Which hard drive should I store my OS on?

Marmotta · 26 Feb 2007 at 01:37

At the moment I'm using a 200GB Barracuda 7200.10, which is running fine, but is nearly full, so I was thinking about upgrading to a 750GB 7200.10, but was wondering if it would be an idea to run my OS off a 10k rpm HDD, even though I was suprised to hear that the 7200.10 is in certain situations faster than the WD Raptors.

Thanks

semi-pro waster · 26 Feb 2007 at 10:17

The Raptors have better seek times but for sustained transfers the 7200.10s can be quicker, if you have the cash and don't need much space then a Raptor might be an idea but I'd just buy the 750gb drive and use that although I may just use it as storage to prevent needing a reformat of the existing drive.

naro · 26 Feb 2007 at 10:23

i use Raptor to store my OS and apps and leave it to the better bang for bucks hdd for storage.

750gb hdd is not the best for buck right now. 320gb or 500gb should be good.

Marmotta · 26 Feb 2007 at 10:30

Thanks for the info. Also, which capacity Raptor is the fastest?

Will_3rd · 26 Feb 2007 at 10:34

Marmotta said:
Thanks for the info. Also, which capacity Raptor is the fastest?

AFAIK the 36 and 74 gigabyte flavours as they are single platter drives.

rpstewart · 26 Feb 2007 at 10:35

The 150Gb ones are the fastest but also the most expensive, the 74Gb ones are about the same speed as a 7200.10 and the 36Gb ones are slower still.

Marmotta · 28 Feb 2007 at 00:24

Guess I'll put aside some pennies for the 150GB then, even though my rule of thumb even years ago was never spend more than a pound per GB

555BUK · 28 Feb 2007 at 14:08

My 320GB 7200.10 actually loads Windows quicker than the 74GB raptor it replaced. It is also quieter and consumes less power. I am not going back to Raptors again because the negatives (noise, cost, capacity) far outway the positives (benchmark speed).

Marmotta · 28 Feb 2007 at 16:40

Interesting. Suppose it may not be worth it afterall, then.