On Monday 24 December 2001 00:48, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> > > it's not RAID. it's just IDE controller.
> >
> > It's very much a RAID controler, STD on-board IDE & on-board Promise
> > RAID, 8
>
> you are sure?! isn't it normal IDE controller+some software RAID0/1 code
> in BIOS?

Yes but the problem is it changes the way the whole IDE conroler works thus 
can't be considered a straight IDE conroler.

> > > i815 based motherboard looks stable for me and fast .
> >
> > Why go for an Intel CPU? They're expencive & slow.
>
> expensive - yes.

> it's 100% intel compatible :)
by definition... but I still quiry the P4 being intel compatable.

> it's slow - not true.
P-III 1.2Ghz v's Athlon 1.2Ghz; P-III is 5%<15% slower
P4 1.2Ghz v's Athlon 1.2Ghz; P4 is 10<75%/infinitly slower: 
P4 1.2Ghz v's K6-2 500 (@ 600Mhz); P4 is -300%<25%/Infinirlty slower 
Ah I never can get over that last benchmark

> i wouldn't buy any VIA and/or AMD based hardware... especially VIA
¿Why?

Ani