Three questions :
Part 1 - Out of these 4 drives, which is the fastest in a single drive mode. Not in RAID, just plain 1 drive connected to 1 SATA port.
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB single platter
WD3200AAKS 320GB single platter
WD6400AAKS 640GB double platter
Samsung F1 1TB triple platter
Part 2 - reliability.
Out of the 4 drives above, which are most reliable? Searching the WWW it seems the latest batch of ST3320613AS are failing pretty often. I also find quite a few reports of issues with the Samsung F1 drives. That leaves me to believe the best investment is one of the two WD drives.
Part 3 - Performance in RAID - purely for gaming such as Flight Sim X
Would a single 6400aaks outperform a RAID0 2x3200aaks?
I would have included the F1 320GB in this question session, but it seems they are scarcer than the proverbial hen's tooth.
Part 1 - Out of these 4 drives, which is the fastest in a single drive mode. Not in RAID, just plain 1 drive connected to 1 SATA port.
Seagate ST3320613AS 320GB single platter
WD3200AAKS 320GB single platter
WD6400AAKS 640GB double platter
Samsung F1 1TB triple platter
Part 2 - reliability.
Out of the 4 drives above, which are most reliable? Searching the WWW it seems the latest batch of ST3320613AS are failing pretty often. I also find quite a few reports of issues with the Samsung F1 drives. That leaves me to believe the best investment is one of the two WD drives.
Part 3 - Performance in RAID - purely for gaming such as Flight Sim X
Would a single 6400aaks outperform a RAID0 2x3200aaks?
I would have included the F1 320GB in this question session, but it seems they are scarcer than the proverbial hen's tooth.