I am a NOOB (OK that's over with!) assembling my first rig and wondered what the best way would be to set up my Hard Drives/CD/DVD.
These are my components:
MSI K8N Neo Platinum mobo
Escalade 8006-2LP ATA RAID Controller
(2) WD 74 GB HD (want to go RAID 0 with these)
Hitachi 250 GB HD (for backup)
Plexwriter Premium 52x-32x-52x CD-RW
Plextor 712A DVD-RW
Mitsumi 7-in-1 Floppy/Reader
Right now I was going to use the Controller Card for the 2 Raptors. I was planning on setting the Hitachi HD to Primary Master, DVD to Primary slave, and CD burner to Secondary Master. I heard setting the burner the the same cable as te HD's could give a performance hit. Both my CD and DVD are RW, so I had to pick one. Does this configuration seem OK, or am I screwing something up here in planning?
I also wondered how to use the RAID for gaming and the Hitachi for backup of my system. Will the default be the Raptors(C, with the Hitachi HD on another drive (D?
These are my components:
MSI K8N Neo Platinum mobo
Escalade 8006-2LP ATA RAID Controller
(2) WD 74 GB HD (want to go RAID 0 with these)
Hitachi 250 GB HD (for backup)
Plexwriter Premium 52x-32x-52x CD-RW
Plextor 712A DVD-RW
Mitsumi 7-in-1 Floppy/Reader
Right now I was going to use the Controller Card for the 2 Raptors. I was planning on setting the Hitachi HD to Primary Master, DVD to Primary slave, and CD burner to Secondary Master. I heard setting the burner the the same cable as te HD's could give a performance hit. Both my CD and DVD are RW, so I had to pick one. Does this configuration seem OK, or am I screwing something up here in planning?
I also wondered how to use the RAID for gaming and the Hitachi for backup of my system. Will the default be the Raptors(C, with the Hitachi HD on another drive (D?