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Skybird · 02-25-11, 07:04 AM

Good idea with a second HD. I still have an exchange frame (? Wechselrahmen) for HDs, so I could put in my old HD easily, if needed.

2+4 GB? Well, okay, put on the list. Old Windows games hardly consume more than 4 GB anyway, so the full package for them. But do mainboards and Win7 support 6 GB? I would have thought they accept only 4 or 8 or 16 GB.

That gives me this partitioning then:
- Windows (is 48GB enough for Win7)?
- Swapfile (16 GB)
- Programs, Data (all the remaining GBs)
- FS9 (48 GB)
- Chess (8 GB)

Is MSI still criticised for quality of its mainboards like 8-9 years ago?

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Edit:
found some hartdware test results, and do not like the board. BIOS not too reliable, it seems, occasional crashes, and the worst "Speicherdurchsatz" of all competitors with H55 chips: more than 60% slower. Think I go for the Asus board instead.
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I just wish to make that Amazon offer an USB 3 offer, I do a lot of file swapping via sticks, and for an external HD it also would help data speed.

02-25-11, 07:04 AM	#30
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,556 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Good idea with a second HD. I still have an exchange frame (? Wechselrahmen) for HDs, so I could put in my old HD easily, if needed. 2+4 GB? Well, okay, put on the list. Old Windows games hardly consume more than 4 GB anyway, so the full package for them. But do mainboards and Win7 support 6 GB? I would have thought they accept only 4 or 8 or 16 GB. That gives me this partitioning then: - Windows (is 48GB enough for Win7)? - Swapfile (16 GB) - Programs, Data (all the remaining GBs) - FS9 (48 GB) - Chess (8 GB) Is MSI still criticised for quality of its mainboards like 8-9 years ago? ------ Edit: found some hartdware test results, and do not like the board. BIOS not too reliable, it seems, occasional crashes, and the worst "Speicherdurchsatz" of all competitors with H55 chips: more than 60% slower. Think I go for the Asus board instead. ------ I just wish to make that Amazon offer an USB 3 offer, I do a lot of file swapping via sticks, and for an external HD it also would help data speed. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 02-25-11 at 07:26 AM.