Originally Posted by Supershanks  I was hoping to test the raid method from an ide install, but didn't get chance. Hope to fit it in  No hurry  I have even noticed in some quick benchmarks that on my Samsung hard drives, AHCI mode
is slower than IDE. Not much, but it is. Depends on each setup tho. I suggest everyone to do some before & after benchmarks before just using AHCI because its newer (or of course if someone needs hotplugging etc).
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