Need to add a 2nd Hard Disk to my system, buy SATA II now or wait for Raptor 3?

[Polish3d]

That is if there's a Raptor 3... I would hope so, I have the Raptor 2 (74) now and very happy with it but I need a 2nd drive for all my other stuff.

Any thoughts? Maybe go w/ high quality SATA II drive now and replace Raptor II w/ III when/if it comes out and is as good as I hope

 

[d2arcturus]

Don't bother with SATA II. Just get a WD or Seagate SATA at whatever size you want with 8MB cache.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi...xPrice=&SubCategory=14&Submit=Property

 

[Polish3d]

Well if I remember the newer SATAII drives beat the raptor in some tests, I have to re-read the review to decide, but I don't want to put an older drive in this system.

 

[d2arcturus]

Originally posted by: Frackal
Well if I remember the newer SATAII drives beat the raptor in some tests, I have to re-read the review to decide, but I don't want to put an older drive in this system.

Those test are highly synthetic and SATAII will make no difference in real life.

 

[Polish3d]

Perhaps so, I'll have to check out the real world reviews before deciding. Thanks for the input