Quote Originally Posted by Anvil View Post
NapalmV5,

The 10 channel Intel controller is superior to the jmicrons but it probably won't show that much in simple repetitive tasks or at sequential reads.
For reads you could have gotten the Intel G2's or one of the new SandForce based drives, for writes you've got the best available 2.5" SLC drive on the market in the X25-E. (imho)

Anyways, with your setup you are probably bound by CPU/Memory/MB... and not by storage
(if the jmicrons were holding you back you should have noticed just by making the switch to the Intels)

Going for the Intel E series was a wise decision in any case, they'll outlast any of the current alternatives + it's proven and stable technology.
The next E series is supposed to have MLC so the current E series could be the last chance of getting SLC NAND, within a reasonable price range.

I'll try the FF script this weekend on my UD7 using the Vertex LE's and my current X25-V raid setup and post my results, I'm not expecting anything but we just might be in for a surprise

What was your conclusion on W7, I noticed you're still referring to XP
lol i understand its hard for you guys to comprehend but these jmicrons are no slouch

i ran benches and thats what they would have me believe about x25e

repetitive.. i know thats why i loaded left4dead @ 4x and now 3x x25e/512mb and 4gb cache and its not one yota faster than the jmicrons

i expected the sheer x25e iops to help out 1231 a bit more but its not the case

from file extractions what these intels are superior @ is the writes performance which the jmicrons are jcraps @

ive been waiting for sandforce slc drives.. but since i needed extra storage now i had no other choice but the x25e and im not dissapointed

once im @ 4.5ghz q9650 will try win7 bootup