can raptor 74gb 10000 rpm use on 4 x SATA II port?

[miaomiaomiao]

i bought 2 raptor 74gb hd, i am interested to buy this motherboard + cpu

AMD 3800+
ABIT KN* SLI ATX AMD MOTHERBOARD
but it only have 4 x SATA II ports.
i am just wondering does it works with raptor SATA 150 or not thanks

 

[RichPLS]

Yes, since Raptor only use about 60 MB per second which is well below SATA1 specs. No difference will be noticed.

 

[miaomiaomiao]

Yes, since Raptor only use about 60 MB per second which is well below SATA1 specs. No difference will be noticed.

thank you very much ^ ^

 

[danizaken]

60MB/s read and write speeds?
I think my Seagate drive does 47-50MB/s?
Is 60MB/s a much better improvement, since iv'e been considering a raptor.

 

[RichPLS]

Rotational speed is biggest benifit, which is about 30% faster! That is what you are paying the premium for.

 

[Rob423]

they droped the price on them at newegg. There not THAT expensive. Considering the performance.

 

[RichPLS]

Last I checked they carry much more than a 30% premium... Albeit tho, I still dig 'em!

XMAS rig, I do declare to have two RAID 0 - 74gig RAPTORS, along with 2-300 gig MAXTOR 16mb RAID 1 for data/storage!
rest of the specs being run of the mil 4400 X2, ATI X1800XT, 2 gigs Corsair TwinX XL PRO, Plextor 716SA slot load DVD, Antec TruePower 550watt just purchased for $75!

 

[pat]

And the Asus ATI crossfire motherboard

*bastage*

 

[RichPLS]

Right, did I leave the Asus A8N-MVP board out... tisk tisk!

 

[Rob423]

Last review i read in maximum PC they did a full comparision with SLI and Crossfire, and SLI killed it.

Any reason you still invested in it?

 

[RichPLS]

I don't plan on CF or SLI really, just can't bear the cost of two high end GPU's, but you never know.
I like the X800XT-PE agp card I have, and have been eying the X1800XT and thinks it is the better choice. ATI has done good by me the past couple of years, after getting disgruntled with some old nVidia crap cards of a few more years back.
But really, whether you go AMD/Intel or ATI/nVidia or not, as long as you are aware and informed about each at time of purchase, you won't be displeased. My Prescott 3200 and X800XT-PE still rocks for me, and if it wasn't for the need of another PC, I would hang on 6 to 12 more months for an upgrade...