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Backwards compatibility, RAID and Optical Drives |
 Nov 8 2009, 12:57 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 23-October 09 From: Venezuela Member No.: 69,192  |
Hey guys, I've some questions. I'm thinkin' on buyin a new HDD, probably Western Digital since they produce HQ HDD. Now, you know that there are S-ATA 2 HDD but few MoBo's with S-ATA 2 support. So my questions are:
"S-ATA 2 Ports are compatible with S-ATA HDD? "S-ATA Ports are compatible with S-ATA 2 HDD?" Since I'm buyin' WD... What class are better for me? Blue, Green or Black? I'm a gamer with a high-end PC and a lot of games. Also, I do modding and work with Photoshop, Premiere, After-Effects, Soundforge and that kind of sofware. Now, about the RAID, my MoBo (ASUS M4A79 Deluxe) supports RAID 0/1/5/10. What RAID is the better for me? Now, one last question: I'm thinkin' on buyin' a new Optical Drive. The one I've right now is old, but still works. Which one is better? "LG 22X DVD/CD (Reader & Writer)" or "Sony 24X DVD/CD (Reader & Writer) Dual-Layer"? Thanks in advance! 
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Nov 8 2009, 01:00 PM
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Member  Posts: 102 Joined: 10-January 09 From: Essex, UK Member No.: 65,758 |
Black Caviars.
Green has slower RPM and slower seek times. Blue are good for run of the mill/mainstream. EG. My media PC has 3 320GB Blue's in RAID. SATA will just scale to the fastest possible for the port/device. SATA 2 Port > SATA drive, it'll only run at SATA. SATA Port > SATA 2 Drive, it'll only run at SATA. This post has been edited by Keishii~89: Nov 8 2009, 01:01 PM -------------------- · Intel Core i7 D0 @ 3.2/3.8 · Corsair H50 · Asus P6T · Gainward GTX260 GS 1792 @ 710/1130/1350 · Corsair HX850 ·
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Nov 8 2009, 01:12 PM
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 Philosophy begins in wonder. Posts: 2,898 Joined: 18-February 06 From: Yorktown, VA Member No.: 32,176 |
Just about every recent motherboard is SATA2... (this is also called SATA 3Gb/s on some websites). Your motherboard has it
QUOTE (newegg) Storage Devices PATA 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices SATA 3Gb/s 5 SATA RAID 0/1/5/10/JBOD Here's info about RAID: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels Basically RAID-0 for extra speed (but a higher chance of failure), RAID-1 for extra security. RAID-5 requires three hard drives, but has low overhead for redundancy compared to RAID-1 or 10 (0+1). Info is all in the link above  I've had a lot of success with the toshiba / samsung SATA DVD burners. In any case, get one that is SATA, not PATA (IDE). -------------------- Mine:DFI SLI-DR EXPERT -- Opty 180 + Lapped TRUE -- Patriot 2x1 GB -- XFX 8800GTS 512 @ 700 -- Xplosion WD 80GB (XP MCE SP3) / SG 250GB (Vista Business X64 SP1) -- PCP&C Silencer 610 -- TT Armor -- Sharp Aquos LC-32GP1U 1080p GF's: DFI SLI-D (04/06/2006) -- AMD 3800+ opty heatsink -- Patriot 2x1 GB -- 9600GSO384 -- OCZ GXS 600W Recommended Power Supplies 1 - Recommended Power Supplies 2 - DFI NF4 "proper" CMOS clear - Tmod/Logan's DFI Bios Flash & Utilities DVD |
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Nov 8 2009, 05:47 PM
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 You may be getting Facepalmed Posts: 2,368 Joined: 15-November 04 From: Pennsylvania Member No.: 13,596 |
QUOTE (Crazy_Nate @ Nov 8 2009, 05:12 PM)  Just about every recent motherboard is SATA2... (this is also called SATA 3Gb/s on some websites). Your motherboard has it Here's info about RAID: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels Basically RAID-0 for extra speed (but a higher chance of failure), RAID-1 for extra security. RAID-5 requires three hard drives, but has low overhead for redundancy compared to RAID-1 or 10 (0+1). Info is all in the link above I've had a lot of success with the toshiba / samsung SATA DVD burners. In any case, get one that is SATA, not PATA (IDE). I would have gone SATA for my current rig if my PSU hadn't come with a PATA DVD drive...  Couldn't pass up a free drive and it took $20 off the bill. xD --------------------  Lappy - Gateway FX P-7805u - C2D E8400 - 4gb DDRIII - Nvidia 9800M 1gb discrete (1920x1200) - 320gb hdd Core2Duo E8400 - DFI Lanparty UT P45-T2RS - 4gb OCZ Reaper HPC DDRII 1066 - 600W OCZ GameXStream - Visiontek HD4870 Core i7 920 @ 3.44GHz - DFI LP UT X58-T3eHS - Mushkin 3x 2gb DDR3 - 700W OCZ ModXStream Pro - 2x Sapphire Radeon HD4870 Toxic Ed. Come join OCC IRC... /server irc.skullboxz.net /join #occ Use the Occ IRC JApplet or check out an IRC Client: mIRC : XChat : HydraIRC  |
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Nov 10 2009, 01:29 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 23-October 09 From: Venezuela Member No.: 69,192 |
Well, thanks for your comments guys! You really helped me out! Now I know that my HDD is SATA2 and my MoBo Ports are SATA2 too. Since the best for me are the Black Caviars... what capacity should I buy? And how many HDDs?
Looks like RAID isn't for me. I'm goin' to get away from it. Thanks guys!
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