Rich-M

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Pete I have used the paid version for about 7 years since I became disillusioned with SAS and only this year with this new version had issues.

Funny you should mention usb controller issues as I had major issues when I first built this where the 2.0 ports worked only in bios or safe mode and 3.0 as well. 3.0 driver update fixed the 3.0 issue but it took a bios flash to solve the usb 2.0 issues so that has been on my mind the whole time I had this unit. I really should have replaced the board but I have had my best service from Gigabyte boards yet they are entitled to occasionally lay an egg. I also love GSkill ram but its Micron Ram as is Crucial and they both are my favorite ram. I think at the time the A-Data was here in 8 gb so I used it intending to replace it and never did. As I said I haven't been impressed with Crucial ssd drives and also have been meaning to replace that.

This is my main desktop system: Intel I-5 Quad Core 4670, Gigabyte Motherboard Z87M-D38, 128 GB Crucial SSD drive, WD Raptor Sata III 300 GBb Hard Drive, 500 GB WD 7200 Rpm Sata III 32 meg hard drive, 8 Gb 1600 Ddr3 A-Data ram, EVGA GTX 280 video card, Pioneer DVD-RW 24X, Seasonic 750 watt Psu and Windows 7 Pro and its about 2 years old. Lately I have been having a few issues with occasional BSOD and in my experience, 98% of those are caused by ram or hard drive and that is where I believe my system is the weakest. A-Data Ram is not great and as much as I love Crucial Ram, Crucial ssd drives don't have a great service record. I have Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 2133 MHz (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory (CMZ16GX3M2A2133C10) coming and I bought one of the 240 Gb PNY Ssd drives listed in Deals here in that forum. I also have occasional mishaps coming up from sleep (PM) which I believe are related to the Ssd drive also and an occasional freeze up. Memtest86 shows nothing, I have run chkdsk /r with little or no results. I should add I have 2 2 gb external usb 3.0 drives plugged to the system but they are only on when in use and a Pioneer external Dvd-rw as well as a networked Brother Laser black HL 2040 and Lexmark Color Laser C544XL printer. I am not crazy about Corsair ram, however I like to use only memory tested for the motherboard as I have found that cuts out a lot of issues and that Corsair model was the only ram I could find at a reasonable price...Amazon beat Newegg by $15 which surprised me. I will let you know how I make out.

Nice board Bob. I see $15 off a few E3 but nothing to back up the truck to.

Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD). That is like a hard drive price.....WOW! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-721-107&nm_mc=EMCPP-DAILY_072014&cm_mmc=EMCPP-DAILY_072014-_-index-_-content-_-item&et_cid=9848&et_rid=2567240

I have been looking for your Xeon cpu and do not see a lot and I am thinking about replacing my HP server with a custom build and I don't see more than $25-40 off probably because its not a huge demand item Bob. What cpu are you looking for?

I had the same issue this evening and had to use the cleaner and then reinstall Mbam and for me this is getting all to frequent lately.

I just turned around and bought another of these as I get occasional BSODs in my main desktop and I have a 2 year old Crucial SSD in it I don't trust and its a 120 gb anyway which has been sufficient because my files are on a server but for $89 as a test, why not!!!! You know even $109 is a great price actually.

Not me you would have to pry my iPhone out of my dead hands....the camera is the best and so is the phone IMHO!

I'm looking!

I use a wholesaler site called D&H Sales mostly but I also use Tiger Direct (Infotel Biz site) and grab bargains at Newegg.