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    lastshooter Posts: 16, Reputation: 1
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    Apr 15, 2005, 06:18 AM
    Raid/sata150
    I need advice in regards to setting up RAID HDD configuration.
    I'm a gamer, only playing half-life, the machines primary use. Currently using a WD Raptor SATA/150 HDD.
    Will going to a RAID set up improve performance in this environment?
    Thx in advance.
    System profile:
    P4C 3.0 CPU
    Asus P4800 Deluxe motherboard
    1024mb Corsair DDR
    XP home
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    #2

    Apr 15, 2005, 12:46 PM
    RAID is primarily used for Fault tolerance, not for performance.
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    Apr 15, 2005, 12:54 PM
    Fault tloerence
    Yes thanks, I googled the subject, and see its aspects.
    Hmmm? SCSI drive maybe?
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    Apr 16, 2005, 04:52 AM
    Last I heard SCSI no longer holds a performance advantage, especially over SATA drives.
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    Apr 16, 2005, 08:15 AM
    Sata 150
    Have to say my WD Raptor does good, but always looking for the most I can get
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    Apr 16, 2005, 01:04 PM
    I have used raid (level 0) and it is mainly in loading and saving that you see the best preformace. I have heard of people getting a lot of memory and then using it in what's called a ram drive. But raid you will only see an incrase when loading the game and not in game play as for the game is loaded into the ram.
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    Apr 17, 2005, 07:55 AM
    Raid 0
    Thanks, that expalins a lot, as no need to load the game fast, in game play is where I'm looking for improved performance...
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    Apr 18, 2005, 05:34 PM
    I think that you would like to try a ram drive the load times on that will be better and it will run faster as the ram can be accessed faster then a hard drive. I have searched Google about a ram drive once and there was some software that you could buy or even download. Here are a couple of pages that you can look at for better idea of how it works and how to set it up if you want to try it.
    http://www.thetechzone.com/articles/ram_drive/
    http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/7663/
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    Apr 20, 2005, 04:49 AM
    Ram drive
    Excellent, that's exactly what I'm looking for. Currently running XP and 1 gig of ram should be enough. Will let you know how it turns out.
    Thx :)

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