Vista Experience Index

shaneosborne · 31 Oct 2007 at 13:31

I have the 320GB Western Digital SE16 HDD and I have heard that users get a 5.9 in windows vista under the experience index.

The problem is that I only get a 5.7 and was wondering if my setup is correct. I have a Gigabyte 965 ds3p and was wondering if I am required to change any of the settings in the bios in relation to this.

Many thanks in advance

Shavers

liam8582007 · 31 Oct 2007 at 13:33

I wouldn't really care about what Windows thinks of my hardware, as long as it does the job it is supposed to do, i you wanted to test it properly use a hard drive benchie.(HD Tach)

Liam

rpstewart · 31 Oct 2007 at 13:34

Don't read anything into the Vista indexes, they bear little or no resemblence to reality.

Jesus · 1 Nov 2007 at 00:20

rpstewart said:
Don't read anything into the Vista indexes, they bear little or no resemblence to reality.

So true!

shaneosborne · 1 Nov 2007 at 13:17

Thanks all, I should have known not to take any notice of anything to do with Microsoft and Hardware.

I am new to this mainboard and was wondering what setup in bios I should use for my HDDs.

I have one SATA which is the Western Digital (Local Disc) and one IDE HDD Maxtor. I am confused on how I can obtain the fastest speed of this drive and would I need to re-install everything if I needed to change the options in the BIOS?

All BIOS options are set at default. If you think there are any other options I should use in the BIOS please let me know as I am new to adjusting anything in BIOS other than the simple things

Antec Nine Hundred Gaming Case
Coolermaster 600w PSU
Samsung SH-S183L 18x Burner Lightscribe SATA Black
Noctua NH-U12F CPU Heatsink and Fan 120mm
2x GeIL 2GB PC6400 800MHz DDR2 DUAL CHANNEL KIT (4x1GB)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB S300 16MB
Retail Nvidia 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3
Intel Quad Core™ Q6600 2.4GHz
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3P