second hand raptor? worth it?

Rick_Barnes · 10 Jul 2006 at 18:48

was gonna shell out around 50-75 quid for more storage, but then thought about buying some second hand old raptors.

obviously old raptors will be faster than the newer drives, but how much faster can expect bootup and game load times to be?

cymatty · 10 Jul 2006 at 19:42

Why not buy 2x Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 NCQ 80GB SATA-II 8MB put them in RIAD 0, if your mobo supports SATA II then you have nearly the same perfomance for less and more storage.

Rick_Barnes · 10 Jul 2006 at 20:43

was really only wondering was after another 300 gigs or so....

just wondered if anyone had gamed with raptors

Rick_Barnes · 10 Jul 2006 at 20:43

problem with raptors is cost per gig is so silly high!!!!

Slackworth · 10 Jul 2006 at 22:48

We do have some B-Grade 74GB Raptors available. They work as well as any brand new drive but labelled refurbished. You can save yourself a little bit of money this way and have all the Raptor greatness.

We do have the original 74GB Raptor at a cracking price while stocks last as well.

Beeralbion · 11 Jul 2006 at 14:29

I bought a pair of 75Gb second hand Raptors for my gaming pc in Raid0 and they are absolutely brilliant!

I mostly play BF2 and the load times have decreased dramatically. Get into the game before most people have so I can bag the prettiest vehicle that I want

I would recommend them. But like you say they are silly money per Gb. Depends how silly you are with your money I guess?!?!

t31os · 11 Jul 2006 at 14:51

I get in most games first, with the exception of the odd guy here and there.

I'm only running a single raptor though.