Originally Posted by
CK1
This forum has been very helpful in making my decision on the new components for the PC that I'm in the process of buying and I have one set of questions left before I get the bits.
Currently I have 2x 250GB Samsung Spinpoint HDD and am buying a third. I also have a 250GB Maxtor external HDD which I think is on the way out (I was using this for backups!). The mobo is an Asus P5B-Deluxe WiFi.
With the three HDD I am debating whether or not to RAID 5them, will there be a performance gain over non-RAID'd disks?
Can I add more disks to the RAID array at a later date, obviously of the same size and type?
If I have (recently made) backups of all my data on DVD is there any point in having RAID 5?
Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated.