3X Western Digital Raptors and 3 drive caddy

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[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

This may be a dumb question cause im no computer genious but can I run this along side my two 640gb hdd that are currently in raid 0?

 

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This may be a dumb question cause im no computer genious but can I run this along side my two 640gb hdd that are currently in raid 0?

If you have 3 sata ports left on a RAID card or get another RAID card, yes. I don't know what your setup consist of hardware-wise to say whether you need another card or not.

 

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

well I beleive I only have one slot left, let me look into a raid card and get back to you then.

 

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well I beleive I only have one slot left, let me look into a raid card and get back to you then.

I recomend a 3ware raid card that does RAID5. It is a hardware based RAID with dedicated cache and will be much better performance wise. I don't think any of the promise card of high points are hardware based and most software based like Promise wont do RAID5.

They are pricey though. I paid 300+ for my 4 port sata raid card and around 250 for my 4 channel IDE raid card, both hardware based 3ware cards.

If all you want it speed then I guess a promise 4 port for a RAID0 would be fine though. Best nag for buck on RAID0 is software based.

 

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

I actually run a RAID 0 on 3 of them (raptors, not Veloci) for BF2. Everyone gets pissed that I am flying the J-10 before they even load in ha ha ha

I wasn't quite that fast, but I did love being typically one of the first to load up and be ready. I always hated that about bf2 was how long it took to load... even with my 2 slower wd's in raid 0 it takes long than i want it to to load //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Pl8er 5,000+ posts]

I can't believe these are not gone yet!

 

[mjbailey21 10+ year member]

Free bump.

Would actually buy this if I didn't get in on the Seagate 1TB for $110 from Dell.

Though-- maybe I could pick up one and have my games and OS installed on it.

Could I just attach these two HD's in separate sata ports and still see a significant load/speed time? (Not raiding em)

 

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I can't believe these are not gone yet!

werd, I thought I aggressively priced them to move.

Free bump.Would actually buy this if I didn't get in on the Seagate 1TB for $110 from Dell.

Though-- maybe I could pick up one and have my games and OS installed on it.

Could I just attach these two HD's in separate sata ports and still see a significant load/speed time? (Not raiding em)

Yes, even by themselves you get noticeable speed over standard 7200RPM SATA drives.

 

[makdaddy 10+ year member]

if these were only the 74 Gig

I assume you are jumping up to the 1500,s

Good luck on the sale

 

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If they were 74 I'd be asking a lot more //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Combined in a RAID5 they are more than enough room for me as an OS/APP drive though.

TODAY ONLY $160 shipped

 

[Subst4nce 10+ year member]

Would you want to separate? I'm interested in trying 1.

 

[mattmcss 10+ year member]

Would you want to separate? I'm interested in trying 1.

If you buy one I'll get the other two from the original poster.

 

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Sorry guys. That will leave me with an enclosure I don't need and have to try to sell separately. If someone has interest in the enclosure then we can try to work out a deal on separating it all.