Looking for a new Hard Drive

[CurseTheSky]

My 150GB Raptor X is almost full (~20-30GB free, and I have things I need to install). That's just OS, applications, and games; I'm using a WD 640GB for storage.

Is there anything comparable (especially faster) in speed, higher capacity (300+ GB), and still within the $80-125 price range?

Thank you.

Edit: I'd be willing to give up a bit more cash for a good performance upgrade. If there's a good SSD that will easily hold the OS and a few other odds and ends, I could shove just the games and other applications on the Raptor, and still have a third hard drive for media. I do not want to "just get by" with the space on the OS drive though (Vista), as I get lazy from time to time and still temporarily download things to the desktop, etc. Any suggestions?

 

[TemjinGold]

That will depend on how much more cash but the short answer is no.

 

[Blain]

A Raptor X is old school, but still snappy.
The newer VelociRaptors are faster but cost more than you want to spend.

Bottom Line:
Faster than the VelociRaptor for cheaper = No
More capacity but slower than the VelociRaptor for cheaper = Yes

Now if you can help me...
I want to find a car faster than a Viper, better MPG than a Corolla and cheaper than a Cobalt. :thumbsup::laugh:

 

[TemjinGold]

Blain: You'll find just what you are looking for on the shelf next to the OP's new hard drive. 😛

OP: In your price range, the 640 Black you have or the new Seagate 7200.12 series is the best you'll get.

 

[CurseTheSky]

Originally posted by: Blain
A Raptor X is old school, but still snappy.
The newer VelociRaptors are faster but cost more than you want to spend.

Bottom Line:
Faster than the VelociRaptor for cheaper = No
More capacity but slower than the VelociRaptor for cheaper = Yes

Now if you can help me...
I want to find a car faster than a Viper, better MPG than a Corolla and cheaper than a Cobalt. :thumbsup::laugh:

If you're willing to do all the work yourself...

Kit car / custom frame; common, cheap V8 (60's Ford, Chevy LS1, etc.) + mods, and idle downhill... 95% of the time. You didn't say it had to handle or stop better than X, so no need to spend the money on safety...

😛

I wasn't trying to look for the impossible. I had hear rumors that some of the more recent drives (WD 640 Black, Seagate 7200.12, etc.) could compete with the older Raptor series. Do they stack up well, or do they still fall majorly short?

 

[TemjinGold]

While those drives are certainly closing the gap in bandwidth and the like, you were asking about snappiness. That is primarily a function of access time and cheaper drives like that cannot hold a candle to the raptors in that metric (Raptors are like three TIMES quicker.)

 

[Andrew1990]

You could RAID 0 two of the new 500GB 7200.12s. 2 of them should be faster than a Raptor easily.

 

[Blain]

RAID as many as you like...
they'll never have faster access time than a VelociRaptor.

 

[LOUISSSSS]

raid doesn't provide real world (normal desktop usage) performance benefits.

just get the newest raptor you can afford