This thread may start quite a discussion, but here are some of my own
experiences and comments from them. You are not likely to see any great
performance improvement from SATA vs. IDE, nor will you see a really
noticeable improvement from going to a RAID 0 setup. There is an article on
the web that I found discussing this and showing some real-life performance
measurements. The result was that the speed improvement will not be
something you will likely notice (10% better?). Unfortunately, I can't find
the link at the moment. You might find the following link of some help - it
compares RAID devices:
http://tech-report.com/reviews/2002q4/ideraid/index.x?pg=1

I am currently running a RAID 0 on my boot drive. The results are
underwhelming, but it is already setup and I have not yet had time to change
it. Something to think about. In a RAID 0 setup, if one drive (or
controller) fails, you lost access to both drives! For me, the main benefit
of the RAID 0 is that I get one very large drive instead of two drives.
Others prefer to have separate drives, so it is a matter of personal
preference.

For your 3.5 to 5.25 mounting adaptor, here is a link to a fancy one:
http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/searchdetail.asp?T1=161+0414
Here is one from e-bay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=51064&item=3478864106
&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V

Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> I am trying to figure out how to mount a 3.5" device
> in a 5.25" bay.  I have looked all over newegg's site
> and can't find what I need.  I have an Enlight case
> that has the tooless hardware bays.  Can any of you
> give me a link to what it is I am asking for?  I don't
> know the correct terminology I suppose.
>
> Also, I just purchased and mounted a 74 gb WD 10,000
> rpm SATA drive and have noticed no performance gain
> over my regular IDE drive.  I checked the ABIT website
> and they are telling me that in order to see any load
> time gains, I would have to run a RAID0 configurartion
> with matching drives.  Is this accurate advice?  I was
> under the impression that even a single drive that was
> SATA would offer a faster data transfer than an IDE
> drive w/an 8mb cache.

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