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I just got me 3 of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073 And i plan on getting this to connect them to: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132017  So, 2 questions 1) I have a biostar mobo with a ICH7 south bridge which does not support RAID, this doesnt mean that adding this controller ...

I can't tell from your original post, but I assume you are using the onboard RAID option with the ICH9R southbridge. Write performance on RAID 5 without significant onboard (or onchip) RAM is very slow--I would certainly NOT recommend it.  If you can, get another drive and make it RAID 1+0 (much faster). Alternatively, there are add-on RAID ...

OK, so I build my new machine, but I finally have realized that something is definitely wrong with the RAID setup.  It just takes WAYY too long to write.  Installing a game takes about 30 minutes most times.  After it's installed, the game runs great.  I never seem to have any issues with the read speeds.  I found this ...

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I've been deployed somewhere out in the Middle East for the past few months, and decided that some of my hard earned money should go towards the Geek inside me. What would a normal geek do? Build a new home server of course! Money was an object to a point, but more than anything I wanted a relaible and quality built system that would ...