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kristos 3rd April 2004 01:08

(Promise) PCI SATA raid cards
 
Since I've heard that unless you have the same onboard raid controller, you won't be able to just plug your hdd's in a new mobo without loosing your data (when using raid 0).

So I was thinking of buying me one of those SATA PCI raid cards and since they all seem to be pci 33/66 mhz compatible there would be no risk loosing data when overclocking on a board without PCI/AGP lock.

Now those simple Promise cards aren't all that expensive, not that there cheap :/ but hey...
but I've noticed that some of the (much) more expesive cards have, other then a shitload off features I don't need and will never use, a slot for up to 256 mb SDRAM (non-DDR).


Now my question is this: Is that 256 mb really worth the extra cost (it's like double the price of the more simplified version, it ranges in the low 250€'s) or is the performance gain neglectible?

TeuS 3rd April 2004 01:24

performance is not worth it for the home user, I think. most people do with a regular PCI/RAID card/mainboard

I think those cards with 256mb ram are only for heavy-duty servers with a high load

FreeStyler 3rd April 2004 11:44

The card with a memory slot on it is basically an ATA133 controller with Marvell SATA convertors on it.

Kinda beats the whole SATA idea down I think.

kristos 3rd April 2004 19:23

I don't know how those things work but I get the idea and I don't like the sound of it.


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