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IAmMoen
12-27-06, 09:02 PM
Right now I have a pata 160, 2 pata 120, 1 sata-150 250. I just got a bonus from work and figured I could get some harddrivage. I was debating whether to just get rid of all my other drives and getting 3 320gb sg perps and putting them in a raid 5. Anyone running a raid 5? I think it is funny that my new mobo (dfi nf4 sli-dr expert) supports raid 5 but not raid 4 but that is beside the point. Should I just say screw it and buy a raptor instead and raid the 2 120's, get another 250 and sell the 160? Decisions decisions.

Jon
12-28-06, 07:56 AM
Why do you need RAID 5? Novelty or justified redundancy? What do you use the storage for? What do you use your PC for?

The answers to those questions will lead to the answer to your question.