Will a raptor make much difference...?

Magic Man

Magic Man

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Looking at building a new machine soon and currently have a Seagate 7200.10 down for the main program/storage side of things.

Don't fancy a raid 0 setup so for potential speed was wondering whether to go for a raptor (150 GB, 16MB cache) this time as a boot/games drive. In particular I'm thinking of Flight Simulator which has constant texture loads and some big files at that.

Would sought of difference would the raptor make?

Cheers!
 
I noticed a difference over an older SATAII drive and have the 150Gb drive, excellent in my opinion. It's also not that noisy at all really and the rest of my system is very quiet.
 
I don't get why some people expect to see huge improvements (booting to windows in seconds etc.) by swapping hard drives and if they don't they get dissapointed. It's more of ignorance. A hard drive can only go this fast.
 
People expect to see the same gains that they get from upgrading to a
7000rpm drive from a 5000rpm drive so i can't see people being ignorant.

3000 extra rpm is a lot in HDD terms.
 
I suspect it might be a little like when the first 7200s came out, they were'nt smokingly better than the 5400s and some even performed just the same, technology like cache, reading and electronics got better and they were convincingly faster not too long after. I've had a few of the later generation 5400 desktop hdds (40gb etc..) and they performed way better than the early 7200s.
 
Seeking time is great 10,000rpm as you prob know however its a loud bugger...

I like both so usually settle for a seagate or samsung.... as I dont mind sacrificing 2,500rpm for silence...

Tbh wish i didnt buy my 150g raptor as i cant stand the noise when im sleeping ;) I am aware you can make them silent but you have to spend around £30 to do so I believe

However it depends whether you like speed or a quiet pc?
 
xirokx said:
Tbh wish i didnt buy my 150g raptor as i cant stand the noise when im sleeping ;) I am aware you can make them silent but you have to spend around £30 to do so I believe
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I made mine silent for free ;)

I used sewing elastic to suspend the drive in a free 5.25" drivebay. I can only hear it now when i put my head in the case right next to it.
 
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xirokx said:
nice one ;)

so using that elastic sewing material which you place over the drive and under the drive its now silent?

is the actual hdd securely in place?
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Yep, i made sure it was tight enough so it can't slide around or anything. I'm just careful not to tip the case forwards or backwards.

All vibrations that normally cause the case to resonate are now absorbed by the elastic. You'll be surprised at how quiet it really is.

Saved myself £60 as i was going to get two HDD enclosures for my two hard drives. Pretty good for a 15min job ;)
 
does my raptor have to be in a free 5.25" drivebay?

can it not be where my floppy drive sits? its just that my free 5.25" drivebay is coming in useful for me to hide all wires ;)
 
xirokx said:
does my raptor have to be in a free 5.25" drivebay?

can it not be where my floppy drive sits? its just that my free 5.25" drivebay is coming in useful for me to hide all wires ;)
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Well it won't fit in a floppy bay with the elastic around it. It needs the room from the 5.25" bay in order to fit properly. I also store my spare cables in those free bays, there's still enough room beneath the suspended drive for the wires to be shoved into.
 
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