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I have 2 x 160GB Diamondmax 9 sata drives running in stripped Raid. And 1 x 300GB which I'm not using at the minute.
I have questions about these drives with the new build I'm planning.
New build will be:
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P
or
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4
C2D E6600
8800 GTS
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663)
1. Would I get much better performance if I bought 2 new sata II drives and ran them stripped? Or would it not make much difference?
2. If I keep the 2 x 160GB ones I have. Could I then have the 300GB in mirror raid with the 2 x 160GB in stripped raid?
3. If I can't mirror the 300GB one, and had it as a drive to hold all my mp3's and games. Would the games run slower because they are on a different drive to Windows XP?
I have questions about these drives with the new build I'm planning.
New build will be:
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P
or
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4
C2D E6600
8800 GTS
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663)
1. Would I get much better performance if I bought 2 new sata II drives and ran them stripped? Or would it not make much difference?
2. If I keep the 2 x 160GB ones I have. Could I then have the 300GB in mirror raid with the 2 x 160GB in stripped raid?
3. If I can't mirror the 300GB one, and had it as a drive to hold all my mp3's and games. Would the games run slower because they are on a different drive to Windows XP?