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Abit KT7-A Raid or not?

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MrCadaver

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What's the difference between the regular KT7A and the KT7A Raid? Obviously I know the Raid model has a raid controller and the regular does not, but anything else, or are they identical apart from that?
 
The KT7 and KT7-RAID are identical except for the RAID controller and the additional 4 IDE devices it supports. The RAID is a good deal for people that have a need for more than 4 IDE devices. You don't have to use the RAID features to use the additional ATA-100 IDE channels. If you need additional HDD speed, the RAID 0 function of the board works well- my Maxtor drive without RAID 0 scores 2100 on the SiSoft Drive benchmark, and scores over 3600 when RAIDed with an identical drive. Definately a signifacnt increase in speed. Use RAID 1 (mirroring) if you have critical enterprise data to safegard in real-time (unlikely).

If you are looking now, pay the extra $10 for the KT7A-RAID, it is worth it.

Good luck.
 
If you decided to get Abit board I suggest you to get RAID. I have this board and it's great to have 4 IDE channels. Two HD go on RAID controller(you don't have to use RAID itself) and CDRW and CDROM go to another. All drives are set as a master.
 
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