36G HDD big enough?

No, it'll run out super quick, especially with games.

But it also depends on what games and programs you install. Vista alone takes at least 5GB IIRC.
 
yipyipboo said:
Is a 36 gig hard drive big enough for Vista64 and programs/games that may follow?
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Don't bother getting a Raptor, if that is what your thinking. There just not worth it anymore. Your better off just getting a nice 320GB 16MB Cache HD instead ;)
 
My Vista partition is 23GB & about 15GB has been used up & that's just the OS & programs. Games & docs are on another partition. Think you'll find games will take up loads of space.

Is this a Raptor we're talking about?
 
lol, it stems from OcUK sending me a 36 gig raptor instead of a 320 gig cavier. Just wondered if it was worth keeping for the OS etc, but have decided to do the honest thing and return it for the one I wanted. :D
 
The 320GB drive will probably be faster than the raptor for real-world applications anyway, definitely send it back.
 
hp7909 said:
My Vista partition is 23GB & about 15GB has been used up & that's just the OS & programs. Games & docs are on another partition. Think you'll find games will take up loads of space.

Is this a Raptor we're talking about?
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Agreed, I had a Raptor for my Vista64 Ultimate install and it quickly filled up. A week later I formatted and installed onto a bigger drive with no noticable slow down in performance. Replaced it with a WD2500AAKS.
 
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If you want loads of space do what i did and RAID 2 150GB Raptors, nice and fast and plenty of space, and best of all for me next to nothing cost wise.
 
:mad: arghh postal strike, more delays stopping me from completing my build.......by the way, 'honesty' is my middle name. :p
 
mosfet said:
The 320GB drive will probably be faster than the raptor for real-world applications anyway, definitely send it back.
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No it won't.

To the OP, if you are only going to have one drive then yes a bigger drive is the way forward. Personally I would have installed vista on the raptor, then installed everything else on the big storage drive including my docs ect.
You are always better keeping the OS on it's own drive if possible.
 
Well the raptor is £66 and the cavier is about £45 so hardly a massive bonus. I really only wanted one drive anyway to keep noise and heat to a minimum.

In this case, for me personally, the 320 gig drive wins over the 36 gig raptor.

If it has been a >36 gig version I may have forgotton my middle name ;)
 
KangooVanMan said:
No it won't.
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Yes, it will. The 36GB raptors are outclassed by virtually all recent 7200RPM drives besides average seek times. The 2G 74GB and 150GB drives are much faster, but still on a par with some 7200.10 models and the larger AAKS drives.
 
I have used a WD360 and a WD2500AAKS for my vista install.
WD2500AAKS would win everytime.

For a single drive solution in Vista the WD360 is a poorer choice. Once the OS and pagefile is on the drive there is not a lot of room for the mydocs folder and any apps. Maybe room for one game!

In XP the WD360 would be the better choice for an OS, but no way for Vista.
 
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KangooVanMan said:
http://www.wdc.com/en/library/sata/2879-001165.pdf

http://www.wdc.com/en/library/sata/2879-701176.pdf

So what bit of double the read/write time, and double disk ready time is quicker?
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Both of those are calculated absolutes. They say little about real-world performance.

I trust the manufactures figures over toms.
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THG use benchmarks and simulations to rate drives, manufacturers tend to use the best figures available.

The average transfer rate, for instance, of the 36GB Raptor is quoted by WD as 1.5Gbps (~150MBps), as this is the channel speed. The actual tested speed is 54MBps.
 
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