Hey Guys,
Lemme first of all say I'm a first time poster but I've been readin the Tom's forums for awhile now. I've been toying with the idea of getting a pair of W.D. 74 GB Raptor hard drives to use in a raid in my current system. Specs are as follows:
AMD Opteron 146 CPU Skt 939
Gigabyte K8N Pro SLI
2 Gig OCZ Platinum DDR 400
Nvidia GEForce 6800
The board is capable of doing Raid 0, 1, and 1+0 so I'm not worried much about whether or not I can raid the drives. Newegg is currently offering recertified 74 gig raptors here. Is it a good idea or bad idea to get a recertified drive or do your recommend I get a brand new retail/oem drive instead?
Any good advice you can give me is welcome. Thanks.
Lemme first of all say I'm a first time poster but I've been readin the Tom's forums for awhile now. I've been toying with the idea of getting a pair of W.D. 74 GB Raptor hard drives to use in a raid in my current system. Specs are as follows:
AMD Opteron 146 CPU Skt 939
Gigabyte K8N Pro SLI
2 Gig OCZ Platinum DDR 400
Nvidia GEForce 6800
The board is capable of doing Raid 0, 1, and 1+0 so I'm not worried much about whether or not I can raid the drives. Newegg is currently offering recertified 74 gig raptors here. Is it a good idea or bad idea to get a recertified drive or do your recommend I get a brand new retail/oem drive instead?
Any good advice you can give me is welcome. Thanks.