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theburner · 09-30-2004, 06:07 PM

I tried my system both ways...
IC7-Max3 Board
2x 120GB SATA 7200 RPM 8MB Cache in Raid 0. I used 128kb stripes, which is too large. If I was to do it again, I would just down to 64kb.
Ran the same Drives in legacy mode, with 1 as master the other as slave.

Can't remember my exact scores, but there was a negligable difference between the two scores. I left them in Raid 0 to increase the size of my "C:" Drive.

If I was to do it over again, I would run them both in RAID 1 so that if a drive fails I just change my bios and keep playing.

Raid 0 right now isn't that much faster. It does have faster burst speeds, but practicle isn't much faster at all.

BTW, there is no such thing as "RAID Drives". It is a RAID Chip or RAID Card..

09-30-2004, 06:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
theburner Canadian Beer Ambassador Location: Cumming, GA	I tried my system both ways... IC7-Max3 Board 2x 120GB SATA 7200 RPM 8MB Cache in Raid 0. I used 128kb stripes, which is too large. If I was to do it again, I would just down to 64kb. Ran the same Drives in legacy mode, with 1 as master the other as slave. Can't remember my exact scores, but there was a negligable difference between the two scores. I left them in Raid 0 to increase the size of my "C:" Drive. If I was to do it over again, I would run them both in RAID 1 so that if a drive fails I just change my bios and keep playing. Raid 0 right now isn't that much faster. It does have faster burst speeds, but practicle isn't much faster at all. BTW, there is no such thing as "RAID Drives". It is a RAID Chip or RAID Card.. __________________ Take Off Eh!