<span style="">is RAID worth it</span>

[O.G.C.]

first how mny of u have raid
is it a drastic change from normal
is it worth risk and extra price
and is it okay to have 2 raid drives and one stand alone drive

[coiler]

i did RAID 0, performance raid.,

Had a BSOD in a game. System tried to run scan disk to recover and failed.

As the data is spread across both drives lost EVERYTHING

the speed incease which is minimal at best isn't worth the headache and risk.

Get a fast x2 320gb platter HDD if your on a budget

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/Serial+ATA/640Gb+Western+Digital+WD6400AAKS+SATA+?productId=3 3249


or a velociraptor if money is no object.

[O.G.C.]

thnxs so im not going to bother with raid
save the money to crossfir atihd4850

[alexnifty]

I thought you were selling the 4850 to buy a 4870? Would be cheaper than crossfiring.

[marsey99]

aslong as you backup often, which you all should anyway, an array crash will never be more hassle than ghosting a drive image.

i love raid, and tbh cant see any reason not to do it, would you run your ram in single channle? but you wll with your harddisk when it can be quad channle or more??

[Aaron]

I use a RAID0 array for the OS, and then a 2x500Gb 1x250Gb and 1x200Gb drives all as standalone drives for important data. :)

[O.G.C.]

I thought you were selling the 4850 to buy a 4870? Would be cheaper than crossfiring.


nah corssfired 4850 cheaper then 4870 and better performance
so going to keep it
but i dont know where all of arias 4850 have dissapeared must be waiting for new editions as first where revisions only