Again, great post, but I would recommend using WD Blue hard drives. Go at least with green or black.
And, wrong on OCZ. Best for performance, but I would go with Intel for quality and TRIM support and its toolbox. Plus, it's Intel. Crucial has the name also. OCZ's support is not as good. They do fly though.
If you want Word to open up without watching the Add-Ins, e.g. instantaneously. and reboots (once I clocked under 9.2 seconds) and never having to defrag, get an SSD. You will never go back. Just make sure it is either 120 or 240 and SATA III. If you really want to beat Sandeep and I (go with an SSD PCIe card, but make sure it is bootable.
I personally can vouch that Sandeep has purchased all of those configurations, but he did go with redundant power supplies as his video games drown out the 50 dbs.
I'm confused ha. To whom are you replying? I don't think anyone "dissed" OCZ ha. But let me give it a try.
OCZ and Crucial M4 Exchange blows on performance. Remember that chart I sent you? M4 was better for random 4k reads. While OCZ had better sequential transfer speeds (which only matters if you're transferring large files). High random 4k Reads, will give you the fast feeling when opening programs or booting up. Hence, I went with Crucial. Also, the Micron controller seems to be evading many of the issues of the Sandforce Controller; user reviews for the crucial drives tend to be the highest on every site. Intel and Crucial have the most reliable SSDs imo. Intel is just a little too pricey compared to my beloved Crucial M4s.
Also, about the hard drives. I'd have to advise against green drives as boot drives. They tend to be low RPM and have high access times. In other words, not good for a green drive to be used with an operating system. You'll notice some slow down compared to a blue or black drive. The WD Black drives are the best of the three, but they are pricier too. Another major incentive to get the black drives would be that WD Dropped the 5 year warranty on all of their Blue and Green drives down to 3 years. WD Black drives are the only ones with 5 year warranties now.
Remember it this way (Black=Best Performance, Blue=Balanced Performance and Power Consumption, Green=Low Power, Storage Drives).
I only put a redundant PSU in my server. No reason to put it in a desktop computer. The noise would drive me crazy as I sleep with my computer on. You'd be better off just keeping a spare in case of emergency. I do like fan noise though, I can't sleep without hearing a computer fan anymore. In case you were wondering, in my personal comp, I have a Corsair HX850 to power my crossfire HD6950s Twin Frozr IIIs, 5 hard drives, M4 128GB, 2600k overclocked to 4.8 GHz, (and other "fun" stuff). Graphics cards use a lot of power. I also use a UPS on my desktop. The CybperPOwer 1500PFCLCD.
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