Thanks for the reply Aastii.
I'm picking them up this evening.
I have a 60gb for c: and I thought I'd use the 16's in conjunction with that and the hdd.
I don't think I'll mind them not being in raid because I think they'll be fast enough for that use..
but perhaps 2 in raid and the 3rd separate-for 4 drives, 60-32-16-500hdd?(partition hdd)
Use the 3rd 16gb for a few dumpables mapped from c: like temp/tmp files?
I'm using about 30gb for c: right now so 60gb is plenty for 7 and my prog's,,, but my theary is:
reduce the programs on c: to just what starts with windows and the ones I was going to put on hdd can go
to the 32gbR or 2 @ 16gb?-->Strategy being to spread out the reads/writes & conserve space on c and help keep it lean?
Setup:
Check for FW updates. I'll have learn how to set it up the HW.
If raid, looks like I'l need to do bios changes and use this Asus Raidx software.
As for the os and prog's I pretty much know already & have guides.
SMART - should be enabled / or / for certain drives but not others.?
Mobo:
http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=fLIjRELzxMxkH2UQ&templete=2
SB850 Chipset
6 xSATA ports Support RAID 0,1,5,10
JMicron® JMB361 PATA and SATA controller
1 xUltra DMA 133/100 for up to 2 PATA devices
1 xPower eSATA 3.0 Gb/s port
The 60:
http://gskill.com/products.php?index=286
The 16's: http://www.dpie.com/manuals/storage/mtron/MSP-SATA7035_rev0.3.pdf
Interface standard: SATA revision 1.0a (backwards compatible?)
Input voltage: 5VCC (±5%)
SMART
Any suggestions/guidance anyone?
