeds! will be upgrading my ssd soon.
Yes true that, I am willing to upgrade to z77 eventually in the near future that is why I went on and upgraded my boot drives to raided SSDs.

Fact is with raid the system got a small boost compared to single SSD but nothing near the potential boost you get with z77. So yes your question is in its place, the boost isn't that great on old chipset.
shant wroteis that 10 second on desktop or 10 second counting just right after bios post? (windows logo)
also how many startup items do you have?
10 seconds just after bios post. so windows logo and desktop startup total up to 10 seconds. How many startup items do I have? Well let's see:

- Avira antivirus
- IDM
- VMware
- MotioninJoy
- Nvidia settings
- PowerIso
- Hotspot Shield
- Razer Mamba utility
- Skype
- UPS agent for auto shutdown
- Steam
- Intel NAS storage utility
- VIA HD Dock
- Intel Rapid Storage Utility
- EVGA GPU temp utility
- EVGA Precision

and a whole bunch of other stuff related to MS Office, Nero, PowerDVD, Creative audio utility, Apple itunes, WAMP, etc....
I feel so scared to post my rig after all I have seen here.

At least so far I have the best desk amongst you all (i guess)
The-MMMs wroteI feel so scared to post my rig after all I have seen here.

At least so far I have the best desk amongst you all (i guess)
Humble
The-MMMs wroteI feel so scared to post my rig after all I have seen here.

At least so far I have the best desk amongst you all (i guess)
Mine is the best -* cough cough **
The-MMMs wroteI feel so scared to post my rig after all I have seen here.

At least so far I have the best desk amongst you all (i guess)
i want to see that desk asap!
I think I win the competition of having the crappiest :D
AvoK95 wroteI think I win the competition of having the crappiest :D
thats because you haven't seen mine
Proud owner of:

Intel Core 3.1 GHz i3-2100- 3M/LGA1155
Kingston 4GB DDR3-1333 PC3-10600
Intel DH61WW
EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB DDR5
Thermaltake W0146RE TR2 RX 450W PSU
rtp wroteProud owner of:

Intel Core 3.1 GHz i3-2100- 3M/LGA1155
Kingston 4GB DDR3-1333 PC3-10600
Intel DH61WW
EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB DDR5
Thermaltake W0146RE TR2 RX 450W PSU
That's a nice everyday PC!
Avok95 - Thanks bro, your pc looks awesome! not the pentuim 4 :P
Soon all of our computers will become obsolete. Technology is running real fast these days. Moving from single core CPU chips to dual core took a while (20 years?). 2-core to 4-core took 5 years? 4-core to 6/8-core 2 years?
rtp wroteAvok95 - Thanks bro, your pc looks awesome! not the pentuim 4 :P
It was a Pentium 3 socket Celeron ;)
MrClass wroteSoon all of our computers will become obsolete. Technology is running real fast these days. Moving from single core CPU chips to dual core took a while (20 years?). 2-core to 4-core took 5 years? 4-core to 6/8-core 2 years?
And now, 8 core to 12 core in the coming year.
MrClass wroteSoon all of our computers will become obsolete. Technology is running real fast these days. Moving from single core CPU chips to dual core took a while (20 years?). 2-core to 4-core took 5 years? 4-core to 6/8-core 2 years?
Well, could be, but I am yet to see how much time will it take for us to NEED more than what we have currently.

Lets face it, even a 2600 is more tan enough for anything you might need.

Getting an i7 extreme will make your work faster when lets say you want to render and all that but do you really NEED it ?

When the CPU is bottlnecking and is the weak element in a very powerful system then will you really need the upgrade not before that.

At least that is what i think
Yes true, even CPUs older than a 2600 can still do a good job; even when gaming. Hardware wise Intel is rushing alot; software wise we are only using a small portion of the total CPU power.
so now the i3 guy looks really smart ;)
rtp wroteso now the i3 guy looks really smart ;)
Don't underestimate the power of an i3! I ran a GTX560Ti on my old i3 540 overclocked to 3.5GHz and it ran with NO bottleneck and below 60 degrees!
MrClass wroteYes true, even CPUs older than a 2600 can still do a good job; even when gaming. Hardware wise Intel is rushing alot; software wise we are only using a small portion of the total CPU power.
Till now, I have yet to use 50% of my processors power. I'm actually thinking about whether I should have gotten the 3570K
Specs in no apparent order:

1. Intel DP67BG
2. Intel i5-2500 3.3Ghz
3. 4GB DDR3 Patriot Gamer Divison RAM @ 1600mhz supposedly (no idea about timings)
4. Asus GTX 560ti DCii TOP
5. Thermaltake Toughpower Grand 650Watts + Thermaltake armor a90 case
6. 2x 1TB WD Caviar Black Raid0
7. Haier 23" 1080p TV :P + secondary 19" Widescreen Viewsonic
8. Wireless Keyboard and mouse from Microsoft (yes they still work and do the job well)

This was a budget build for me i guess. I'm still to cheap too go any bigger / at least at the time when it was built.
Pretty much it i guess, the top fan lights didn't show (they are under the table) but it adds to the effect.

Future upgrades: More/better RAM, more HDD space. Better speakers. Any other better advice where i should throw my money ? I'm quite happy since it plays all my games just fine.








I'm not a Phtographer. Excuse the cable management, you can all blame Khaled for that.