just bought a pair of 1 year old WD Raptors, the 36GB ones, for £60 off one of my mate's. He just put in a pair of the 150GB ones.
I'm hoping it was a good deal!
I'm also hoping that I get a performance increase when i stick them in as a Raid 0 setup over my non raided WD 250GB SE16.
Now i'm going to have 4 western digital hard drives!! 2x36GB & 2x250GB. I know the raptors will run hotter and louder but my main rig ain't the quietest, and i'm not really bothered as it's not a 24/7 machine just a gamer.
Any tips on how to set the raid up on my DS3? i have the F7 bios i think, and have already made the raid boot disc thingy.
I've been doing a bit of reading up on raid, since i've never done it before, and am i right in saying that 64K is better than 128K for speed, when choosing.. err.. one of the options when configuring raid?
I know i know i'm a total raid noob, but i reckon it's worth a go, cos as fast as the WD SE16's are I reckon it's still the biggest bottleneck in my system.
I should have raided the two 250gb'ers in the first place, but they were bought at different times and i didn't have the storage space or time to backup the data from both drives to wipe them clean.
Any advice on raid, or a link for an easy how to, especially on a DS3, would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers.
I'm hoping it was a good deal!
I'm also hoping that I get a performance increase when i stick them in as a Raid 0 setup over my non raided WD 250GB SE16.
Now i'm going to have 4 western digital hard drives!! 2x36GB & 2x250GB. I know the raptors will run hotter and louder but my main rig ain't the quietest, and i'm not really bothered as it's not a 24/7 machine just a gamer.
Any tips on how to set the raid up on my DS3? i have the F7 bios i think, and have already made the raid boot disc thingy.
I've been doing a bit of reading up on raid, since i've never done it before, and am i right in saying that 64K is better than 128K for speed, when choosing.. err.. one of the options when configuring raid?
I know i know i'm a total raid noob, but i reckon it's worth a go, cos as fast as the WD SE16's are I reckon it's still the biggest bottleneck in my system.
I should have raided the two 250gb'ers in the first place, but they were bought at different times and i didn't have the storage space or time to backup the data from both drives to wipe them clean.
Any advice on raid, or a link for an easy how to, especially on a DS3, would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers.
