Please help!!!

Liquidgrafix · 07-03-2009, 01:15 PM

Hey Guys and Gals,
I just set up an account because I am stumped... I don't even know if this is the right place to post these questions. Here it goes.

I just installed 4 10K RPM raptor HDD in a raidO configuration using the raid software that came with my Asrock A780GXE/128m MB.

Everything works ok... but just ok. I have a phenom X4 2.3 OC'd to 2.7 and it is running stable. I installed Vista U. on this new drive setup. I have a 9800GTX+ PCI-e video card. I have 4GB of OCZ fatality and a OCZ ModXstream-Pro 500W ps.

Now that you know the setup... here is the issue. I have stress tested it and got perfect scores. But than I ran 3DMark 06 and only scored a 9879... (the average pc is supposed to run 16K+. I ran a HDD bench mark and it is only running at a 3rd of what I know it is capable of. They are all running Sata... should I try switching to have my MB read it as IDE instead... Any help or Ideas would be soooo Appreciated.

I hate spending hundreds of dollars and getting nowhere near the return I was hoping for.

07-03-2009, 01:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Liquidgrafix Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: GJCO Posts: 1 OS: Vista Ultimate Sp1 Black Edition	Please help!!! Hey Guys and Gals, I just set up an account because I am stumped... I don't even know if this is the right place to post these questions. Here it goes. I just installed 4 10K RPM raptor HDD in a raidO configuration using the raid software that came with my Asrock A780GXE/128m MB. Everything works ok... but just ok. I have a phenom X4 2.3 OC'd to 2.7 and it is running stable. I installed Vista U. on this new drive setup. I have a 9800GTX+ PCI-e video card. I have 4GB of OCZ fatality and a OCZ ModXstream-Pro 500W ps. Now that you know the setup... here is the issue. I have stress tested it and got perfect scores. But than I ran 3DMark 06 and only scored a 9879... (the average pc is supposed to run 16K+. I ran a HDD bench mark and it is only running at a 3rd of what I know it is capable of. They are all running Sata... should I try switching to have my MB read it as IDE instead... Any help or Ideas would be soooo Appreciated. I hate spending hundreds of dollars and getting nowhere near the return I was hoping for. __________________ Aphrodite's Skills: Clear Acrylic case. 2.7 Phenom X4, Asrock a780GXE/128m, 4Gb Fatality, OCZ 500W PS, 4X 74.8 WD Raptor 10K striped raid0, 1X 500GB eSata Seagate 7200 RPM HDD, XFX 9800GTX+, oh yeah... Vista Ultimate Black Ed. and Debian