2GB RAM or Raptor HD?

Johnny Girth · 30 Jan 2007 at 11:14

Yo guys. I'm putting together my new system (E6600 - overclocked quite a bit!) and I'm going to stretch my budget to either:

1) 2GB RAM
2) 2 x 74GB Raptors in RAID
3) 1 x 150GB Raptor

Which is going to give me the greatest performance boost in general windows/browsing/gaming?

I'm leaning towards option 2 but not sure.

Cheers

matja · 30 Jan 2007 at 11:17

Depends on the primary purpose of the system, but I'd much rather have the 2GB RAM and one 74GB raptor or similar drive than 1GB ram and the other drives.

edit: you might consider getting a e6300/6400 and going for both the 2gb ram and the 150gb raptor

FrankJH · 30 Jan 2007 at 11:18

Raptors in RAID dont actually add that much performance it has ben reported on here previously.

Personally go with 2GB RAM minimum (or did you mean an extra 2GB ram, in which case I wouldnt bother)

Johnny Girth · 30 Jan 2007 at 11:21

Nah 2GB total. So you reckon that's better than a faster HD?

Suppose I might get 2GB RAM now and get the faster HD in about 6 months time when I get Vista.

squiffy · 30 Jan 2007 at 11:25

2GB RAM, standard 7200RPM hard drive. If you need a faster boot drive (which I doubt) get a raptor later.

7200rpm drives are fast, I think people buy Raptors just for bragging rights. Hard drives are now fast, it's not like in the past SCSI versus IDE non DMA.

FrankJH · 30 Jan 2007 at 11:26

Especially for Vista - 2GB is a must for games etc