Having run AMD for many years (lots of audio processing) I now own an Intel i7 setup. IMHO, sooner or later you will want the ability to run lots of threads, UNLESS you know you will only be doing stereo audio processing. If you ever find yourself with a lot of tracks running, an i7 will do better t...

It is really curious. I only get a few head parks every day with my wd20eads. Using ubuntu 10.04 (I get confused with the animal names ;)). How can this be so variable?. Glad your system is behaving well. There are a number of separate subsystems at work, all with varying policies and timers. There...

Xubuntu 10.4 Lucid OS I got 2 WD 15EARS drives a few months ago. After the initial difficulty partitioning with the 4K sectors, I was pretty happy, the drives were pretty quiet and cool, with just a little muted "chirp" when seeking. Lately though, there is an irregular thump from the drives, sort ...

Kobayashi Maru? What's that? Wasn't Kobayashi name of the Japanese commander of the Iwo Jima garrison? It's a Star Trek reference. I don't get the name of this fan tho; "The Windy Ship"? Actually, it would be translated "The Ship named 'Wind'". Ship could also be interpreted as vessel, but still......

Xubuntu 10.4 Lucid OS I got 2 WD 15EARS drives a few months ago. After the initial difficulty partitioning with the 4K sectors, I was pretty happy, the drives were pretty quiet and cool, with just a little muted "chirp" when seeking. Lately though, there is an irregular thump from the drives, sort o...

What OS are you running? What kind of Raid 1 ? Linux Raid-1 in software? I recently upgraded my Linux main pooter with 2 WD15EARS drives in Raid-1 configuration. Besides the trouble with aligning the partitions on 4K boundaries, the old 512B sector drives did not want to sync the Raid partition to t...

But I recently upgraded and thought long and hard about some the issues you are dealing with. Coupla thoughts: You've got to settle your thinking about overclocking vs low noise. Those 2 factors are a bit at odds with each other. A good compromise to aim for is the 19.8 dBa of the Noctua fans. Jeepe...

OK. Reading a lot of threads. Thinking about getting a Scythe Kaze Master to control the speed of 4 fans. Sounds like a good idea? Apologies for jumping into this discussion a bit late. I recently did an upgrade, case mod to the system in my sig. Very low noise was a top driver for me. Tired of "je...