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New build screen shots. RAID 5 and system specs
I'm new to the forum and just recently installed vista 64bit on my newly built PC. I just thought I'd throw a few screen shots up of what is going on. This thing flys compared to my old Athlon XP 2600+ 266 FSB.
Manufacturer/Model
Custom
CPU
Intel E8400 3.0ghz
Motherboard
eVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW
Memory
4x XMS2 2GB PC-6400 DDR2 800
Graphics card(s)
BFG Tech GeForce GTX 260 OC
Sound Card
On board HD audio
Monitor(s) Displays
2x Acer AL2416W
Screen Resolution
1920x1200 x 2
Hard Drives
1x WD VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM
3x SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB (RAID 5)
PSU
Antec Signature SG850
Case
Antec P182
Cooling
1x Tuniq Tower 120 and 4x antec tricool blue LED 120mm fans
Mouse
Logitech MX510
Keyboard
Microsoft Ergonomic
Internet Speed
3mb/sec down 1mb/sec up
Other Info
Windows Vista Experience: 5.8
3dmark Vantage Score: 12,000
Nice!
I prefer RAID 10 over 5. RAID 5 parity writes can slow down performance on A/V projects.
I use an LSI Logic MegaRAID 8708EM2 SAS RAID controller with 128 MB DDR667 cache on a PCIx16 v2 slot.
RAID 1:
Detailed Benchmark Results
Buffered Read : 1.01GB/s
Sequential Read : 119.73MB/s
Random Read : 128.25MB/s
Buffered Write : 679.29MB/s
Sequential Write : 31.91MB/s
Random Write : 31.21MB/s
Random Access Time : 1ms
CPU
pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
Motherboard
Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
Memory
16GB DDR667
Graphics card(s)
eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
Hard Drives
SAS RAID
I see your point. I used the onboard RAID controller though on my MOBO so we'll see how that works out. I think it would work fine for my purposes. I used a 150gb 10k rpm velociraptor for the OS and apps and am using the RAID5 for storage. So although more speed is always nice the RAID5's speed is not imparitive.
Manufacturer/Model
Custom
CPU
Intel E8400 3.0ghz
Motherboard
eVGA nForce 780i SLI FTW
Memory
4x XMS2 2GB PC-6400 DDR2 800
Graphics card(s)
BFG Tech GeForce GTX 260 OC
Sound Card
On board HD audio
Monitor(s) Displays
2x Acer AL2416W
Screen Resolution
1920x1200 x 2
Hard Drives
1x WD VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM
3x SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB (RAID 5)
PSU
Antec Signature SG850
Case
Antec P182
Cooling
1x Tuniq Tower 120 and 4x antec tricool blue LED 120mm fans
Mouse
Logitech MX510
Keyboard
Microsoft Ergonomic
Internet Speed
3mb/sec down 1mb/sec up
Other Info
Windows Vista Experience: 5.8
3dmark Vantage Score: 12,000