David Beisner
October 13th, 2008, 12:06 PM
Ok. I've got a hunch, but I'd like someone to either confirm or deny it for me.
On my editing computer, I've got 4 SATA ports and 2 IDE ports.
I have three 750GB SATA drives in a RAID-0 for my storage/scratch disks. My IT director decided that I would be better served by filling the 4th SATA port with my DVD-Burner (which is rarely used) and making my OS/Programs drive a slower PATA drive on an IDE port. However, my hunch is that everything is limited by the lowest common denominator, and if my programs are limited to the transfer speed of the slower IDE drive, then the faster speed of my storage drives and CD drive don't make any difference. Is that correct? Would I notice a significant pick-up in power if I had my OS/Programs on the 4th SATA port and the DVD burner on the IDE port?
OS is Windows XP Pro 32bit with 4 GB of Ram and running Adobe Masterworks Collection CS3.
On my editing computer, I've got 4 SATA ports and 2 IDE ports.
I have three 750GB SATA drives in a RAID-0 for my storage/scratch disks. My IT director decided that I would be better served by filling the 4th SATA port with my DVD-Burner (which is rarely used) and making my OS/Programs drive a slower PATA drive on an IDE port. However, my hunch is that everything is limited by the lowest common denominator, and if my programs are limited to the transfer speed of the slower IDE drive, then the faster speed of my storage drives and CD drive don't make any difference. Is that correct? Would I notice a significant pick-up in power if I had my OS/Programs on the 4th SATA port and the DVD burner on the IDE port?
OS is Windows XP Pro 32bit with 4 GB of Ram and running Adobe Masterworks Collection CS3.