I'm looking for a small capacity drive for my new build ie <160gb and looking for sugestions. I've read some posts on the sammy F1's but they seem to have been problamatic, also as i'm on a tight budget and the fact that my NAS holds all my important stuff should I just go for something like a Western WD740 Raptor? would these work ok in RAID 1? or the WD1600AAJS?
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If you can afford raptors in raid then yes these would be very good and very quick.
That WD is a good little drive and great for a small budget. you have to very different ideas in very different budgets though, how much are you looking to spend?
That WD is a good little drive and great for a small budget. you have to very different ideas in very different budgets though, how much are you looking to spend?
I got my main os`s dual boot on a 150 g velociraptor and i must say i am less than impressed with the speed,not raided but still i was expecting faster speeds particularly in boot times but i can see little increse over my previous normal hdd
Game level loading times are quicker though
I am waiting for the price of SSD to drop and will be getting one of these to try i think
If you can justify/afford it then maybe consider a SSD?
Game level loading times are quicker though
I am waiting for the price of SSD to drop and will be getting one of these to try i think
If you can justify/afford it then maybe consider a SSD?
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not sure you'd manage raptors for £35-40 but if you can and they are from a reliable source then get them. Otherwise I'd go for a couple of the WD blue drives.
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even better if you could afford ssd (solid state drives) realy fast drives and you dont need a massive one to hold your op