Hard drive choices? RAID perhaps?

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Hi all,

Need some more storage. Not that much, really, another 250Gb will do fine.

Currently got a Maxtor Maxline III 250Gb 8Mb Cache drive.

The way I see it, I have two choices:

a) Buy a WD 250Gb 300GB/S SATAII drive with 16Mb Cache
b) Buy another Maxline III 250Gb (Can you get these anymore?) and run it with my existing drive in RAID0.

Which would you chose, and why? Is there a better single drive solution for less than 50 quid than the WD 16Mb cache jobby?

I'm running a Gigabyte DS3 and I want low noise and performance - but don't we all. I mainly use my machine for gaming and browsing and don't often move enormous files around and I never do video editing.

Ta!
 
Yea, very helpful thanks. I'll go for a WD AAKS as my primary drive :)

Whats the difference between AAKS and KS? I can only find reputable reviews including the KS series drive. Seems good.
 
250Gb AAKS it is.

OcUK don't appear to have the 250Gb AAKS is listed. Is this drive readily available in 250Gb form?
 
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