07-01-2009, 10:40 PM
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Re: New Build GA-EP45-DS3 + Q9550
It sounds like a good solid PSU. They found nothing to rave about, either exceptionally good or bad, so as long as it supplies good stable power (and ut does) then I call it good.
As long as the drive model and capacity is the same, you shouldn't have any issues with RAID if the two drives have different firmware. My RAID 0 on my old NForce4 X2 3800+ used two WD2000JS Caviar SE's. One came with the PC and the other was bought from OCUK. The newer one had a more recent firmware and NCQ support, but they worked fine together, never had a problem. I disabled NCQ on the one drive in windows to be sure.
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Lian Li PC-A09 Case (Full Aluminium)
Corsair HX750 (CWT, 91%(80+ Gold rated @230V) single 62A 12V rail
EP45-UD3P v1.0 @ F10e
E7400 @ 9.5 x 411, 3.9GHz, 1.425v ??c idle (stuck DTS sensors) and 57c full load (23c ambient)
TRUE Black with a single Noctua NF-P12 pumping out 55 CFM @ 19db .
2x2GB Corsair XMS2 PC2-8500, @ 5-5-5-15, 1093-DDR, 2.14v tRead 7 stable
2 x HD4850 512MB @ 715 Core / 2130 Mem. CrossFireX
Scythe Musashi twin 100mm fan cooler, 40c Idle and 65C FurMark "Xtreme Burning Mode"
Intel X25-M 80GB SSD (OS and Programs) 250MB/s Read 75MB/s Write and WD Caviar Blue 640GB (Storage, Downloads, Temp Files & Folders, Page File etc)
Noctua 1300RPM 19dB case fans
Dell Ultra Sharp 2209WAf E-IPS @ 1680x1050
This rig loads Windows 7 from the end of AHCI detection to a usable desktop in 13 seconds. 
System has passed 24 Hours Prime Blend, 12 hours of both Large and Small FFT and 50 Runs of Intel Burn Test (Maximum Stress)
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=609332
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