western digital 40GB 7200rpm IDE vs 10,000rpm dual western digital Raptor sata raid-0 array. (SiL 3112 onboard sata
raid controller...MB = Asus A7N8X-E deluxe)
each drive runs about 100 bucks. mobo is about 75.
nuff said...can anyone say sustained transfer rates?
night and day difference in speed of everything.
i have to say, once you go raid-0 on two 10k rpm sata drives with 5.4ms seeks, you'll never go back. granted the combined capacity is "only" 36gb x 2.
if you have the bucks for the two 74gb raptors ($200 each) they both have 4.5ms seek times. and native command queuing support. which almost makes them SCSI /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Leon