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wd360gd sata
hi...i-m actualy using 2 wd jb hard drives wd40jb for op and wd80jb for data on p4pe mobo....my mobo suports serial ata...i'm planning to buy the new WD360GD serial ata 10.000 rpm to use it for data...is it a good idea?...will they work well together?...hey opus you're the biggest wd fan ;) ...just tell me your opinion...
thank you!!!
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personally SATA on those boards are ok, not great.
The newer boards have the latest SATA version on them which has a better support. Basically SATA is going through a series of phases and it won't be fully done until next year with the newer chipsets.
You cantry it but I have no idea how well they will work. So far bench marks aren't that great from what I have read.
Opus :D
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For most humans (including most professionals) an ATA100 disk at 7200rpm (!) with a 2MB or 8MB buffer will do just fine these days - offering PLENTY of bandwidth for digital audio workstations. Other factors are likely to play a much bigger role in restricting what you can do with your PC at that point.
I personally would stay away from the cutting edge technologies until they are proven, stable and tuned - OR until you see a REAL need to make use of them.
Just my opinion,
MisterBlue.
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A very good point MisterBlue !
IMO, it is much better to invest in two good and proven 180GB ATA133 8MB cache WD drives, than a single 360GB SATA drive... And there currently really is no need for anything faster, because I do mixes with as much as 80 channels of 24 bit audio, and everything works just fine with ATA... It's much better to invest in things like a good Motherboard, faster CPU or another UAD-1, or Powercore,.... :) Cheers !
How can you stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world ? (Keep telling yourself this mantra when you experience BLUE SCREENS)
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Hey, who said we were humans here?!! lmao!
You're only human until you start becoming smarter than your computer...or is it the other way around?!! :D
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80 channels of 24 bit audio? WOW ! :D LOL!
Sounds like your system is performing just fine...
MisterBlue
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Mister Blue
He's not recording all the channels at the same time...just mixing them!
I've gotten up to about 75 channels on my system.
That's doubling a lot of the tracks though for a really really rich vocal mix or guitar track! lol
Opus :D
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Alright, make that "trying to MIX the Vienna Symphonic Orchestra" (individually mic'ed)" then :D . (Dammit, why does it go wrong everytime I'm trying to crack a little joke here ... ;) .Originally posted by Opus2000:
He's not recording all the channels at the same time...just mixing them!
MisterBlue.
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Hello, I am a willing Guinee pig on this SATA &
Raptor subject in hopes you folks might continue the discussion,since I just ordered one of the
865PE chipset Mboards. It is the Asus P4P800 Deluxe. I finally bit it off while ago, when I saw
Asus Ad on the Web about PAT="HyperPath",with, what seemed to be characterized as a sort of "agreement" between Intel and Asus, or I interpreted it that way.
http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/event/P4P800/index.html
I plan on adding a pair of the Raptors along with
this upgrade with some ram sticks of some speed,
and most likely a fresh power supply since my HP
Pavilion533w (my upgrade object) only sports 200w in that department. I am now using the systems
native 60gb Maxtor paired with a WD 80gb.
If I manage any improvement in audio at all I am happy. Since my system was an OEM type trip,Maybe I won't be too disappointed.
Many questions in my mind will be made clear before I dismantle anything, though. If need be,
I can assemble from scratch by adding a processor
to my budget. But since that will take a while longer it is my second choice.
So if you guys want a willing participant in an experiment whose outcome you are interested, YO!
and (in advance) ThankYou,Kindly!
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Gabitzu,
I use 120GB Seagate SATA drive for audio and it works ok but I did not find it any better than my WD 80GB drive with 8mb buffer. I don't think you should expect too much improvement if any at all.
tnx,
chris
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