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Willy Wonka
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Posted : Nov 14, 2005 06:29
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Thanks for the info Yuli, i've had wicked idea to get RME instead of M-Audio but for PCI. I've would never trust FIREWIRE/USB for such a thing like sound card.
Do RAID really make a boost? SATA II RAID will take me to the Mars in seconds?
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Fu Hsi
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Posted : Nov 14, 2005 13:24
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SATA II actually is not much different from SATA I - I wouldnt go there.. The raid is killer tho and I had no problems with it + its instalation is very easy
About the RME - I have PCI card rme Hammerfall but it since it works in Firewire technology it seems to be affected by the NF4 problems - Check out the RME site for more info about that
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Willy Wonka
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Posted : Nov 14, 2005 17:56
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Well, SATA2 is new format, it bit faster and most of new motherboards come with it whereas they are not much expansive as well as SATA II HDDs than SATA ones.
RME, RME... Bad, since NF4 chipset is quite good if i decide to buy AMD this is the only solution for me. Intel have other good chipsets choice, no way i get SIS or something like that.
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Yuli
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Posted : Nov 14, 2005 18:30
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Not only that but for those that want to expand their computers in the future for UAD1 for instance, the NF4 is not recommended apparently
I guess tho it is matter of time till they fix drivers or something
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Willy Wonka
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Posted : Nov 14, 2005 22:03
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Posted : Nov 15, 2005 13:31
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Do solve the bottle neck problem I would advise the somehow risky but effective way: Separate SATA C drive with the windows and all the program files and all your projects, wavs, etc on two SATA drives connected in Raid 1 ( which basically makes the two one drive that reads from both ends - i.e almost twice as fast ). The nasty shit about it is that u have to backup your projects from time to time, since if one drive out of two is gone all the raid is gone and all your stuff will be lost.
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You are actually talking about RAID 0. With RAID 0 you get 2X speed and space but no safe data. One disk fails, you lose everything.
With RAID 1 you get only 1X speed (on write at least, I don't know about reading) and 1X space, but if one of the disk fails, you won't lose anything. Just insert replacement (identical brand and model) and your data will again be backed up.
If you want fast and secure hard disk combination, I suggest 1 or 2 Western Digital's Raptors coupled with RAID 1 for project and audio files. Install Windows and software for one raptor and swap files for second raptor (if you have one, otherwise use the same raptor - you don't need backupped swap file  ). |
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Yuli
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Posted : Nov 15, 2005 14:35
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One more solution called Raid 5 - when 2 drives work together and the third one simoultaneously backs them up
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UnderTow
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Posted : Nov 17, 2005 14:59
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The nForce 4 chipset seems to work well with dual-core processors but has issues with single core CPUs. (Don't ask me why, I don't know).
VIA has a bad reputation but that is really old news. The current VIA chipsets seem to work fine.
Intel is just slow. Get AMD.
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