Tom's Hardware > Forum > CPU & Components > Other Components > How does Koutech's PIR133 IDE RAID compare?

How does Koutech's PIR133 IDE RAID compare?

Forum CPU & Components : Other Components - How does Koutech's PIR133 IDE RAID compare?

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
joey256   01-06-2003 at 06:45:51 PM

I read the article, "Fast and Secure: A Comparison of Eight RAID Controllers" which compared several IDE RAID cards. It was quite comprehensive and enlightening. Thanks.

However, I came across a product made by Koutech, PIR133 Ultra ATA/133 PCI RAID, which less expensive that some in the article. Has THG tested this product? If so, how does it compare to the others?

If anyone has had personal experience with this product, please comment.

Thanks.

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
svol   01-06-2003 at 07:05:35 PM
- 0 +

Which chip is it using? A Promise, High-Point or other chip? If it uses a simlair chip as tested in the review the performance difference between those two cards will be very small.

My PC eats so much money that I'm in 'desperate' need of it to buy PC3500 RAM, help Svol with his OC project!
--- PM me for information.

Reply to svol
joey256   01-07-2003 at 04:19:50 PM
- 0 +

I could not find the chip manufacturer on the website. However, the driver is from Silicon Image. Also, the text files that come with the driver mention a PCU-680 chip.

Reply to joey256
svol   01-07-2003 at 07:28:18 PM
- 0 +

Hmmm... there was a RAID controller tested with the Silicon Image 0680 chip... but the performance was lower then the HighPoint Tech. The RAID controller with the same chip tested was the Dawicontrol DC-133 RAID.

My PC eats so much money that I'm in 'desperate' need of it to buy PC3500 RAM, help Svol with his OC project!
--- PM me for information.

Reply to svol
joey256   01-07-2003 at 11:17:50 PM
- 0 +

However, the PIR133 is $30 cheaper. Decisions, decisions :)

I may purchase the PIR133 because I need it for an old Dell OptiPlex GX1 which has a 100MHz FSB. In this scenario, the faster and more expensive ATA/133 RAID adapters in the article may not perform any better.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by joey256 on 01/07/03 05:19 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

Reply to joey256
svol   01-09-2003 at 07:28:21 PM
- 0 +

Well then it would be a good choice... and those couple of % of speed don't matter that much.

My PC eats so much money that I'm in 'desperate' need of it to buy PC3500 RAM, help Svol with his OC project!
--- PM me for information.

Reply to svol
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > CPU & Components > Other Components > How does Koutech's PIR133 IDE RAID compare?
Go to:

There are 549 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.367 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
How do I win badges?