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Max Christmas System?

Instead of this, make a much sounder investment by spending about $1500 on the comp and putting the rest of your windfall toward a Benz or something.

Dual Opterons would probably make you less CPU limited in SLI if such a board existed and they were fast enough, as IIRC two 6800U's in SLI are still a bit CPU limited with an FX-55.
 
Thats about at the top, but RAID 0 offers negligible performance increase at double the risk of failure.
Really raptors in RAID 1 may be a good option (if you really need to buy dual raptors)
 
Just THAT IS THE FASTEST SYSTEM GUYS. I can't get why you guys can not accept RAPTORS they are very good and just because you don't have them means you should shoot them down.
 
Originally posted by: XBoxLPU
Originally posted by: malak
Sounds like someone doesn't know how to spend money.
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Saids the person with a Dell and an Alienware :roll::laugh:
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Hehe. The OP doesn't seem like he needs to know how to do that, though, given that he's already got a Benz and Porsche.

Originally posted by: live2game

Just THAT IS THE FASTEST SYSTEM GUYS. I can't get why you guys can not accept RAPTORS they are very good and just because you don't have them means you should shoot them down.
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Nobody is "shooting [the Raptors] down." Don't get like this merely because of advice in one of your previous threads (others may search for the circumstances of this). Someone merely brought up a valid point above, not about Raptors themselves, but about RAID 0 (if you're going to do RAID, do either RAID 1 or hardware RAID 5, for data security--RAID 0 yields too small of a performance increase to make it worthwhile, especially on a desktop, when factoring in the increased failure risk of the array). And besides, Raptors aren't the fastest out there--there are SCSI drives going to 15000 RPM.
 
Originally posted by: live2game
Just THAT IS THE FASTEST SYSTEM GUYS. I can't get why you guys can not accept RAPTORS they are very good and just because you don't have them means you should shoot them down.
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I was not "shooting them down". I was telling him to get RAPTORS, but to not use RAID 0.

Heres a tip:

Make sure you understand a post before you flame.
 
Originally posted by: XBoxLPU
Originally posted by: malak
Sounds like someone doesn't know how to spend money.
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Saids the person with a Dell and an Alienware :roll::laugh:
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I have explained why Dell and Alienware are good choices in multiple threads, so your insult is moot. However, I know there are many reasons to not get a porsche or benz, from cost to performance. He seems to be the type that buys what he thinks is "cool", not what's best.
 
I thought for the desktop, SATA Raptors were the fastest, even though only 10KRPM. I've always been a SCSI man, for better or worse (and usually lots more money). I've got 15K drives - loud, hot, and freakin expensive, not to mention the controller to drive them.

A pair of them in RAID1 on a 128MB 64-bit, 133MHz PCI-X controller should be fast, eh? Too bad no MB that supports FX-55 also supports PCI-X
 
Are you suggesting either of the vehicle are slouches? Benz is SuperCharged and Porsche is hand-tweaked air-cooled monster.
 
I thought for the desktop, SATA Raptors were the fastest, even though only 10KRPM. I've always been a SCSI man, for better or worse (and usually lots more money). I've got 15K drives - loud, hot, and freakin expensive, not to mention the controller to drive them.
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Check out storagereview.com, and/or the latest 'rehash RAID/SCSI/SATA all over again' thread. The newer second-generation 15KRPM SCSI drives are faster at everything than the 74GB Raptor. VERY pricey, though.
 
Originally posted by: BCinSC
Are you suggesting either of the vehicle are slouches? Benz is SuperCharged and Porsche is hand-tweaked air-cooled monster.
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Lots of cars are supercharged. Lots of cars are faster, better handling, and even better looking for cheaper.
 
Originally posted by: malak
Lots of cars are supercharged. Lots of cars are faster, better handling, and even better looking for cheaper.
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Granted and true enough. I just happen to like these two.
 
Originally posted by: live2game
Just THAT IS THE FASTEST SYSTEM GUYS. I can't get why you guys can not accept RAPTORS they are very good and just because you don't have them means you should shoot them down.
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OWNED


"If you haven't gotten the hint by now, we'll spell it out for you: there is no place, and no need for a RAID-0 array on a desktop computer"
 
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