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Re: Looking for a whole new setup.
I _highly_ recommend getting a RAID harddrive(s). I forget the versions (there's RAID0 and RAID1, or something.) but you should just do the version for more space. (The other version is for redundancy. On a home machine, this seems silly.)
I have 2 160GB drives, in parallel, for VERY little money. This was almost 2 years ago, too. Two drives means that each packet is split and written on both drives, so read & write speeds are way faster. For database lookups, I found the new harddrives to make a HUGE difference. I had never done RAID anything before, but with a little research, found it pretty straightforward. Maybe somebody with more experience can correct/clarify/debunk me. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] -Sam |
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Re: Looking for a whole new setup.
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I _highly_ recommend getting a RAID harddrive(s). [/ QUOTE ] I'll admit that I didn't do a ton of research, but it looked to me like the benefits of striping were relatively limited. It looked like the biggest advantage was in read/write throughput or bandwidth or whatever you want to call it. I saw in a few places that it didn't really improve your seek times very much, which apparently is more important for PT and similar applications. This may or may not be correct, but I just ended up going with a 320 GB storage drive and a 74GB Raptor boot/program/PT drive. I can't say how it performs because the Raptor was DOA, so I am getting it replaced. |
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Re: Looking for a whole new setup.
I'd go with two DELL wide screen flat panels, set the reselution up and get 6 tables on each screen for a total of twelve tables at a time, this way you can play multiple tourneys or just watch all your competition in big tourneys. Thats what mine will be when its done.
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