What is the bottleneck when unrar'ing files?

[Kol]

I wasn't sure whether to post this in cpu/hard drive/windows software... but out of interest, what is generally the main factor of speed when unrar'ing files?

Does it depend on the CPU / memory / hard drive or the software? I know each one will have it's own role to play, but which is the main factor?

Cheers,
Mike.

 

[Kol]

Cheers chaps! I scoured google and some people suggested it would be beneficial to use two drives, ie. compressed file on drive 1, extract file to drive 2. Though I imagine the difference would be negligible. The answers you guys have given sound about right.

Thanks/

 

[Kol]

Hmmm, may start doing that then! Cheers.