Abit Kr7a raid worth the wait?

[Baalzamon]

I am about ready to put together a athlonXP 1900, with a asus 8200 deluxe geforce 3, 512 MB p2100 memory and an AUdigy platinum soundcard paired with Klipsch 4.1 promedia speakers.. only thing im holding out for is the Mother board? should i go for the kr7a or is there something better to be had.. AND will i have problems with an adpatec 2940UW2 in conjunction with the raid board? Im using my 2940 for my cdrw and cdrom players.
Any advice would be appreciated.. have thought about the Epox board.

 

[Stealth1024]

Abit KR7A-RAID ($169.00)
Athlon XP 1800+ Retail ($235.00)
512MB PC2100 DDR CAS2 ($125.00)
(2) IBM 40GB 60GXP EIDE ($208.00)
Antec SX840 Case ($137.95)
ATI Radeon 8500 DDR ($259.99)
Hitachi CM772 19? ($377.00)
Pioneer 16X DVD ($75.00)
Linksys Etherfast 10/100 PCI ($16.95)
SB Audigy Platinum EX ($211.00)
(2) Antec 92MM 3-Pin Fan ($15.90)
HiVal 3.5? 1.44MB FD ($16.95)
MS IntelliMouse Explorer USB ($45.95)
MS Internet Keyboard Pro USB ($34.95)
3M Precise Mousing Surface ($15.95)

Total: $1944.59 from PC Progress, Multiwave, Mushkin, Computers4Sure

Not bad for 80GB of RAID 0 storage...

 

[Baalzamon]

Doesn't answer my question.. but anyways.. do you have the board already? i thought it still wasn't released.

 

[Stealth1024]

yes, it has been released, but no I don't have it

 

[Stealth1024]

The prices point out that the 1900+ carries a heavy premium over the 1800+. Just overclock if you want the small gain in performance...

 

[j@cko]

that is way too expensive. (The motherboard)

 

[Stealth1024]

<"that is way too expensive. (The motherboard)">

Not really, consider purchasing the non RAID Asus KT266A motherboard and then purchasing a RAID PCI controller card from Promise....

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

<< <"that is way too expensive. (The motherboard)">

Not really, consider purchasing the non RAID Asus KT266A motherboard and then purchasing a RAID PCI controller card from Promise.... >>

epox 8kha+=110$
fastrack tx=90$
200$

kr7a-r=170$

id much rather have the epox as it's a good oc board, but damn that's expensive and it chews up a pci slot on a board that only has 5. where as the abit has 6 slots. maybe ill wait for the shuttle.

 

[przero]

I hope it is worth the wait. I'm waiting on it!