[spfoam1]

Looks like I need at least 4 SSDs.

I hate spending money on this stuff over and over and over and over.....

[spfoam1]

Here's 3 Intel SSDs. Intel Raid 0 - 128k stripe

[Chuchnit]

Still on the ICH10R Steve?

[spfoam1]

Originally Posted by Chuchnit

Still on the ICH10R Steve?

Yes.....

I'm not sure if it will be worth getting another SSD. The performance increase from adding another one will show on a HDD test, but probably won't result in better 3D benchmarks.

[Chuchnit]

Probably so. Do you actually see an increase in say 06 with faster hdd's? I know K|P and the greeks for sure still bench IDE for higher pcie freq.

[spfoam1]

Originally Posted by Chuchnit

Probably so. Do you actually see an increase in say 06 with faster hdd's? I know K|P and the greeks for sure still bench IDE for higher pcie freq.

I haven't done a comparison where I only changed the HDDs and left everything else the same. I did get a surprisingly high 3D06 score with a 2 drive RAID 0 of the new SSDs, but I also used new drivers and CPU and RAM so I am not sure where the gain actually came from.

[Chuchnit]

Nice. BTW, are those X25-M or E series intel SSD's?

[spfoam1]

Originally Posted by Chuchnit

Nice. BTW, are those X25-M or E series intel SSD's?

E series.

The tests were run without shutting down any processes, so I imagine I could do better.

[Neuromancer]

Originally Posted by 2chesapeakes

4 x 30GB VErtex Raid 0 128K Stripe
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Is that on an Areca? I ask because it looks like you are hitting a cieling of 400MB/s.

Get those 4 on a ICH10R.

[Chuchnit]

2chesapeakes is still rockin with ICH10R. Don't give him any ideas or he will be ordering a 1232ML or better just for pcmark runs, lol.