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Promise IDE controller- good boost?
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Name: adkmom
Date: December 27, 2002 at 20:30:15 Pacific
Subject: Promise IDE controller- good boost?OS: Win 98/2000ProCPU/Ram: 450mh/1.4G soon |
Comment: Wondered the consensus on how much improvement I'll see with the addition of a Promise controller on my older (1999) Dell.
PCI is 33mhz. FSB is 100mhz. Current CPU is P3 450. Will this controller be able to boost the speed of my drives noticably? I have to say that I don't understand just how a card can provide more oomph than the mobo it's hooked to? I want to do this & add Powerleap 1.4Ghz to this machine.
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Response Number 1
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Name: Badboy
Date: December 27, 2002 at 20:33:07 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)If your current HDDs are ATA 33 or ATA 66, the controller will allow you to use 7200 RPM ATA 100 or ATA 133 HDDs. It will be quite noticeable!
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Response Number 2
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Name: UTLLAMA
Date: December 29, 2002 at 01:02:15 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I would upgrade the system before worrying about a RAID array. IDE RAID instructions are executed by your CPU, and with a 450 MHz system, you really can't afford to lose CPU cycles, especially if you're gaming, etc.
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