Guest geronimo Posted January 9, 2006 Posted January 9, 2006 Been testing abit seems like the silicon chip doesn't differ in perfomance much when i use 2 or 4 disks in raid 0. Got pretty decent results with raid 1+0 which is what I will use them for. Excellent thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundx98 Posted January 9, 2006 Posted January 9, 2006 You are saying IBM which I think most of us refer to as Hitachi. Enabling SATA II on these drives requires you to use the Hitachi Utility. This will only speed things up on the NV RAID controller cause the Sil Image 3114 is ONLY capable of SATA 1 speeds. 110MB or so is all I have ever seen from the 3114. Which controller are you on? Have you used the Hitachi Utility? What does ATTO SS look like? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest geronimo Posted January 9, 2006 Posted January 9, 2006 LoL sorry of course i mean the hitachi. I'm on the silicon controller. Getting about 95mb/avarage on raid 1+0 and about 115mb/average on raid 1+0. I'm running the raptor on the nvidia. U guys htink i should run my 1+0 on the nvidia and raptor on the silicon? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundx98 Posted January 9, 2006 Posted January 9, 2006 I would for the reasons I stated above. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChillyCat Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 Rec'd 2 more Hatachi sata II drives These are the 80 gig models. Gonna be trying the raid 0 setup for these 2 and the 250gigger in sig will be my OS and data. For one, ftool located at: http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/support/download.htm seems to be having problems. Will not d/l for me. Anyone save this to their HD's that could possibly upload it to yousendit.com ?? Secondly, isn't there a tutorial in this thread [i cant find it] that explains what you do with the tool ?? Cause i remember you need to make 2 seperate settings changes with that ftool. And, looking for bios settings that i think also need to be adjusted. [for activating sata II] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken Joe Posted January 10, 2006 Posted January 10, 2006 Who says there is no such thing as progress? Like my new drive? Incase I oose the internet when I move it is out of a parts donor computer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disturbed6dws Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 These are my results - atto and hdtach Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted January 14, 2006 Posted January 14, 2006 SmokinJoe, Is there an Army Surplus store somewhere that I can pick up a couple of your "new drives"? Man, that performance is smokin! :nod: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest geronimo Posted January 14, 2006 Posted January 14, 2006 I'm getting 95.5mb/avg on 4 hitachi 250gb in rad 1+0 on the silicon controller. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcastro Posted January 15, 2006 Posted January 15, 2006 Hi everyone this is my first post and i hope to be alot more in the future. the question is, i have 2x raptor 150gb raid0 and the result in hdtach is not like i was expecting but just wanna now your´s opinion about it. i have seen 2x74gb raptors in raid0 with better results than mine. is this a good result? thank you for your time, waiting for awnsers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken Joe Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 SmokinJoe, Is there an Army Surplus store somewhere that I can pick up a couple of your "new drives"? Man, that performance is smokin! :nod: I dont know if they carry anything that old. It is a extra back up for personal files I figured that if it has lasted this long it is pretty safe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
inphared Posted January 16, 2006 Posted January 16, 2006 I have some questions for you Experts I am wanting to build a new computer and I will be mostly using it for gaming. Im just wondering what you guys would recommend for me as my HD setup? A couple options I can think of are: #1 2x - 80GB Hitach SATA2 in Raid0 (For games and OS) 1x - WD Caviar SE16 250GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB (For backup) Price: $300 CDN approx. #2 2x - 36GB WD Raptor in Raid0 (For games and OS) 1x - WD Caviar SE16 250GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB (For backup) Price: $435 CDN approx. #3 1x - 74GB WD Raptor (For games and OS) 1x - WD Caviar SE16 250GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB (For backup) Price: $365 CDN approx. Oh yeah and a question. My buddy says that Raid0 would speed up load times in games is that true? Cause I thought that Raid didnt improve seek time it just improves read/write? Also any other combos/suggestions (like 3x Hitach instead of 2x or a different backup HD) would be more than welcome. I really wanna know if I need Raid and if I do what setup I should use. Thanks in advance guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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