raptor 74gb really worth it?

Tom|Nbk · 28 Jul 2006 at 18:33

as per sig i currently have two drive not in raid or anything and i was thinking about getting a raptor as my main os drive leaving the others for secondry would i see a nice improvement or not much at all?

t31os · 28 Jul 2006 at 19:02

Depends what drives you currently have, there's some good fast drives out there.

If you want the fastest, get a raptor........ if however you'd rather have something near to Raptor speed some of the large drives are getting good benchmarks.

Read the other posts in this forum, its all been asked and answered before.

Tom|Nbk · 28 Jul 2006 at 19:24

t31os said:
Depends what drives you currently have, there's some good fast drives out there.

If you want the fastest, get a raptor........ if however you'd rather have something near to Raptor speed some of the large drives are getting good benchmarks.

Read the other posts in this forum, its all been asked and answered before.

the drives i have are in my sig, i want to set up a raid array on these, i would like a raid setup that is very fast and will improve my gaming, but would also hold a lot of my data ive read the sticky, but its all a bit chinese to me

malcolm · 28 Jul 2006 at 20:03

Tom|Nbk said:
the drives i have are in my sig, i want to set up a raid array on these, i would like a raid setup that is very fast and will improve my gaming, but would also hold a lot of my data ive read the sticky, but its all a bit chinese to me

Two 300Gbyte+ drives in a Raid, scarey if one dies and you loose the lot!

Smiley Man · 28 Jul 2006 at 20:11

Tom|Nbk said:
the drives i have are in my sig, i want to set up a raid array on these, i would like a raid setup that is very fast and will improve my gaming, but would also hold a lot of my data ive read the sticky, but its all a bit chinese to me

imo its insanity to RAID 0 such large drives

2 smaller drives (<80gb) in RAID0 for windows and games

larger drive(s) (300gb+) for storage

tis the setup i have and it works well

sativa · 28 Jul 2006 at 22:04

Yes, raptors are worth it.

Once you try them you will not go back.

Imy · 28 Jul 2006 at 23:37

2nded ^^

jhmaeng · 29 Jul 2006 at 01:59

But definitely go for the ADFD version (16MB Cache) over the -GD version (Older generation, 8MB cache). According to the widely available benchmarks, the difference in speed is pretty significant even between the two, quite similar 10krpm drives.