I used Diskkeeper for quite a while. I stopped when I lost my first HD. It was a somewhat older drive, maybe 4-5 years old, but I suspect the daily defrag may have been too much for it. Now I just use jkdefrag, which is freeware, and I just run it manually every week or so.
If the drive was 4 or 5 years old... it may have already been dying anyway. There's really no way to tell if daily defragging killed it or not. (I'm leaning towards not). If anything, defragging will save wear and tear on your drive, because it makes the files contiguous instead of bits and pieces of it all over the drive. It will not cause premature failure and it's no harder on the drive than normal daily use.
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Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit; Intel Q6600 CPU; E-VGA 780i SLI motherboard; E-VGA E-GeForce 8800GT; OCZ Vista 4GB dual-channel kit; Ultra X2 750W power supply; 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB in RAID 0.
I have a Xeon 3360 and that's pretty fricken fast. Only time I was able to get this puppy to 100% cpu usage was when I encoded TWO 3GB mpg files to ipod video format. yes I encoded two videos at the same time. They were both done at the same time.
It was literally the sickest thing I've seen. I used beyond tv latest version. It used 2 cores for one video file and then it knew to use the other 2 cores for the other video file.
I didn't time it but it was under 30 minutes. I think it was more like 15 minutes.
I would like to purchase a new computer for my family, and slowdown has always been an issue.
The computer they use currently holds a Pentium 4 @ 2.8 Ghz. CPU.
Buying a new computer, I know I should get enough Ram to help slowdown, but I would really like to know what would be the absolute best processor I could purchase without it being too expensive.
I don't want it to be mid-ranged or anything, but it doesn't need to be the most powerful/expensive processor available, just the all-around best. Intel/AMD, I don't really care. In my personal, non-family, computer, I have an Intel E6600 @ 2.4 Ghz, which is great, but still has its slowdown moments. I need a processor that eliminates slowdown as much as possible. Any help/ Newegg products would be greatly appreciated.
Could you let me in on where you can get a Q6600 for only $100. The cheapest I've ever seen them was around $180 for the OEM model.
well i have seen that price posted on these very same forums... oem special at fry's... have not seen one for a while [2 months?] and they sell out very quick obviously. i believe newegg has also had a special
for close on ocassion. i was flat broke every time or they sold out... i have cried many times over this.
of course with moving and all the work i've been doing the last 6 months my reality distortion field may be peaking.
Message edited by albundy2 on 07-10-2008 at 05:08:42 AM
