Hi,
It's been a while since my computer had an upgrade so I thought I'd give it one this x-mas.
I would like to know how the performance of RAID 0 on one IDE port is compared to RAID 0 on two separate IDE ports. I am planning to change my mobo (VIA 266A) to a nForce2 mobo after reading the shootout article here. I decided to go with the Chaintech board. When I was reading about the mobos I was hoping to find one with IDE RAID but none of them had it and the closest was the Chaintech. I plan to do this with two IBM 120GXPs.
If the performance takes a big hit, should I go for a more stripped down mobo and buy a separate RAID controller card? Reason is, I already have a sound card so any onboard sound would just be disabled. A more stripped down mobo would save me a fair amount money.
Or should I just all out ignore the nForce2 and wait for something big in the future?
It's been a while since my computer had an upgrade so I thought I'd give it one this x-mas.
I would like to know how the performance of RAID 0 on one IDE port is compared to RAID 0 on two separate IDE ports. I am planning to change my mobo (VIA 266A) to a nForce2 mobo after reading the shootout article here. I decided to go with the Chaintech board. When I was reading about the mobos I was hoping to find one with IDE RAID but none of them had it and the closest was the Chaintech. I plan to do this with two IBM 120GXPs.
If the performance takes a big hit, should I go for a more stripped down mobo and buy a separate RAID controller card? Reason is, I already have a sound card so any onboard sound would just be disabled. A more stripped down mobo would save me a fair amount money.
Or should I just all out ignore the nForce2 and wait for something big in the future?
