ghost28
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System Name | REDRUM |
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Processor | AMD Phenom2 x4 940 Black |
Motherboard | ASUS M4A79 Deluxe |
Cooling | Cooler Master V8 and NZXT Sentry Fan controller |
Memory | 8gb OCZ Gold DDR2 1066 |
Video Card(s) | 2-HIS 4870 Radeon 512mb running Crossfire |
Storage | 4-WD Caviar Blue 640s running Raid 10 |
Display(s) | ASUS 24" |
Case | Cooler Master HAF 932 |
Audio Device(s) | On Board for now |
Power Supply | PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 (crossfire Edition) |
Software | Windows XP Pro 64 Bit |
Benchmark Scores | None yet....hope to do this within a few weeks after i get my surgery and have to stay home doing no |
so i built my rig this past week and i didnt set up raid when installing the OS because i wanted to get the system up and running well first on one HDD....since its running great now i am ready to RAID
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i have four WD6400AAKS drives and i was thinking of RAID 10 so that i have about 1.2TB of storage and little chance of losing all data if there was a drive failure...i was thinking today that maybe if its possible i would just keave the OS on the 640 HDD that its currently on and then set up a RAID5 with the other 3 drives just to store all of my Music, Photos, Videos, ETC on so that they are safe and if the OS drive dies who cares just get a new one and re install windows which is not a huge deal at least my important stuff will be safe....Can this be done? any disadvantages that i am overlooking??? ASUS M4N79 Deluxe MOBO.....
OPINIONS/ASSISTANCE PLEASE?

i have four WD6400AAKS drives and i was thinking of RAID 10 so that i have about 1.2TB of storage and little chance of losing all data if there was a drive failure...i was thinking today that maybe if its possible i would just keave the OS on the 640 HDD that its currently on and then set up a RAID5 with the other 3 drives just to store all of my Music, Photos, Videos, ETC on so that they are safe and if the OS drive dies who cares just get a new one and re install windows which is not a huge deal at least my important stuff will be safe....Can this be done? any disadvantages that i am overlooking??? ASUS M4N79 Deluxe MOBO.....
OPINIONS/ASSISTANCE PLEASE?