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10,000 rpm and 7200 rpm hd's

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nitenichiryu1

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i would really like to get a 74gb raptor, but i have a truck load of media and what not to transfer from my old comp to my new comp. would there be a big difference if i had a raptor as my boot drive and then a regular 7200 sata as my secondary? would there be any ill effect? thanks
 
thanks, guys. yea, my friend was just telling me that there would be a big difference, but i think he may have been talking about ide drives that spin at different speeds. only problem now is to earn enough money to get a raptor..
 
So you just want a raptor as a boot drive? Unless you need to reboot 10+ times per day, I don't think shaving off a few seconds on boot times is worth paying up to 4x as much for a hd. Look at the raptor benchmarks on this very site before you buy.
 
But isn't the loading times for programs, games, and other applications, a lot faster than with the raptor as opposed to the typical sata?
 
Originally posted by: nitenichiryu1
But isn't the loading times for programs, games, and other applications, a lot faster than with the raptor as opposed to the typical sata?
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Not really, it's a little better, but hardly worth the $.
I went with a 120GB Seagate 7200.7 drive and I am very happy with it 🙂

If I ever had money to burn however, I would buy a Ratpor just because 😛
..But it's not really "worth it" in my opinion.
 
The way I see it your HD causes the most slowdown as far as bootup and program/game loads. Why not get the fastest you can afford?

I've got a pair of 74GB Raptors in RAID 0 right now but after I build my new system I'm going to split them up so they are the boot drive in my primary system and server. I've got a 300GB SATA drive for storage in the primary system and 4 120GB WD IDE drives in RAID 5 in my server. Yes, I know I'm a data packrat and idiot.
😛 😉
 
hmm yea..i see what you mean..i think i'll go ahead and try the raptor with another drive for storage. i guess the speed of loading from the storage drive shouldnt be too bad with the raptor as a boot drive.
 
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