[olug] Re: built in RAID vs Indi RAID controlers

[gregory at r3g.net]

Here's a shopping list I just happen to be working on for a pretty blue gaming machine for our house.
Sorry about the over-run but its a spreadsheet cut-n-paste.
Of course by the time I can afford it, this technology will be antique ;-)
I know these specs aren't the same as yours, but this is a work in progress.
Actually this is in response to CNET's gaming machine assignment and their specs.

Item 	Units 	Description 	Price, ea. 	Part no 	Low-Price Seller
Case 	1 	Chieftec Dragon Blue ATX with front USB & Firewire and 500Watt PS 	$79.99 	AMD-500-BLUF 	TigerDirect.com
CPU 	1 	AMD Athlon 64 FX-53, 1MB 2.4 Ghz Socket 939 	$930.00 	ADAFX53ASBOX 	PC Speed Store (via pricegrabber.com)
Memory 	2 	Kingston DDR SDRAM 1GB 	$382.00 	KHX4300K21G 	zipzoomfly.com (via pricegrabber.com)
Disk 	2 	Fujitsu MAP Series 73.5 GB Ultra 320 SCSI 10,025 RPM (repack) 	$171.60 	MAP3735NP 	Tech for Less (via pricegrabber.com)
RAID 	1 	LSI Logic MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 64MB 1CH PCI U320 MYLEX 	$229.00 	3201064 	ADCI Storefronts (via pricegragger.com)
Motherboard 	1 	Gigabyte Athlon 939 2000Mhz FSB 	$212.00 	GAK8NSNXP939 	mwave.com (via procegrabber.com)

	
	Subtotal 	$2,558.19 	
	

> ubject:
> [olug] built in RAID vs Indi RAID controlers
> From:
> "Charles Bird" <thebirdman at operamail.com>
> Date:
> Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:40:42 +0100
> To:
> olug at olug.org
>
>   I've been checking out new motherboards for a 3000 amd64, the prices are pretty nice right now. I want to do SATA 10K drives in RAID.  Every motherboard I have looked at has sata raid built in...I have heard that a controller card is better performing due to the fact that very little cpu time is spent on it...but the question is how much better?
>  If its gonna get down to "depends on application" then I'll be using this one for audio/video production, some flight sim(flightgear), and umm yeah more video games I guess. 
>   Give me input please.

Gregory W Zill, MBA
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