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KR7A-133 vs. KR7A-133 Raid w/Maxtor ATA133

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KentW

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I've been visiting this site for what, a couple years now? About time I joined, huh??? 🙂 Well, I now have both boards and have a question regarding my new Maxtor. First, with the Raid version I'm not going to run Raid, but the extra IDE's would come in handy.(CD-Rom/CD-RW). I would connect my Maxtor ATA/133 to the Highpoint(IDE3) and the CD-Rom and CD-RW to IDE1 and IDE2. With the Non-Raid version I would have to connect the Maxtor to IDE1 and the CD-Rom/RW to IDE2. Now, my question. Since the Maxtor is an ATA133 drive, would I get better performance from using the KR7A-133R(Highpoint controller) or from the Non-Raid version, which also has ATA133 support through the VT8233A? Am I off track here??? The Raid version supports ATA133 through the Highpoint and the Non-Raid version has Native ATA133 support through the VT8233A. Correct? In short, which board would give me the fastest performance with the Maxtor? Thanks, Kent
 
Both boards will give you the same EXACT performance in that field.
For one you won't reach an ATA-133's HDD speed limit (or close to it for that matter)
and 2nd they both say they support ATA-133 (133MB/s).
 
There really is no differnce in UDMA100 and UDMA133. Transfer rate of current IDE hard drives max out at below 50MB/s so even UDMA66 and UDMA100 wont make a differnce.
 


<< There really is no differnce in UDMA100 and UDMA133 >>

Partially true. Not all controllers are created equal. From reviews I've seen the Highpoint controller will still give you slightly better performance over the Via 8233A.
 
Thanks for he replies. I'll probably go with the Raid verson. At least this way my CD-Rom and CD-RW can be on seperate IDE's. Thanks again, Kent 🙂
 
I have the Raid board and love it.
IDE burner and CDRom on IDE 1 & 2
WD 1200JB on IDE 3
2- IBM 30 gig on IDE 4
And rock stable
Never know when you need extra hard drives.
I'm into video editing now, so I need the 1200JB for storage.
 
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