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I have 3 HD, 120G WD 8M, 60G Seagate, and 40G Maxtor. I'm just wondering how would you guys set it up to get the highest speed in IC7 board?
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How would you set it up?
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well I would use the fastest drive for the mastor, and put the other two on a RAID card or on the motherboard RAID adapter if there is one. and keep the CD drives on the regular IDE. which drive has the lowest seek time?
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Run the WD 120SE as your C: drive, with your OS and your games on it. Use the other two to store your non-performance apps (like word processing) and your media files.
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Right now the 120G is by itself on IDE1 and the other is on IDE2. I have a lot of mp3, mpeg, dvi, etc...
Would I see an increase in performance if I get the Seriell2 for the WD 120G? Or just get another WD120G nad have it setup as RAID0?
By the way, the Seriell2 is for one HD right? So if I get another WD 120G, I would have to get 2 Seriell2 right?
twenty
Would I see an increase in performance if I get the Seriell2 for the WD 120G? Or just get another WD120G nad have it setup as RAID0?
By the way, the Seriell2 is for one HD right? So if I get another WD 120G, I would have to get 2 Seriell2 right?
twenty
twenty6 said:
Using a sata adaptor will give you no boost... the HDD will still be running ata100, and the mechanics of the drive are still the limiting factor.
If you stripe 2 HDDs, you'll get a boost in throughput, but your seek times will still be about the same. Also, yes, you'll need 2 separate adaptors.
