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Author:  Jebadiah [ Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:11 pm ]
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Almost have my system done. Here it is so far

Q9550 @ 4ghz
6Gb DDR2 1000mhz
Asus Striker 2 Formula
3 x BFG GTX 280 OC's (Tri SLI)
3 x 74Gb Raptors
2 x 1Tb WD Black
Thermaltake Mozart TX
Coolermaster 1250watt PS
Logitech Z5500 Speakers
42" LCD at 1080p
Windows 7 Ultimate X64

I am looking at going with a raid 0 setup using 2 raptor and a Blu Ray burner
is in the works as well. Other than that maybe a nice sound card. Might do an
I7 setup in the spring. Plenty of power for right now

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Author:  CMDR Steve-O [ Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:05 pm ]
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Just in time for winter, nice clean job!
Author:  Jebadiah [ Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:27 pm ]
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Spent the evening putting all three 74gb raptors in a single Raid 0 array. Installed Windows 7 X64 Ultimate and I must say I am very happy with the speed. Just need that Blu Ray Burner now.
Author:  skiman [ Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:47 pm ]
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Very nice,

much neater than my Thermaltake Mozart TX.
Author:  CMDR Steve-O [ Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:19 pm ]
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I get my raid card back and one of my SSDs decides to go titsup, sheesh!
Author:  skiman [ Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:51 am ]
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CMDR Steve-O wrote:
I get my raid card back and one of my SSDs decides to go titsup, sheesh!


Bummer.

I have reduced write operations to the SSDs as much as possible. no windows defrag, moved the desktop folder to a proper hard drive, even IE cache, etc
Author:  CMDR Steve-O [ Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:30 am ]
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I really really REALLY wanted to install windows 7!
Author:  Jebadiah [ Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:57 am ]
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Well this was my first attempt at Raid and also my first HD benchmark. Like I mentioned it was using three 74gb raptors in raid 0 using the striker 2 formulas onboard raid controller. I just dont have room for a dedicated controller.

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Author:  Topsecret66 [ Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:08 am ]
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Seems pretty good. But atleast your aware of the onboard raid controller.

I'm very happy with your setup. Looks good, clean, and performs great I assume!



Great job!
Author:  skiman [ Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:11 am ]
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Jebadiah wrote:
... I just dont have room for a dedicated controller.


I know what you mean.

I've used tri sli in the past. The minimal gain with the third card was outweighted by the tremendous gains of a dedicated hardware raid controller. I have not looked back.
Author:  Jebadiah [ Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:57 am ]
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How much of a difference is there really with the dedicated card. I am talking in real world
usage. Also how much do you think it would increase this benchmark. Thanx for the feedback
Author:  CMDR Steve-O [ Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:01 pm ]
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Umm lemme see if i can find a pic...
Image

That was just one SSD on the controller (red) vs on the mobo (blue).

Getting a good controller will get rid of the jagged line syndrome, wether or not it speeds up stuff is another thing.
Author:  Hali_Newf [ Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:23 pm ]
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Onboard raid can definitely be flakey. From what I see from friends to run both - there have been lower performance and more instance of issues with onboard over a decent raid card.
Author:  skiman [ Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:22 pm ]
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The attached image are of my two GSKILL FM252S2-64GB in Raid 0, run under windows 7.

Somewhere on this forum are my posts showing these two drives on the REII software raid, and the Adaptec Card. It is a substantial increase in throughput.

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Author:  Hali_Newf [ Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:39 pm ]
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A co-worker here runs two OCZ ssd's in raid 0. He likes it. He is however wondering what a decent raid card would cost, along with the cost of the same as Steve-O is running or something similar - I am asking you guys as you have experience with certain brands/types of raid cards and can suggest something.
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