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>>> My desktop currently runs one of these: |
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>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140 |
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>>> I'm pretty much out of space and I'm trying figure out the best way to |
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>>> expand. The factors to consider are cost, capacity, speed, noise, and |
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>>> heat. |
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>> RAID 0 will be twice as fast as any single drive |
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> I didn't realize that. Maybe I should just buy another drive |
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> identical to mine and run RAID0. That would be cheap, twice as fast, |
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> twice the capacity, and with some amount more heat and noise. I have |
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> a separate backup system so I'm not worried about data loss. |
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Thanks a lot everyone. I think I'm going to get a second identical |
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320GB drive and run RAID0 for speed and capacity. If noise becomes a |
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problem I'll insulate as some have suggested. |
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My MSI motherboard supposedly has hardware RAID, but after Alan's |
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scathing evaluation of built-in hardware RAID offerings, I'm thinking |
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it might be crap. It's just a $75 consumer motherboard. Should I set |
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up software RAID0? Am I getting into a(nother) big project? |
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On another system which must be about 10 years old, I'd like to |
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replace the IDE hard drive with a high capacity drive. High-capacity |
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IDE drives are pretty much non-existent on newegg.com, but I'd like to |
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find one around 500GB. Is moving that system over to the new drive as |
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simple as plugging it in, partitioning, formatting, copying, and |
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rebooting? |
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- Grant |
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