Help... Whats a good but cheap Raid card?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Feb 17, 2003, 12:04 PM

Help... Whats a good but cheap Raid card?

going to raid two 60 gb maxtor ata 133 hard drives.. whats the best deal ? I can get them for as little as $18 but what is a good one...I an looking to spend about $50 max

Matth · Feb 17, 2003, 01:16 PM

Don't know how cheap you can get one, but there are guides around to convert a Pr*mise ATA100 into it's Raid equivalent (F*sttr*ck).

So long as the ATA133 drives fall back to ATA100 (and not LOWER), I doubt you'd lose much by running them in ATA100 RAID instead of ATA133

Feb 17, 2003, 12:04 PM	#1
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Feb 17, 2003, 01:16 PM	#2
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	Don't know how cheap you can get one, but there are guides around to convert a Prmise ATA100 into it's Raid equivalent (Fsttr*ck). So long as the ATA133 drives fall back to ATA100 (and not LOWER), I doubt you'd lose much by running them in ATA100 RAID instead of ATA133