I heard something bad about RAID mobo???

[heng1028]

I have searched some thread about RAID supported mobo. but it seems that it is not a good idea to go with a RAID mobo.

I am planning to get a socketA mobo and I would pick the MSI K7T Pro2.
The mobo supports RAID. Is it good to go with the RAID or just get a MSI K7T Pro. I already have a IBM ATA66 20gig drive in my system.

 

[Vegito]

Yeah, IDE raid uses up to 30% of your processing power.. that's why SCSI was invented. If you disable RAID, u won't lose that power..

 

[heng1028]

so i should disable the RAID on the mobo to run my ATA66 IBM??

 

[shine]

I've been considering the same thing man, till I read about the 30% deal. Just how big is 30% anyway? I plan on playing CS, maybe serving CS (counterstrike), video capture(radeon?) then linux(if i feel up to it), and the general mp3, burning stuff

 

[Enigma]

What 30%? Running Abit with raid, however I'm not using raid, therefore there is no loss. Gaming box currently but will be used for a server later, then raid will be used at that point. Whats 30% on a server.

 

[heng1028]

but you need at least more than one hardisk for RAID. is it worth to buy another one to run that array??