Well, for one why saying "i dont see the need of SCSI speed" then talking about setting up ATA RAID ? That is not consistent...
Personnally, as a gamer, and a geek who spends his life on his PC, i attest i *feel* the difference in day-to-day use, and i *suffer* when i get back to an IDE system... Overall "snappiness", cache / swap files loading times, etc.. all improve the overall experience.
BB2K try to stay away from Fujitsu's. They are not reliable, and they are closing their operations in most European countries... Stick to Seagate (Cheetah) or Maxtor (Atlas).
The 19160 has some problems, as i said. There is more than a mere connector on the 29160... Again, you get what you pay for.
Ah also, all boxed adaptecs come with full cables and software.
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"I just dont see the benefits of all this. Thats a LOT of money that can be spent elsewhere for better overall system performance. "
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Look, i have a watercooled PC with a top CPU, a top GFX card, a flat 19" monitor, a great Hi-Fi, a sports car and broadband access. I wont get back to cheap ass HDDs (and CDROM units as well...)