would RAID 0 benefit me?

[mlbstar10]

Hey Guys

I do a lot of Gaming, but also use Inventor and Mechanical Desktop. I know gaming isn't supposed to have much affect, but what about with using modeling software? I wanted to spend about 150 USD on hard drives, so i could either get 2 80gb SATA WD hard drives, or a single 200GB SATA WD hard drive, what would be the better choice?

[Icewindius]

I'd wait to SATA 2 to be honest. The Native Command Queing, higher bandwith cap, and first party DMA. It will be well worth the wait.

[Valnar]

The Seagates have native CQ now on their 7200.7 series. The controllers should be out soon, or wait for an Intel i915/925 mobo with the ICH6R southbridge due in April.

I'm putting off my motherboard purchase for that reason alone.

-Robert

[mlbstar10]

Originally posted by Valnar
The Seagates have native CQ now on their 7200.7 series. The controllers should be out soon, or wait for an Intel i915/925 mobo with the ICH6R southbridge due in April.

I'm putting off my motherboard purchase for that reason alone.

-Robert when is this planned to happen?

[Valnar]

Originally posted by mlbstar10
when is this planned to happen?

Uh, April.