Just a Velociraptor?

XeNoN89 · 14 Sep 2008 at 13:23

I was thinking of getting just a single 300GB Velociraptor for my new build, it will be mainly a gaming PC and so i dont need loads of HDD space, will i be ok with just a Velociraptor on its own?

MikeHunt79 · 14 Sep 2008 at 13:34

blakka · 14 Sep 2008 at 14:10

Can't see why not lol.

psychas · 14 Sep 2008 at 15:26

i have one raptor x 150gb and it is enough for me at moment would be diferent story when games more games will be 30 + gb

XeNoN89 · 14 Sep 2008 at 16:48

Ok il go for it then, how much faster are these than say the 320gb samsung F1?

PhillyDee · 14 Sep 2008 at 16:49

Yup, Love my 300Gb Veloci on my gaming build. I have a LOT of games installed and the 150 I had just didnt seem to have enoguh space. (I store all files on my server)

S_D · 14 Sep 2008 at 17:31

Don't just buy one, buy two and stripe them.

Who needs SSDs anyway?

Major_Disaster · 14 Sep 2008 at 18:35

if you want to save some £££, i'd personally get a couple of 160GB drives and stick them in RAID0.

AbsenceJam · 14 Sep 2008 at 18:42

A Velociraptor won't make a difference to gaming and with a single drive you limit yourself. One of the 74GB Velociraptors or an SSD for the OS and any fast 7200rpm drive for games would be my move.

helmutcheese · 14 Sep 2008 at 19:14

Ofcoarse a HDD (single) that's faster in MB and Seek than another HDD will help make the whole allround use use of the PC be faster inc loading games.

PhillyDee · 14 Sep 2008 at 19:35

helmutcheese said:
Ofcoarse a HDD (single) that's faster in MB and Seek than another HDD will help make the whole allround use use of the PC be faster inc loading games.

Correct. Better than raided 7200s anyday!

AbsenceJam · 14 Sep 2008 at 19:57

Anything above a single 7200rpm disk,be it RAID 0, SSD's, Velociraptors etc gives you no advantage for gaming. You gain a couple of seconds, it's nothing.

helmutcheese · 14 Sep 2008 at 20:00

Hmm, 1min you say no gain, next you say a couple of secs.

No real need to even say anything to that.

I will never ever use a Internal 7.2K HDD again.

milkinc13 · 14 Sep 2008 at 20:01

AbsenceJam said:
Anything above a single 7200rpm disk,be it RAID 0, SSD's, Velociraptors etc gives you no advantage for gaming. You gain a couple of seconds, it's nothing.

it's a couple of seconds less waiting for a level or a programme to load up, which means small bit of extra work can be done

AbsenceJam · 14 Sep 2008 at 20:03

helmutcheese said:
Hmm, 1min you say no gain, next you say a couple of secs.

No real need to even say anything to that.

I will never ever use a Internal 7.2K HDD again.

I thought I was supposed to be on your ignore list helmut?

I am aware of what I said hence "You gain a couple of seconds, it's nothing." When your load times are 30-40 seconds anyway shaving another couple off is nothing.

But then again you don't listen to what anybody says.

AbsenceJam · 14 Sep 2008 at 20:04

milkinc13 said:
it's a couple of seconds less waiting for a level or a programme to load up, which means small bit of extra work can be done

What extra work can you do in 2 seconds whilst in a game already....?

helmutcheese · 14 Sep 2008 at 20:09

AbsenceJam said:
I thought I was supposed to be on your ignore list helmut?

I am aware of what I said hence "You gain a couple of seconds, it's nothing." When your load times are 30-40 seconds anyway shaving another couple off is nothing.

But then again you don't listen to what anybody says.

I at times remove all peeps. and start over and is that the best you can come back with ?.

You don't say much that makes any sense so why would I listen to you.

You even contradict yourself above as always.

chris.dante · 15 Sep 2008 at 14:46

yep get one

helmutcheese · 15 Sep 2008 at 14:50

Tomorrow (Tues) I will have 2x 150GB VRaptors (the newer Firmware/Caddy Model).

Imy · 15 Sep 2008 at 14:59

Contrarary to what a previous poster said, a single raptor will not limit you in gaming. You'll still be able to take advantage of the seek/access times (which don't improve with RAID 0, if anything get worse) which is the main strength I think of the Raptor. The transfer speed of a single raptor will also be decent.