Three Samsum Spinpoint HD's in raid configuration is supported by many motherboards.
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Eight excellent PC upgrade ideas
by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | August 1, 2008 5:30am PDT | Image 1 of 14
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Why build a new PC when, with a few easy upgrades, you can transform your old PC into one that feels like new (or at least newer!)?
In the ZDNet Hardware 2.0 blog, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes describes eight upgrades that can help extend the life of your old PC, making you more productive and the PC more fun to use.
Kingston RAM - A good quality brand at a price that's affordable
In the ZDNet Hardware 2.0 blog, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes describes eight upgrades that can help extend the life of your old PC, making you more productive and the PC more fun to use.
Kingston RAM - A good quality brand at a price that's affordable
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My one year old 300GB Seagate ST3300555SS SAS drive is faster: 15,000rpm, 2 msec latency, 3.5 msec read-seek, 4.0 msec write-seek. Same 3Gb/s transfer rate as at VelociRaptor 300GB.
Also my year-old Fujitsu MAX3147RC SAS drive beats the VelociRaptor with the average seek of 3.3/3/8 read/write at 3GB/s transfer rate @ 15,000 rpm.
These are in a Dell 690 workstation.
Also my year-old Fujitsu MAX3147RC SAS drive beats the VelociRaptor with the average seek of 3.3/3/8 read/write at 3GB/s transfer rate @ 15,000 rpm.
These are in a Dell 690 workstation.
Normally a SCSI drive is faster than a SATA drive. But the majority of low / mid end PCs use SATA. Go to a Big Box electronic store, I'll bet you find more SATA drives than SAS for purchase.
And, of course, expensive. Desktop means cheap only on Windows domains - serious desktops run Sas...
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