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10,000rpm or 15,000...., help me chose!

BD231

BD231

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I recently had a chance to use SCSI and I honestly have to say, I'm hooked!. I don't do anything more than play games, download, upload, record cd's, edit audio, browse the web and listen to music with my computer, so I was wondering if there is really that big of a difference between 10,000rpm seek times and 15,000rpm drives to justify spending the extra dough, and dealing with the extra noise+heat for that matter. Any insight would be great.
 
Really, you only need a 10000 IMO, if that - but the noise shouldn't be that much lower than a 15000. Just as a question, y do you want a SCSI drive anyway?
 
i'd say go for what you can afford

check out hypermicro and newegg for pricing

the storagereview site compares almost every drive and compares heat and noise issues

but again it is still a tough choice (i'm looking to go x15lp's 😉)

also check out 2cpu.com hardware / storage for discussions along these same lines

hope these sites help you

storagereview
2cpu storage
hypermicro
newegg
 
Really, you only need a 10000 IMO, if that - but the noise shouldn't be that much lower than a 15000. Just as a question, y do you want a SCSI drive anyway?

I want it because I've tried it 😱, and the SCSI drives were much more responsive than my IDE drive's. It gave Windows a very...., "silky smooth" feel, thats the only way I can describe it.

i'd say go for what you can afford

check out hypermicro and newegg for pricing

the storagereview site compares almost every drive and compares heat and noise issues

but again it is still a tough choice (i'm looking to go x15lp's )

also check out 2cpu.com hardware / storage for discussions along these same lines

hope these sites help you


Thanks for the links Wolfsraider, a 15,000rpm drive looks very tempting. Sure I may not NEED it, but need and want are two different things, and I figure it would be a good investment for a future dream rig, if I ever get to it 😛
 
SCSI is definately superior to IDE in every way. Usually the people that downplay it are the people who cant afford it 🙂

I went all SCSI about 2 years ago and i LOVE it. I do have dual 80GB drives for just general server storage, but in my dev/game machine i use SCSI (but the server also has dual 9.1GB 10K SCSI also for OS/Apps).

Overall the responce time and read/write are just nice with SCSI.

I havent used a 15k drive yet 🙁 I need to pick one up!!
 
I'd go with the 15,000 RPM drives. The WD 120GB SE drive beats out almost all of the scsi drives except the 15,000 RPM Seagate. If I was gonna spend the money to go scsi, then I wouldn't want it to be beaten by an IDE drive.
 
ROFLMAO.

Why is it that people are still preaching WD's "JB" series as "outclassing" the top-end SCSI drives? Maybe in a synthetic benchmark here and there, but sure as hell not in real world performance. Both Quantum (Maxtor) 10K III and Seagate Cheetah X15-36LP destroy any IDE drive in real world performance -- and I've had the chance to demonstrate it for myself on many occasions. Undeniably, IDE provides the best for most users -- incredible storage capacity at a ridiculously low price. But, just as undeniably, today's finest SCSI hard drives are the caviar -- top-end performance for the most demanding applications.

bdog231: You really only have two drives to consider, assuming you want the best SCSI has to offer. Either the 10K III or the elite Cheetah X15-36LP. A considerable price difference between them, and you'd be best to evaluate your performance requirements before dropping the extra dough for the X15-36LP. Having used 10K III's of various capacities in various configurations, I've found them unbeatable from a price/performance standpoint. That said, nothing, and I mean nothing, matches the responsiveness and raw data thoroughput of the X15-36LP's. They're blazing fast and worth every last red cent.
 
I'd ask the question if the scsi 10,000 rpm is fast enough to justify it over a 7200 rpm ide. Thats just me though.

You know, I still don?t understand how someone could say such a thing. A friend of mine recently bought one of the 120gig WD?s with the 8megs of cache, and honestly, it was nowhere near the access time of the Atlas 10k I played with. The only area I can see these drive?s competing with SCSI in is average transfer rate, which so far, has been 40+or minus on every drive I?ve owned/used.


bdog231: You really only have two drives to consider, assuming you want the best SCSI has to offer. Either the 10K III or the elite Cheetah X15-36LP. A considerable price difference between them, and you'd be best to evaluate your performance requirements before dropping the extra dough for the X15-36LP. Having used 10K III's of various capacities in various configurations, I've found them unbeatable from a price/performance standpoint. That said, nothing, and I mean nothing, matches the responsiveness and raw data thoroughput of the X15-36LP's. They're blazing fast and worth every last red cent.

Thanks for the input Pabster. In light of all your info, I took a good look at what I would need/want and I think your right. The Atlas 10k III is an awesome deal at only 166, compared to the cheetah, which is over 250! Seeing as how I?m a highschool student(I?m out in 2 months!) with a small income, I think the 10kIII would be best for me. I?ll save the 15,000+ rpm drives for when I hit the big times and have a ridiculously large income 😀
 
Where are they for 201 apex? Are you speaking of the LP versions?

EDIT:
Just checked price watch, they are around 210 right now. Thats pretty cheap, the difference between the 10k and the 15k is only around 45 bucks when you factor in shiping and all that.
 
They're $201.76 with free shipping and no tax to most states on the anandtech deals forum, on my website, plenty of other places. It's from dell using 2 coupons. Expires today 4/22/02.
 
Hypermicro.com is a great site with fine customer support. Typically, you'll find a price that beats them by $10. at one of the other pricewatch.com vendors, but IMHO you pay for security with hypermicro. Don't forget, they give free shipping if you mention storagereview.com with your order (you may have to phone.).
 
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