Thanks Pat, so you recommend using the Intel sata Raid over the LSI raid? Is it faster or more stable? Both are softwar raids, right? I read somewhere that the LSi Raid was faster, but there might be a limitation at 2tbs raids? Could be old info. Thanks for taking the time.

Anyone create a successful 4tb raid 0 (with two 2TB drives) with the LSI 1638E controller (Win 7 64 bit)?

That seems to be the consensus - thanks for reaffirming and taking the time. Wish I could slapped down the change for a Z820m but I feel the Z800 will last me a long while;) Especially over my old X8400 workhorse.

I went with a Startech USB 3.0 PCIe card. Hop eit works;) Thanks everyone...

That make sense. Thanks, Pat. Also, which vendor did you buy your USB 3.0 HP card? There are some that are 12 bucks and ones that are 60 bucks on ebay... I can't find the HP BM867AA, only qt587aa (which I;ve read there are issues). Okay, that's my final bug in your hair.

Hey Pat and NYnutz , Thanks for the reply! Yeah, It'll be 4gb modules across the board (Hynix DDR3 RDIMM) for 48gb/s. I bought the Z800 used for a phenomenal price. I'll just be adding mu Quadro k4000 and I was waanting to builf a 2TB raid 0 and a 4TB raid 0; I'll have a 320 SSD for C drive and a 120 SSD for cache/projects access. So, Pat

Hey All, finally giving up my trusty xw8400 and moving on up to a Z800 (prices are pretty good right now). Z800 - 2 Hexcore 2.66 (x5650) Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate, 48gb Ram RDIMM, quadro k4000.... yada, yada... I just have a couple of questions (Yes, I've looked thru the forum, but if anyone want to direct me to something specific - I'm all

I use Avast and malewarebytes. Haven't had any issues.

Sounds like you've played the DVD on HD TV's that are 120Mhz and above. Those displays pretty much remove motion blur, which is givng the soap opera feel.

Awesome... glad to hear you got it to work. Salud