Elayne

I was looking to modify a Dell Precision 530. I got one from a friend. It has Dual 2.2GHZ Xeon processors (HT can be enabled). 1 gig Rambus PC800 ram and 128mb Quadro4 900XGL. I checked it over and decided that it should run the latest games fine considering that the video card is on par with the Geforce 6600 and PC800 Rambus isnt that slow. However the thing didnt come with any hard drives. Here is the mobo specs: (2) Intel Xeon sockets 603 -- support up to 2 Intel XEON 1.4Ghz to 3GHz CPUs (2) VRM slots (4) RDRAM memory slots support up to 2GB of PC800 (1) AGP Pro 4X Video Slot (2) 64-bit PCI Slots (3) 32-bit PCI Slot (1) Floppy drive controller (2) IDE hard drivers controller support up to 4 IDE devices (4) USB Ports (2 back, 2 front ports) (2) Fire Wire IEEE 1394 (1 back, 1 front port) (1) 25-Pin Parallel Port (2) 9-Pin Serial Ports Integrated 10/100 3ComÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâî Ethernet controller Integrated Adaptec AIC-7892 Ultra 160m LVD SCSI Integrated Sound Now it doesnt have RAID support so im wondering if there is a good, inexpensive RAID 0 controller card? I dont think i will be using this computer that long since its already 3 years old so i dont want to spend too much money on it.

I am building a performance computer just for gaming and iv came across a problem. I can get an 18gig 15k Cheetah (SCSI) and a 200 gig Maxtor drive for about $130 bucks. Then again, I can get 2 Maxtor 200 gigs for about $150. Im wondering if i put in a RAID controller doing data stripping will my performance be better than using the Cheetah alone (its a very fast drive, blah 15000 rpm and 4.9ms avg seek time). Any input is welcome. THanks!