Anyone used 2.5" HDDs in Raid0?

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markkleb

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I am thinking of building a upscale comp thats really small. I have a 7950GT laying around and a good Biostar Tforce 6100 mobo. Something a lot smaller than Crossfire but more elegant (mabye a little brushed alum and suede)

I know the HDDs are more sensitive to shock but they are 7200rpm, sata and 8mb now. I was thinking about using 2-4 of them..
 
That would be totally sick dude... I've never thought about actually using 2.5" drives in a desktop to be honest. Hooking up a few in RAID for a super-small build would be awesome!

So what can we expect from this build, aluminum? :D
 
I have heard that they are comparably low performance, but it should be pretty good in raid. The thing I would be scared of is a failure with 4 drives. Have you thought about a raid 5?
 
since MOST of you like alum (me too) I figured mabye alum frame and guts with a small smoke window and stiched in black suede.

Kind of like a Upscale Executive comp. (for the Vanquish S crowd, I just saw JamesBond)
 
name='Nagaru' said:
I have heard that they are comparably low performance, but it should be pretty good in raid. The thing I would be scared of is a failure with 4 drives. Have you thought about a raid 5?
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Honestly I am great at building stuff but have no clue to the advantage to a raid5.

(besides my mobo dosent have it) I have high budget skills but low budget $$$ so I have to use what I have.
 
markkleb said:
Honestly I am great at building stuff but have no clue to the advantage to a raid5.

(besides my mobo dosent have it) I have high budget skills but low budget $$$ so I have to use what I have.
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Amen to that man. Post up any drawings you might come up with for this beastly new little rig ur thinkin about putting together.
 
markkleb said:
Honestly I am great at building stuff but have no clue to the advantage to a raid5.

(besides my mobo dosent have it) I have high budget skills but low budget $$$ so I have to use what I have.
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Raid 5 keeps parity information for the data so that if one drive dies the data can be rebuilt. The disadvantages are that you lose one drives worth or space and that you need to either use CPU power or have a raid card to calculate the parity data. Also Windows XP Pro and Linux have the capability for software raid 5.
 
I have never had a HDD failure. (probably because no porn:eek: and I ALWAYS actively cool my HDDs.)

The purpose of the comp would to be Small and Fast as well as cool running.

(Raid 5 keeps parity information for the data so that if one drive dies the data can be rebuilt. The disadvantages are that you lose one drives worth or space and that you need to either use CPU power or have a raid card to calculate the parity data. Also Windows XP Pro and Linux have the capability for software raid 5.):sleep:

Thats way to technical for me:) Thats one of the cool things about this forum. You know way more than me.
 
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