Which fast drive setup for Gaming Rig (£150)

dlknight

dlknight

dlknight

Associate
Joined
5 Jan 2007
Posts
1,667
Location
Smallbrook
Currently have 2x 250GB drives in RAID 0 that are pretty slow:

# Western Digital - WDC WD2500JD-75HBB0 (Caviar SE)
# Seagate - ST3250620AS (Barracuda 7200.10)

Up until 2 weeks ago I had 2x Fujitsu MAX3073RC SAS drives in Raid 0 on a Dell Perc 5/i which has made way for my new ATI Radeon 5850 (had to go as it was using up an 8x PCIE lane on my motherboard which was needed for the Radeon).

The SAS was much faster than the current setup so I'm looking for something that will get the system back to the previous performance levels.

Maximum budget is about £150.

So far I'm considering the following:

  • 2x Samsung 250GB F1 in Raid 0
  • 2x Samsung 500GB F3 in Raid 0
  • Intel X25-V for OS and use existing Raid 0 for apps/games
  • Kingston V+ 64GB for OS and use existing Raid 0 for apps/games
  • Corsair Reactor/Nova 60/64GB for OS and use existing Raid 0 for apps/games
  • OCZ Vertex 30GB for OS and use existing Raid 0 for apps/games

Basically I am missing the instant response of the SAS drives :)

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13612146&highlight=dlknight#post13612146
 
Last edited:
*BUMP* anyone?

I'm guessing the following are my best options going on other threads I have read?

  • 2x Samsung 500GB F3 in Raid 0
  • Kingston V+ 64GB for OS
  • Corsair Nova 64GB for OS

Cheers
 
Thanks Chandler, I've also seen some good things written about the Patriot Torx 64GB.... Its the £200 price of the Intel thats putting me off but those 4KB writes look fantastic...
 
If you buy one you wont regret it... I was on the fence about it but bought one anyway.. and I'm gobsmacked by the performance.

Only thing is... the space is limited for what you want to do with it..
 
SSD Speed

Go with SSD for OS, but as Chandler said, space gonna be limited. You are used to 150mb + transfer rates, so the SSD will not blow you away, but should get you back to your accepted norm that the SAS gave you.
 
Thanks for the advice guys :)

Looks like a plan, maybe if we ask nicely OCUK might do an offer on an 1x SSD plus 2x SATA drives for RAID 0 in next weeks "This week only" offer????
 
Well I went for the Intel X25-M 80GB in the end, have just got the OS installed on it at the moment, will probably leave the Steam directory on my mechanical RAID-0.

Its sooooo much faster than the RAID-0 well chuffed :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom