Customized computer?

[Animeniax]

Where are you getting these prices? Of the old-gen OCZ PCI-E cards, or their latest ones? Their latest ones are around 3x more expensive than a SATA drive of comparable storage size, like Twist said.

edit: Just timed my own boot.

00.00 - pressed button, black screen
15.23 - black screen shows white words from BIOS
24.73 - the words "Starting Windows" is shown on the screen (W7).
45.80 - Start Bar appeared

Yeah I think I was seeing prices for older model Revos. The Revodrive 3 is ridiculously expensive. I'm surprised they cost so much more than a regular SSD. Definitely not worth it in my book.

You have an 840Pro and it takes 45.8 seconds to just get the taskbar in Windows? Must be an older gen 840 because that seems slow. My 35 second full boot on an 840Pro includes a Windows password.

edit: I just timed boot on my i7-930 with OWC Electra 6GB SSD:
30 seconds to Starting Windows (includes entering a 6 character system password)
45 seconds to login screen, followed by entering my Windows password
60 seconds fully booted