Ok. I will be receiving the parts for my Upgrade today (mentioned in the Multiple IDE Devices Thread).
These are :
ASUS A7V266-E MotherBoard RAID
with a AMD XP 1900+ CPU
and 1GB 266MHZ
Existing system:
P3 1000
768MB RAM 133MHz
3 HDD :
1 40 GB HDD,
2 20 GB HDD
GeForce2 GTS
Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer
52X CD-ROM
12x PC-DVD ROM
running on Win XP PRO
and I will be setting up the system this evening.
I have read that a system using RAID will run much faster if you have your primary disk mirrored. (meaning that people will do it not only for security reasons but for performance reasons too).
I hope you will help me with the following questions:
1. Is this true??
2. As you can see 3 HDD ( 1 40 GB & 2 20 GB HDD's ). I ussually keep all my downloads and MP3's on one of the 20GB drives and I use the 40 GB as a primary master for my o/s and applications. The second 20 GB is still idle. Can I do the same ( keep the 40 GB for the O/S)and mirror the 2 20GB HDD's??
3. How do I go about the whole installation. Will the mobo come with instructions on how to proceed.
4. How should I connect the HDD's (Primary, Secondary e.t.c)to get the desired result.
What would u suggest??
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
These are :
ASUS A7V266-E MotherBoard RAID
with a AMD XP 1900+ CPU
and 1GB 266MHZ
Existing system:
P3 1000
768MB RAM 133MHz
3 HDD :
1 40 GB HDD,
2 20 GB HDD
GeForce2 GTS
Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer
52X CD-ROM
12x PC-DVD ROM
running on Win XP PRO
and I will be setting up the system this evening.
I have read that a system using RAID will run much faster if you have your primary disk mirrored. (meaning that people will do it not only for security reasons but for performance reasons too).
I hope you will help me with the following questions:
1. Is this true??
2. As you can see 3 HDD ( 1 40 GB & 2 20 GB HDD's ). I ussually keep all my downloads and MP3's on one of the 20GB drives and I use the 40 GB as a primary master for my o/s and applications. The second 20 GB is still idle. Can I do the same ( keep the 40 GB for the O/S)and mirror the 2 20GB HDD's??
3. How do I go about the whole installation. Will the mobo come with instructions on how to proceed.
4. How should I connect the HDD's (Primary, Secondary e.t.c)to get the desired result.
What would u suggest??
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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