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by grom
Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:40 pm
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: Advice on RAID Setup
Replies: 3
Views: 2391

Re: Advice on RAID Setup

hnzw_rui wrote:RAID 1 is still susceptible to the usual causes of data loss - viruses and human error (I've hit shift+del way too many times :oops:)
Yeah I'm aware of that. I just want to protect from hardware failure.
by grom
Tue Sep 30, 2008 12:14 am
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: Advice on RAID Setup
Replies: 3
Views: 2391

Advice on RAID Setup

I just got myself a ASUS P5QC motherboard with 2 x SeaGate 400 gig 7200rpm SATA-2 NCQ drives and want to setup RAID. But I am confused by the fact the motherboard offers 3 different controllers for this: Intel® ICH10R Southbridge Marvell 88SE6111 controller Silicon Image SIL5723 controller Which one...
by grom
Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:25 pm
Forum: Intel Motherboard Forum
Topic: Motherboard/RAM Help
Replies: 4
Views: 3426

Re: Motherboard/RAM Help

Well my basic requirements would be: * RAID 1 support (don't need the extra write performance) * Single graphics card * Support Intell Core 2 Duo CPU For price point I would like to get a sub $300 (AU dollars) board. But I want a reliable brand/model. I don't plan to overclock. In the summer here it...
by grom
Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:28 am
Forum: Intel Motherboard Forum
Topic: Motherboard/RAM Help
Replies: 4
Views: 3426

Motherboard/RAM Help

I'm looking to upgrade my computer. I'll be keeping my case and NVIDIA 8800 GTS 320Mb PCI Express video card (http://www.palit.biz/en/products/nv_pcie_8800GTS.html#spec). Will this card work in PCI Express 2.0 slots? So far I'm planning on getting: * INTEL CORE 2 DUO E8500 3.16Ghz 6m CACHE 1333FSB L...