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£80, 1Tb space, 212MB/s average read... IMO that stacks up pretty well compared to SSD.
 
For raw read/write performance tho it stacks up quite well... obviously its not going to have the access times and IOPS isn't going to make that much odds on a desktop system - more a consideration in workstation/server environments.
 
Rroff said:
For raw read/write performance tho it stacks up quite well... obviously its not going to have the access times and IOPS isn't going to make that much odds on a desktop system - more a consideration in workstation/server environments.
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On the contrary, random IOPS is where performance lies for any OS due to the inherently random nature of data access. Sequential IOPS (i.e. sequential read/write performance) is useful only for accessing (transferring) large quantities of moderate-large files.
 
i agree with mini, (Rroff) my SSD in my system is most likely faster then your RAID setup, data rate is not every thing, its the access times that do it (and seek is 0.1ms on SSD)

only need data rate when messing with big files, like 5gb or so (as your system is only just about matching an fast data rate of an SSD any way)

but it is far cheaper :) and a lot more space, but for OS games and programs you want the SSD for that any thing els HDD for now
 
I'm not using it as an OS drive.

Most desktop users aren't gonna be pushing the drive enough that the IOPS difference has any major impact, the low seek time makes them good for an OS drive in that respect aslong as the drive handles small files ok. Infact once you start filling up most SSD drives they can be slower for an OS drive than a fast mechanical HDD.

Anyhow back to my original point, with the price and storage space advantages coupled with the raw read performance that HDD combo stacks up well against SSD.
 
Here are my current entries. I have 3 internals and 1 external. Will add the external at a later date.
The WD unit is the OS drive. The Samsung and Maxtor are storage only.


First : Western Digital 1TB Cavair Green 32MB Catch





Second : Samsung F2 1.5TB Eco Green 32MB Catch





Third : Maxtor Diamondmax22 500GB 32MB Catch

 
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