kevinthegenius
Junior Member
Hello -
I have an Intel D875PBZ which has two onboard SATA interfaces and two IDE interfaces, both of which can be set up in RAID0.
I want to install a SATA Seagate Hard Disk (200GB) and a SATA Plextor PX-716SA. Obviously, I could just plug both of these into the respective SATA interfaces and go like have always done in the past when creating a system. However, I'm new to SATA and to RAID. So I'm curious as to my alternatives.
So, would there be any SIGNIFICANT benefit to installing 2x 100GB SATA hard disks in RAID-0 and then installing a PCI SATA controller card to connect the SATA DVD drive?
- would any performance benefit be offset by the additional cost of buying a PCI SATA controller card ($50)?
- is the performance from a PCI SATA controller card compareable to the onboard SATA interface? and if the performance is less, then, is this still prefereable rather than connecting the DVD drive through IDE (considering the added cost of the SATA drive vs. IDE drive plus having to get a controller card, $100)?
Other specs
- CPU: Intel 3.4E 478
- GPU: ATI X800 Pro
- RAM: DDR 400 512 MB x2
I mostly will use this system for gaming, minor video editing, home music system, and usual day to day home business use
I know you're probably saying that I ought to go with a mobo that has a chipset which supports 4 SATA interfaces, but I had already purchased this Mobo and corresponding Socket 478 CPU a few months ago and so I'm kinda stuck with what I have for now.
Lot's of questions, sorry, but would appreciate some help.
Thanks!
- Kevin
I have an Intel D875PBZ which has two onboard SATA interfaces and two IDE interfaces, both of which can be set up in RAID0.
I want to install a SATA Seagate Hard Disk (200GB) and a SATA Plextor PX-716SA. Obviously, I could just plug both of these into the respective SATA interfaces and go like have always done in the past when creating a system. However, I'm new to SATA and to RAID. So I'm curious as to my alternatives.
So, would there be any SIGNIFICANT benefit to installing 2x 100GB SATA hard disks in RAID-0 and then installing a PCI SATA controller card to connect the SATA DVD drive?
- would any performance benefit be offset by the additional cost of buying a PCI SATA controller card ($50)?
- is the performance from a PCI SATA controller card compareable to the onboard SATA interface? and if the performance is less, then, is this still prefereable rather than connecting the DVD drive through IDE (considering the added cost of the SATA drive vs. IDE drive plus having to get a controller card, $100)?
Other specs
- CPU: Intel 3.4E 478
- GPU: ATI X800 Pro
- RAM: DDR 400 512 MB x2
I mostly will use this system for gaming, minor video editing, home music system, and usual day to day home business use
I know you're probably saying that I ought to go with a mobo that has a chipset which supports 4 SATA interfaces, but I had already purchased this Mobo and corresponding Socket 478 CPU a few months ago and so I'm kinda stuck with what I have for now.
Lot's of questions, sorry, but would appreciate some help.
Thanks!
- Kevin
