Upgrade from WD VelociRaptor

Psycho Sonny · 15 Apr 2015 at 18:34

I've got the 300GB 10,000 rpm drive alongside a 30GB SSD which I use as a readyboost drive.

So the whole thing works really well and quite fast. I'm thinking it's about time I get rid of the old raptor before it dies on me. Or should I use it until it does die?

What is the best bang for buck upgrade I could do? Don't want to spend millions, could probably do with a bit more storage.

Would a large 7200rpm drive match my raptor?

Paul11 · 15 Apr 2015 at 18:40

Another SSD ?

.:SAmSuNG:. · 15 Apr 2015 at 18:44

Defo a SSD. Wouldnt want any mechanical drive as boot drive anymore. Even older used SSD's will feel lots faster than you have.

wazza300 · 15 Apr 2015 at 19:03

a crucial mx100 512gb ssd

and sell the velociraptor while its still working

could sell the 30gb ssd aswell idk or keep it

.:SAmSuNG:. · 15 Apr 2015 at 19:58

What is the point of this readyboost ssd? Cus you have a very small amount of system memory?

Psycho Sonny · 15 Apr 2015 at 23:09

.:SAmSuNG:. said:
What is the point of this readyboost ssd? Cus you have a very small amount of system memory?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyBoost

allows any compatible mass storage device to be used as a hard-drive memory cache for the purpose of increasing random read access speed to the hard drive

The core idea of ReadyBoost is that a flash memory (e.g. a USB flash drive or a SSD) have a much faster seek time than a typical magnetic hard disk (less than 1 ms), allowing it to satisfy requests faster than reading files from the hard disk. It also leverages the inherent advantage of two parallel sources from which to read data, whereas Windows 7 enables the use of up to eight flash drives at once, allowing up to nine parallel sources. USB 2.0 flash drives are slower for sequential reads and writes than modern desktop hard drives. Desktop hard drives can sustain anywhere from 2 to 10 times the transfer speed of USB 2.0 flash drives but are equal to or slower than USB 3.0 and Firewire (IEEE 1394) for sequential data. USB 2.0 and faster flash drives have faster random access times: typically around 1 ms, compared to 12 ms for mainstream desktop hard drives.

Basically I have a very large and fast hybrid drive. I have a 330GB Hybrid which comprises of a 300GB 10,000rpm drive and a 30GB SSD.

Whereas the real hybrid drive I have in my PS4 is a 500GB 5400rpm drive with a 8GB flash drive used as a cache.

So you guys reckon a 128GB SSD (OS) and 2-3 TB mechanical for storage then?

.:SAmSuNG:. · 16 Apr 2015 at 19:48

For the price I personally think a 240GB is the minimum I would be looking at with a bigger storage drive as mentioned.