Asus P4C800 Deluxe - PATA RAID on only one cable?

Well, I decided to pick up an Asus P4C800 Deluxe mainboard (two actually,
a -E and a non -E) and noticed something...

There is only one PATA connector for RAID. Does this mean to run RAID 0 on
PATA drives that they will share the cable? Won't this hurt performance? I
assume that it would still be faster than a single drive configuration... is
this correct?

Thanks!

Noozer wrote:

Well, I decided to pick up an Asus P4C800 Deluxe mainboard (two actually,
a -E and a non -E) and noticed something...

There is only one PATA connector for RAID. Does this mean to run RAID 0 on
PATA drives that they will share the cable? Won't this hurt performance? I
assume that it would still be faster than a single drive configuration...
is this correct?



I've read several people complaining about very high CPU usage when using
that via based raid controller.

--

Stacey

"stacey" wrote in message
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Noozer wrote:

Well, I decided to pick up an Asus P4C800 Deluxe mainboard (two
actually,
a -E and a non -E) and noticed something...

There is only one PATA connector for RAID. Does this mean to run RAID 0
on
PATA drives that they will share the cable? Won't this hurt performance?
I
assume that it would still be faster than a single drive
configuration...
is this correct?

I've read several people complaining about very high CPU usage when using
that via based raid controller.

Since when did VIA start making Promise chips?

The only VIA thing on these boards is the firewire.

Noozer wrote:


"stacey" wrote in message


I've read several people complaining about very high CPU usage when using
that via based raid controller.

Since when did VIA start making Promise chips?



I was thinking about the P4P800 Deluxe.
--

Stacey

On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:45:14 -0500, stacey wrote:

Noozer wrote:


"stacey" wrote in message


I've read several people complaining about very high CPU usage when using
that via based raid controller.

Since when did VIA start making Promise chips?



I was thinking about the P4P800 Deluxe.

I think you have nightmares about Via. ;-)

Not to discount your conclusion though, I wouldn't want high CPU
utilization on a RAID either.


Dave

I read a review from MaximumPC mag (August issue) and they said that
board had the highest benchark score but there were a couple of
issues.
- 3com NIC uses slower PCI bus
- USB 2.0 performance poor
- CPU useage as hi as 50% using on board RAID (compared to 10% on
other boards); odd RAID set up
- might need extra fan for Northbridge over clocking as cooling seemed
inadequate
- seemed to run stabe at 1200Mhz FSB with a "C" processor
- onboard audio weak; some jacks are unuseable with 5.1 speakers

Now the board that interests me is the Asus P4S800D-E
- good overclocking all around (FSB and Proc. using air cooling)
- apparently Prescott compatible as well. I haven't done enough
research on it yet to know if they overcame the RAID problems.
Anyone have any exprience with this board?