Topic: Ok so I have some components for my new audio pc, and need advising..anyone?

[Ray76]

I have the case,
the mobo :http://www.firingsquad.com/media/gallery_index.asp/262

The cpu is an amd athlon 64 3500+

I have an esi juli@ soundcard:http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/esi-julia/

I have two WD 36.7 gig 10,000 rpm drives. (raid?)

This is all I have at the moment. I need advice on what to get next, and how I should maybe raid or partition it. I know i need some additional drives. (oh and I have 2gigs of memory so far) But I dont have a clue how to raid or partition anything. I put it together so far, but need help with the rest. I will hook up whoever helps me out bigtime. This is primarily an audio pc with occasional games and photo/ video tasks. Thanks yall

RAy

[BJ]

well...are you worried about data loss if/when a drive breaks down?  the reason I am asking is that different raid arrays are designed for different things...some raid dont have any redundancy...but they are screaming fast....others have complete redundancy..but don't offer alot for speed...and there are others in between....So i guess you need to figure out what you want as far as hard drives.  I am guessing by the speed (10k)[are these sata??] drives..that you want speed and not redundancy...in this case I would go raid0..which that mobo does support....but if you want to split it..go with the raid0+1 which is a bit faster, but has some redundancy built in...your mobo already supports this too...

I hope this helps get your going

[Ray76]

well...are you worried about data loss if/when a drive breaks down?  the reason I am asking is that different raid arrays are designed for different things...some raid dont have any redundancy...but they are screaming fast....others have complete redundancy..but don't offer alot for speed...and there are others in between....So i guess you need to figure out what you want as far as hard drives.  I am guessing by the speed (10k)[are these sata??] drives..that you want speed and not redundancy...in this case I would go raid0..which that mobo does support....but if you want to split it..go with the raid0+1 which is a bit faster, but has some redundancy built in...your mobo already supports this too...

I hope this helps get your going

Raid 0+1 looks to be the best. so i need 2 drives for this??Ok cool. I am thinking about raiding the 2 drives i have and putting the OS and Graphics stuff on them.

I want at least like 500 gigs outside of that. So i can raid two drives, and then just put normal sata drives in the remaining slots???Thanks man, yes you are getting me startd veru well. pm comin

+T bud

[CHURCH-AUDIO]

I have the case,
the mobo :http://www.firingsquad.com/media/gallery_index.asp/262

The cpu is an amd athlon 64 3500+

I have an esi juli@ soundcard:http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/esi-julia/

I have two WD 36.7 gig 10,000 rpm drives. (raid?)

This is all I have at the moment. I need advice on what to get next, and how I should maybe raid or partition it. I know i need some additional drives. (oh and I have 2gigs of memory so far) But I dont have a clue how to raid or partition anything. I put it together so far, but need help with the rest. I will hook up whoever helps me out bigtime. This is primarily an audio pc with occasional games and photo/ video tasks. Thanks yall

RAy

Raid = slow thru put = bad audio performance remember audio needs a continous stream like video if you are using programs like nuendo or sound forge going above 2 tracks at a time or using sampling rates of 48khz stay away from raid. That being said if you must use raid use a card with on board memory of atleast 512megs as a buffer. In my mind it would be cheaper to buy a 80 to 200 gig WB w 8 megs of cache then to go with raid.  todays smart drive for drive protechtion its not really a problem with losing data provided you reboot your computer from time to time to see the failing drive message on your boot up screen.

[nic]

I have the case,
the mobo :http://www.firingsquad.com/media/gallery_index.asp/262

The cpu is an amd athlon 64 3500+

I have an esi juli@ soundcard:http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/esi-julia/

I have two WD 36.7 gig 10,000 rpm drives. (raid?)

This is all I have at the moment. I need advice on what to get next, and how I should maybe raid or partition it. I know i need some additional drives. (oh and I have 2gigs of memory so far) But I dont have a clue how to raid or partition anything. I put it together so far, but need help with the rest. I will hook up whoever helps me out bigtime. This is primarily an audio pc with occasional games and photo/ video tasks. Thanks yall

RAy

Raid = slow thru put = bad audio performance remember audio needs a continous stream like video if you are using programs like nuendo or sound forge going above 2 tracks at a time or using sampling rates of 48khz stay away from raid. That being said if you must use raid use a card with on board memory of atleast 512megs as a buffer. In my mind it would be cheaper to buy a 80 to 200 gig WB w 8 megs of cache then to go with raid.  todays smart drive for drive protechtion its not really a problem with losing data provided you reboot your computer from time to time to see the failing drive message on your boot up screen.

actually, for audio use, RAID 0(striping) gives better performance as the cpu can write the data twice as fast compared to just writing to 1 drive. be warned, RAID 0 has no fault tolerance, ie, if 1 drive goes, the data is lost on the other drive.

[Ray76]

Good deal. The two drives I already have are definitely gonna be raided.
Its the others i have a question about. How do yall partition your stuff?
what goes in what??tryin to get a feel

Ray

[Ray76]

http://www.xoxide.com/v-tech-x-focus-7103h-black.html\

This is my case. I bought it because of the ventilation, and also a lot of room.

Have an antec 480 watt "tru blue" power supply that is really sweet, and has gotten great reviews.

Thanks for the help bud.

+Ts around
ray

[nic]

freelunch, SATA drives(7200) are the same price if not cheaper than standard ATA drives.