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02-17-2004, 05:51 PM
To use RAID, I use two (or more) Hard Drives of similar if not equal I/O rate. The info from outside or inside gets to my RAM faster since it travels in parallel not series, so my data throughput and processing rate increases, at the cost of a bit more heat (two (or more) HD's churning away.

For gaming PC purposes, part of my limitation is RAM and Video RAM, but if the choke point is the HD processing rate, then those two pieces of the data pipe can run up to their max capacity better.

What marginal added performance does RAID really give me? Is this best found in the "real time" and "near real time" FPS-type games, which are not part of my current suite of entertainment on line?

If my Video Card is not uber, for example, what is the point of the higher data rate?
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Building a machine - by Swarmalicious - 02-10-2004, 05:04 AM
Building a machine - by Artega - 02-10-2004, 05:25 AM
Building a machine - by Nastie_Bowie - 02-10-2004, 04:23 PM
Building a machine - by Charon the Hand - 02-10-2004, 05:47 PM
Building a machine - by kandrathe - 02-11-2004, 03:41 AM
Building a machine - by Logic_X - 02-11-2004, 05:13 AM
Building a machine - by kandrathe - 02-11-2004, 05:53 PM
Building a machine - by Erigion - 02-12-2004, 05:52 AM
Building a machine - by NiteFox - 02-12-2004, 11:53 AM
Building a machine - by gronbek - 02-12-2004, 04:31 PM
Building a machine - by kandrathe - 02-12-2004, 04:50 PM
Building a machine - by kandrathe - 02-12-2004, 05:12 PM
Building a machine - by gronbek - 02-12-2004, 05:51 PM
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Building a machine - by kandrathe - 02-12-2004, 09:04 PM
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Building a machine - by Swarmalicious - 02-14-2004, 11:16 AM
Building a machine - by kandrathe - 02-14-2004, 02:13 PM
Building a machine - by Wim-sama - 02-14-2004, 06:23 PM
Building a machine - by ceolstan - 02-14-2004, 08:45 PM
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Building a machine - by ceolstan - 02-14-2004, 10:02 PM
Building a machine - by Logic_X - 02-16-2004, 12:25 AM
Building a machine - by kandrathe - 02-16-2004, 03:04 PM
Building a machine - by Occhidiangela - 02-17-2004, 03:29 PM
Building a machine - by kandrathe - 02-17-2004, 03:55 PM
Building a machine - by Occhidiangela - 02-17-2004, 05:51 PM
Building a machine - by kandrathe - 02-17-2004, 07:20 PM
Building a machine - by LochnarITB - 02-17-2004, 10:05 PM
Building a machine - by kandrathe - 02-17-2004, 10:23 PM
Building a machine - by Occhidiangela - 02-18-2004, 12:54 AM
Building a machine - by channel1 - 02-18-2004, 01:00 AM
Building a machine - by Occhidiangela - 02-18-2004, 04:23 AM
Building a machine - by kandrathe - 02-18-2004, 02:48 PM
Building a machine - by Occhidiangela - 02-18-2004, 02:49 PM
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