Thanks for the Hack Dark. I ran through it and it worked. All went well. I was able to boot in ACHI and get 550mb read and 490mb write speeds. The biggest slow down was when windows ran all its updates. That slowed me down from a 12 sec boot time to a 22 sec boot time. So there must be some way to improve on that.
I am now seeing that Windows is the main cause of the slow boot. Well most of it anyway. Well it added 8-10sec to the boot time.Obviously having Adobe Creative Suite 5, Adobe Lightroom, Pinnacle HD, etc. These programs all slow the boot times down. I did go into msconfig and shut off everything but my antivirus. Still took 39-43seconds to boot Windows in ACHI mode. Not sure where to make changes to Win7 boot times.
Though, IDE mode starts up about 17-20 sec faster than ACHI mode. Trade off is faster read/write time in ACHI mode. So I guess I should stay there. As I am mainly looking for fastest rendering times.
Thanks Tech9, My power settings are set to High Performance. HHD Off = never, Monitors shut down in 15 minutes. system runs 24/7.
Teck9 I am always leery of downloading software/freeware. I worry I will get spyware. I am a bit of a weeny when it comes to that stuff...lol So I have not yet ran through your programs.
I am still having a small issue with the Folders. Only folders in Windows. As I open Computer, Open my Photo hdd, than a specific folder, and finally a pic. each click of the mouse takes 2 seconds to happen. So I click on the folder/file and nothing appears to happen. Then, while counting a click and folder opens. Anyone, anyone...lol This one has me baffled. I do have the BETA BIOS installed, F5b. Maybe I should go back and use F3 Bios.
By the way, someone stated that I may be an accomplished computer builder. To be honest I am very much a novice. I am learning and learning very quickly, well expensively...lol I have only been building computers since the end of 2009. I have learned alot, but am by no means that good at it. I really do appreciate all the help. This is my first Gigabyte Mother board. I have built 1 MSI, 2 EVGA, and several Asus boards, 4 to be exact. I do tend to overlook things I may already know. It always helps to be reminded.
I was stuck on another build. It also has an SSD. That one boots from a dead cold start into windows in 25 seconds. But has NO programs on it...lol Took me awhile to stop comparing the two.