duel hard drives

[antichristhydra]

are duel hard drives any good?

I was thinking about getting a duel 120 GB (60x2) 7200 RPM-Hitachi

but is there any ups or downs to haveing a duel? and is hitachi a good maker?

 

[mdahc]

DUAL HDD's are only beneficial from a performance standpoint if you configure them as RAID 0, and many argue just how much more beneficial. Does your notebook's chipset support RAID? Also, Hitachi's mobile HDD's are just fine (desktop HDD's are another story).

 

[antichristhydra]

Extreme Performance - RAID 0

120GB (60GB x 2) 7200 RPM ATA100 - Hitachi


thats what it says i can also pick from a RAID 1, i have no idea what this RAID is...

 

[mdahc]

"Extreme Performance" is quite an exaggeration. For a laptop, I'd say don't bother because of the cost and because of the power drain on the battery. RAID stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks. RAID 0 (striping) turns two HDD's into one (thus 2x60GB's in RAID 0 = 120GB) with a little better performance whereas RAID 1 (mirroring) mirrors one HDD on the other as a back up in case your primary drive fails.

 

[antichristhydra]

o ok.

Well ill be useing this laptop as a desktop. i jut needed to take it places.

So would i be better off with a duel or a regualr?

Ill be doing alot of gameing and stuff on it if that makes a differance.

EDIT: I can choose from a.....
Regualr HD,
NON-RAID Duel HD
RAID 0 Duel HD
RAID 1 Duel HD

 

[mdahc]

I don't know where you're looking online, but Dual implies two of something whereas Duel is a fight between two people. Anyway, it's really your call. I think you're probably looking at a P4 DTR notebook with an Intel 915P chipset from Alienware, right? Perhaps the Area-51m 7700?

 

[antichristhydra]

yea the area 51m 7700, thats the one im getting idk whta kind of HD i want tho

 

[Childs]

Originally posted by: mdahc
DUAL HDD's are only beneficial from a performance standpoint .....

Originally posted by: mdahc
I don't know where you're looking online, but Dual implies two of something whereas Duel is a fight between two people.

rofl

 

[ShellGuy]

Go with the twin hdd setup in a RAID 0 Array.. and get the most ram you can afford....


Will G.