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What about the new SATA 3GB/s rather than SATA 150's. You think there's a big advantage between the two?
What about the new SATA 3GB/s rather than SATA 150's. You think there's a big advantage between the two?
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thinking of this, i wont mind the $50 more
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I don't have experience with WD, but the numbers look good. SATA 2, 7200rpm, and a 16mb cache.Comment
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all ive own were WD, the cheapest of the WD 16mb, under that were MaxtorComment
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What is the point of getting 2 HDD's in RAID0? Is that when it copies the same exact files in case a HDD crashes? I have a 36GB Raptor and thinking of getting another one.Comment
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have a read of this its basically the same as SLI or dual cpu's, 2 heads are better than one the information can be split and written to each drive simultaniously thus increasing speed and performance.Originally posted by gsxr310
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Go with one of those new HDD's with over 1K RPM! :)Comment
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THe WD HD that you posted has kinda slow access times here's a better one:
That hard drive is great. Lowest seek times i can fine, and it's cheaper than the one you posted. THe only thing is that it's SATA 150 and not SATAII, but it doesn't make much difference at all.Comment
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honestly there is no need for a raptor. agreed they are fast but if you find a 16mb cache it will act almost the same as a raptor. in day to day tasks you wont notice a difference. I got my Maxtor 250gb Serial ATA 2 16mb cache at a local CompUsa for around 70 bucks. yeah it was a deal on new egg its around 93 so its a large storage space and good qualityComment
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well 8.9ms vs 8ms, almost a 1ms diff, which isnt very big diff
then might as well go with
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I have 2 74gig raptors and it's to fast I cant even go get a damn glass of water before BF2 loads
so I would not spend that much $ on raptors lol :)
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about to order
ill get raptors laterComment
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What you are thinking of is a Mirrored RAID, or RAID1. With RAID1, both harddrives will be exactly similar, so that in case one crashes, all the data will still be available on the second one.Originally posted by gsxr310
However, RAID0 works differently. In RAID0, both disks will be utilized fully, so if you put two 36GB drives in RAID0, it'll result in a total of 72GB space.
The biggest advatage with RAID0 is the speed though. Say you're storing a 2MB file, the file will be split over the two drives (half of the file on one, half on the other). Now, when Windows wants to access the file, each harddrive read their part, which in theory will result in twice the reading speeds. This is only in theory though; you wont get a full 100% speed increase.
The biggest drawback with a RAID0 configuration is that if one of the disks crashes, you'll lose all the data on both disks... So make sure to make backups frequently!Comment
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I have BF2 currently on a SATA 150 Maxtor inexpensive model and I load BF2 in just a few seconds. I don't think you'll see a noticeable increase in load times with Raptors or RAID for that matter. Raptors are more for bragging rights, I'll do a search but there was a head to head test with Raptors, a Seagate and a Maxtor HD and there was very little difference between the three in gaming. I do remember a comment about the Raptors being loud. Do you who own them notice a noise problem?Comment
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You do notice a difference, especially if you run two Raptors in RAID0.Originally posted by lcplsickoll
Here's an interesting review, that compares Raptors and Seagate drives, both single, in RAID0 and in RAID1: http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.c...id=1746&page=1
As for your second statement, I've heard people complain about that aswell. I think it might be a previous revision or something, atleast I've never heard any noise from mine.Comment
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