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Apache · 09-02-2001, 07:13 PM

I reaserched how I would build 'my' gamer, communicator, desktop Hi-Fi and all around toy/tool. What you see in the sig is what I've come up with for speed & smoothness and most important to me, equality between componets, balance. Nothing totally overwhelming the other, i.e. 1g cpu w/say an mx vcard {a sin IMHO}.

RAID was an important part of this decision, as the slowest part of the system IS the HD performance {It's mechanical}. So the Q became how to increase speed vs. the mighty dollar, my know-how at the time and what I was willing to compromise in a desk top.

I've 4 HD's in RAID 0, all I can say is IT'S GREAT !!! {and very fast}. Nothing I've seen can keep up with this performance in a single drive that wasn't wildly expensive.
In other words, I took the weakest link and made it respectable, the rest just came naturally.

This is my engineering example of july 2000.

09-02-2001, 07:13 PM	#7
Apache Member (5 bit) Join Date: May 2001 Location: Malibu, CA, USA Posts: 17	I reaserched how I would build 'my' gamer, communicator, desktop Hi-Fi and all around toy/tool. What you see in the sig is what I've come up with for speed & smoothness and most important to me, equality between componets, balance. Nothing totally overwhelming the other, i.e. 1g cpu w/say an mx vcard {a sin IMHO}. RAID was an important part of this decision, as the slowest part of the system IS the HD performance {It's mechanical}. So the Q became how to increase speed vs. the mighty dollar, my know-how at the time and what I was willing to compromise in a desk top. I've 4 HD's in RAID 0, all I can say is IT'S GREAT !!! {and very fast}. Nothing I've seen can keep up with this performance in a single drive that wasn't wildly expensive. In other words, I took the weakest link and made it respectable, the rest just came naturally. This is my engineering example of july 2000.