SSD vs Velociraptor

beardyweirdy · 28 Jun 2011 at 08:38

Hi
I am thinking of getting new boot drive and it's a choice between
1 SSD 64gb drive or 2 x 80gb Velociraptors in RAID 0.
SSD is around 75 quid and the raptors are 80 for the pair. What do ya reckon?

Cheers
BW

PhillyDee · 28 Jun 2011 at 08:39

SSD all the way. Pretty sure the 80Gb would be a standard raptor, and even the vr are showing their age. What SSD are you looking at?

R088ieS86 · 28 Jun 2011 at 08:42

SSD gets my vote! quieter and quicker!

beardyweirdy · 28 Jun 2011 at 08:47

Hi
Thanks. I was looking at one of these for £75

Kingston 64GB SSDNow V100 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive
BW

PhillyDee · 28 Jun 2011 at 08:52

Sequential read throughput — 64 GB — 250 MB/s read
Sequential write throughput —64 GB – 145 MB/s write

Already faster than the VR. Coupled with the near zero seek times makes everything snappier and appear faster than they are. I have a Corsair Reactor and its far far better than the 300Gb VR I had in there (Bought it new when SSD's were a lot more expensive).