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RAID0 doesn't provide any real benefits for normal computer use. The only reason I run RAID arrays is because with music/audio recording, editing, and such, there is a need for both large amounts of storage as well as high IOPS. I would actually recommend the WD Blue 1TB WD10EZEX. It is faster...

I am one of the resident Redline proponents. If you are looking at boutique oils, I personally have yet to find better, and it's one of less than a handful of oils that I have found to work equally well on track (NASA TT, GTALMS, club wheel to wheel, endurance) as on the street. My revelatory...

I would be curious to see what happens if you disabled the page file.... Regardless of whether you are willing to try, I would still change the it from "Windows Managed" to manual, and set the min and Max to the same number, between 1 and 1.5x the amount of RAM. A difficult to diagnose but...

I switched to the Bosch Gen3 injectors for my 328Ci when I upped the boost this past year, and had the old injectors sent out for cleaning and blueprinting.I sent one of tthe spare new models to have it flow compared, and while the original injectors were all functioning to at least 98.7...

I love HID's, but I get angry when I see the bulbs installed in halogen housing. It's dangerous, and not just for other drivers, I've seen numerous cases of the bulbs burning the housing, wires, and even starting fires. Get a set of quality (QUALITY!) HID projectors, proper 55W ballasts with a...

The similarities between engine oil, and the courses regarding pharmacology of the digestive tract (in particular, antacids and the like), is striking. The basiccchemistry is pretty much the same. Who's up for throwing some TUMS into their crankcase?

I have them as integral parts of the tail assemblies for my 328Ci and M3, and I am SOLD on having all rear vehicle lights be LED. No, or zero perceptible, glare combined with a significant amount more intensity, and there's simply no mistaking brake lights for anything else. Plus, LED's require...

I forgot to mention what is, in my humble opinion, one of the best "breakout" boards in a long time (in that is was so vastly superior to what was expected), the Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP7. I run my Z77 rig off it, and it's trounced the M5E/F/G in HWBot competitions. I am running a pretty well above...

Been extremely pleased with the ASUS Rampage IV Extreme I'm running for an overclocking rig, I went with it because it's simply on an entirely different level from any other mfgr's X79 board. The quality of the power delivery components, proper spacing for 4-way SLI while still having room for...

Nice find! I love vintage audio gear, so much more soul than even the nicest modern stuff. But find myself listening to a pair of RTR Digital V Model200's more than my Sonus Faber Cremonas, despite the significant advances in technology benefitting the latter.

I make a hobby of refurbishing and donating old PC's to a local women's shelter, and consequently have dozens of old PC's lying around. Also, around 35-40 CPU's from the P4 to Core2 era, a few hundred sticks of RAM (SDR to DDR3), misc GPU's (mostly AGP), dozens of HDD's, and so on. If you need...

Nice! While I prefer black over camo finish, I'm not a hunter. The 500 is there w the 870 for most versatile, functional, reliable shotguns out there. I have a thing for my Benelli M3s90 Entry and M1014, but neither is as reliable as a good Mossy/Remington. While it's been a while, I seem to...

Safety is one of the reasons I drive BMW's almost exclusively, having survived a number of accidents that should have, and likely would have, killed me had I been in a less sturdy vehicle (flipping and rolling at 85mph, for example). Right now, the E36 generation cars, especially the M3's, are...

Seafoam will work with certain problems, but it's not any better or worse than most other touted fix in a can products. It's cleaned up the 5SFE in my 00 Camry and the 2.5L Duratec V6 in my 96 Contour quite well, but it's not a first line product. I use it to clean carbon and sludge, and it...

When done properly, HID's are not going to blind other drivers. I would say that they are far more valuable forssomeone who does mostly back road driving as opposed to city, but I have a hard time going back to Halogens anymore. Regarding the other bulbs, I switched to LED for my 328, 325, and...

I am no lawyer, believe me, but if it were me in such a situation, I would expect to be reimbursed with something of greater value than was destroyed. The way I seeit, tthe wreck was a result of Grand theft auto, meaning it occurred during the occurrence of another crime, one in which the...

The Marine Stabil works great for me, as my nice cars are kept in (climate controlled) storage during winter. Never once had an issue, I simply add it before filling up the last tank, and drive until the light comes on, then into storage. Drain fluids, switch to old wheels w old junk tires, and...

I am not understanding how TCW-3, or any additive, can reduce your engine speed at a given vehicle speed? It's an entirely mathematical number, resulting from the true final drive of the car?

If you want to maximize the life of yourHDD, turn off tthe power saving feature that spins down the drives after x amount of time. The most stressful thing for a modern drive is the spinup period.

The nearest Tactical Emergency Room? :p