Fastest 1TB drive?

[TaLLyJ]

Could someone help me... and tell me what the fastest 1TB drive is at the moment? As I would like to Get two of them for RAID 0

 

[Admiral Huddy]

Spinpoint F1. However, I believe the 750GB versions maybe slightly faster because there are less platers.

Personally, I wouldn't go with just RAID-0. Buy another drive and have some redundancy (RAID -5)

 

[rpstewart]

However, I believe the 750GB versions maybe slightly faster because there are less platers.

The 750Gb F1s have 3 platters as do the 1Tb ones. The 750s use 3x250Gb which makes them slightly slower than the 3x334Gb in the 1Tb drive - lower platter density means less data under the heads per revolution which means lower transfer rates.

 

[Admiral Huddy]

ah - I've been mislead somewhere. Cheers