Which is quicker

DustyMiller · 17 Oct 2007 at 19:39

Which is faster, a generation 2 36Gb Raptor Sata, or a new Seagate 16Mb Cache, 250Gb Sata 2.0

helmutcheese · 17 Oct 2007 at 21:33

The Raptor esp SEEK.

WarBird · 17 Oct 2007 at 21:37

i'd go for the 250 cause.....well it's going to be quiet aswell

Kobrakai · 17 Oct 2007 at 21:42

I’d say the raptor for speed, but I’d rather have more space, especially as drives always end up smaller than advertised anyway.

jbloggs · 17 Oct 2007 at 21:48

The Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - (ST3250410AS) - the latest release, with 1 platter will be faster than a 36GB Raptor (16MB cache) (WD360ADFD) in Average read, but not in seek, so I would recommend you go for the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - far better value ofr money.

Here are 2 x 250GB Seagate Barracudas (ST3250410AS) in RAID0 - see last HDTach graph.

DustyMiller · 17 Oct 2007 at 22:02

Rive got the Seagate 7200.10 250Gb 16Mb-Cache and the 36Gb raptor, just wanted to know whether the raptor was still quicker than most stuff out there.

Kobrakai · 17 Oct 2007 at 22:36

DustyMiller said:
Rive got the Seagate 7200.10 250Gb 16Mb-Cache and the 36Gb raptor, just wanted to know whether the raptor was still quicker than most stuff out there.

Download a program like HD Tech or HD Tune and benchmark them both. Then you will see which one is fastest.