Net Reviews: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 SATA RAID-0

Many of today's latest computer systems come with some form of RAID controller onboard. With the most recent motherboards, this is generally an integrated RAID-0/1 driver. While not necessarily a review of a specific product, modtown today has an article on a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 SATA RAID-0 setup. They detail the type of performance gains that one is able to obtain by using an extra drive and a little bit of the tech supplied in many of today's systems. If you are not familiar with RAID, check out my What is RAID? article.

Cases and Mods

• Antec Sonata Case @ Flickerdown Data
• Chyang Fun Minicube mini-ITX Case @ Spodes Abode
• Cooler Master Wave Master Case @ OCAddiction
• Enermax CS-5171LBFS-B+ Case @ System Cooling
• RaidMax Scorpio 668 Case @ MODTHEBOX

Cooling

• Aerocool Golden Crown Heatsink @ 3Dvelocity
• Asetek VapoChill XE @ HEXUS
• Cooler Master Aero 7+ Heatsink @ 3dXtreme
• Spire Copperstream Heatsink @ 3dXtreme
• Thermaltake Spark 7+ and Zalman CNPS7000-SU Heatsinks @ Gamers Depot

Hard Drives

• Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 SATA RAID-0 @ modtown

Memory

• A-Data DDR500 @ OC-Zone
• GeIL PC4000 Platinum DDR @ PCStats

Monitors

• Samsung SyncMaster 152MP 15" LCD @ MODTHEBOX

Motherboards

• ASUS A7N8X-X nForce2 400 @ Pirate Software
• Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro nForce2 @ SubZeroTech
• Gigabyte GA-7VT600L KT600 @ Overclockers.nz
• Soyo P4I875P Dragon 2 Platinum @ The Tech Lounge

Optical Drives

• Lite-On LTR-52327S 52x CD-RW @ TechwareLabs
• MSI CR52M 52x CD-RW @ ClubOC

Video Cards

• Albatron GeForce FX5200 @ DukGamers
• Albatron GeForceFX FX5600P Turbo @ Nexus Hardware
• Chaintech GeForce FX71 5600 Ultra @ IPKonfig