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Originally Posted by LoganSnake
I have optical drives, but they're IDE. Can I still use them in the new machine or do I need new ones? I might be able to swing $700. My b-day's next week and I'm expecting some money coming my way.
Also, I've never used RAID. What are the advantages of having 2 HDs in RAID 0? So they show up as a single 1TB hard drive?
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If you drop the stuff I said, you might be able to go down to 800 Euros; with the current exchange rates (and "transport costs"), that's probably less than 700 dollars...
You can use the IDE drives, as long as your motherboard has enough ports. Most new motherboards have just one IDE port, if at all. That's two drives.
Depending on the RAID setup, you'll get a single 1TB harddrive, which is faster. The downside is that if one drive fails, the data on both disks is gone. But you have to ask yourself if you need the extra speed, and the extra room. I currently have a total of about 310 GB worth of harddisk space (160+120+30gig; the last one is a 10K WD Raptor); I have trouble getting it full...