I am a NOOB (OK that's over with!) assembling my first rig and wondered what the best way would be to set up my Hard Drives/CD/DVD.
These are my components:
MSI K8N Neo Platinum mobo
Escalade 8006-2LP ATA RAID Controller
(2) WD 74 GB HD (want to go RAID 0 with these)
Hitachi 250 GB HD (for backup)
Plexwriter Premium 52x-32x-52x CD-RW
Plextor 712A DVD-RW
Mitsumi 7-in-1 Floppy/Reader
Right now I was going to use the Controller Card for the 2 Raptors. I was planning on setting the Hitachi HD to Primary Master, DVD to Primary slave, and CD burner to Secondary Master. I heard setting the burner the the same cable as te HD's could give a performance hit. Both my CD and DVD are RW, so I had to pick one. Does this configuration seem OK, or am I screwing something up here in planning?
I also wondered how to use the RAID for gaming and the Hitachi for backup of my system. Will the default be the Raptors(C
, with the Hitachi HD on another drive (D
?
These are my components:
MSI K8N Neo Platinum mobo
Escalade 8006-2LP ATA RAID Controller
(2) WD 74 GB HD (want to go RAID 0 with these)
Hitachi 250 GB HD (for backup)
Plexwriter Premium 52x-32x-52x CD-RW
Plextor 712A DVD-RW
Mitsumi 7-in-1 Floppy/Reader
Right now I was going to use the Controller Card for the 2 Raptors. I was planning on setting the Hitachi HD to Primary Master, DVD to Primary slave, and CD burner to Secondary Master. I heard setting the burner the the same cable as te HD's could give a performance hit. Both my CD and DVD are RW, so I had to pick one. Does this configuration seem OK, or am I screwing something up here in planning?
I also wondered how to use the RAID for gaming and the Hitachi for backup of my system. Will the default be the Raptors(C