test AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ testing with a ASUS A8N-SLI Premium v1.02 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1024MB on Debian 6.0.7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Seagate ST31000333AS: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ 2.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A8N-SLI Premium v1.02, Chipset: AMD K8, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST31000333AS + 2 x 500GB Seagate ST3500630AS + 300GB Maxtor 6L300S0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1024MB (740/1000MHz), Audio: NVIDIA CK804 AC 97 Audio, Network: Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit + Atheros AR5008 Wireless OS: Debian 6.0.7, Kernel: 2.6.32-5-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE, Display Server: X Server 1.7.7, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.19, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 310.19, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Seagate ST31000333AS . 352 |=================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST31000333AS . 2395.64 |=============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Seagate ST31000333AS . 2397.25 |=============================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Seagate ST31000333AS . 388.95 |================================================