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  1. 10-28-2002, 12:10 PM #1
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    Asus P4T533

    My roommate's computer was just fried, so he has a free ticket for a bigger and badder computer. We are looking at getting him an Asus P4T533 with onboard RAID. Is this RAID worth the extra $4 the mobo would cost? or should he get another raid card for better performance. Speed is the key here, money isn't (he isn't spending his). Thanks for your guy's help.
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    so are you looking to run RAID 0 then? meaning having files split on two hard drives to speed up preformance or RAID 1 to have each complete file written to each hard drive for back up?

    either way personally i would just go with the onboard RAID though you might get slightly better performace from a particular controller card depending on what RAID you want and it also might matter what stripe size is choosen too.
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    Raid 0 is what he would be running. He does currently have a raid card in his system, but I don't know what it was, or if it is any good after the electrocution his computer recieved.
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  4. 10-28-2002, 01:44 PM #4
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    If money is not a concern, and you have had power problems I would suggest getting a belkin universal UPS. You can choose between 800,1000, 1200.

    http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_g...91cb3c02977859

    These will provide surge suppression along with voltage regulation AND backup power for a long time. THe 1000 will give you 75 minutes of backup power at a typical load. If you have high wattage speakers like the klipsch models i wouldnt recommend plugging those into it though because they will drain the batteries too fast.

    If you dont want the UPS at least get a good surge suppressor.
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    Thanks, the UPS is a good idea. He did have a good surge suppressor, a $35 Fellows. My cheap $10 suppressor and crappy PSU survived this, but his expensive PSU and suppressor are no more. Irony. I will look into the UPS though, thanks.
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