HIS X1900XTX IceQ3GPU : ATI Radeon X1900XTX (650 MHz)RAM : 512 MB GDDR3 (1550 MHz)
Hard Drive I
150 GB, 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/150Western Digital WD1500ADFD
Hard Drive II
400 GB, 7,200 RPM, 16 MB Cache, SATA/300Western Digital WD4000KD
DVD-ROM
Gigabyte GO-D1600C (16x)
Software
ATI Drivers
Catalyst Suite 7.1
Intel Chipset Drivers
Software Installation Utility 8.1.1.1010
Intel RAID Drivers
Matrix Storage Manager 6.2.1.1002
DirectX
Version : 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
Operating System
Windows XP, Build 2600 SP2
Benchmarks and Settings
SYSmark
Version 2004 Second EditionOfficial Run
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Great review. This is a very important issue for some people. For me, I don't like getting the most expensive new edge tech when I can get less expensive options. RAID is a very simple technology, but it happens to work better because like all things, more heads do better than one in a thinking contest.
I would have been really impressed if you guys took 4 drives at 7200rpm and low sizes, like 80gig drives, and did a RAID 0 with 4 drives and compared that speed with them. The access time would have been the same, but for the cost, the read and write would have been retarded high and made it look silly.
Then again, your electricity bill may be the difference in the cost, lol.