Does buying these two HDD's make sense?

[Boyo]

I am looking at a new build and could use some help on my HDD's. So far I have picked out a WD Black 1TB and a WD VelociRaptor 300GB. I plan on using the VelociRaptor as my main drive. I play games, use Photoshop for editing and Nero 9 for editing large video files. Is the Raptor the way to go? I won't be doing any RAID so that doesn't affect my decision....thanks

 

[ScorcherDarkly]

The raptor is the fastest spindle drive that you can get at the consumer level. To get any faster you'd have to buy a SSD, but you only get about 1/4 the space for the same price, or half the storage for more than twice the price (going off Intel's offerings). The Black 1TB is a very good choice for storage.

 

[Blain]

4 x WD 640GB "Black" drives in a RAID 5 array would offer speed and redundancy for less $$$.

Just something to think about.

 

[Boyo]

The raptor is the fastest spindle drive that you can get at the consumer level. To get any faster you'd have to buy a SSD, but you only get about 1/4 the space for the same price, or half the storage for more than twice the price (going off Intel's offerings). The Black 1TB is a very good choice for storage.

Great, ScorcherDarkly. That really helps me out. Then I am going to go with those 2 HDD's. It sounds like I am heading in the right direction....

 

[Boyo]

4 x WD 640GB "Black" drives in a RAID 5 array would offer speed and redundancy for less $$$.

Just something to think about.

Thanks, Blain, but I am going to avoid any RAID in my rig. Just not my thing.