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Raptor or 7,200rpm

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w00t

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Alot of people are saying the raptor drive isnt worth it. than the 7,200rpm drive is only 5 sec slower in loading times. i wouldnt mind 5 sec less loading in cs.

tell me precentages, reason (facts).
 
1. The difference is maybe 3 seconds loading XP. Less in games.

2. You're adding a fair bit of noise to your system by adding the raptor in addition to a secondary larger drive (which is a necessity for most people).

3. You could get an excellent high-end 7200rpm drive for the cost of the Raptor and it would be very close to it in terms of performance, plus it would probably be 250gb or greater in size.
 
4. You can also opt for a 7200 rpm of similar capacity (80GB) and spend the money elsewhere such as a better video card or a better CPU.
 
should prices come down on the 10000rpm drives next year? what potential of market forces would cause them to?
 
It depends on which raptor you are looking at and what you are doing. Anandtech's benchmarks show the 2nd gen raptor with pretty solid performance over 7200 RPM drives in every category. Although it may only be around 4 seconds faster in game loading, it's performance advantage is a lot higher in other areas of office productivity. So it all depends on if you just game or if you have an all-purpose machine. Then again, if you just want the best of the best.. there's just no question then.
 
Originally posted by: TimJ
Originally posted by: w00t
purpose computer: hardcore gaming.
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You want a raptor. If you're just going to be gaming and not downloading tons of stuff then 74GB will last you a long time.
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anyone else think so?
 
1st alienware means rich kid p4 gaming? 1gb ram what kind? radeon x850 pe ( isnt out yet) and a 74gig raptor.
maybe this kid is rich and just baught it just because he is rich? that is what i am thinking when i look.
 
I'm not rich, I'm not a kid, and yes p4 gaming. Ignore all that, look at the last part... the part that is in reference to this thread.
 
A 74 or 80Gb hdd can hold a lot of data, but for the price of the Raptor, i'd go with a 80Gb Seagate like someone said, they're amazingly fast, also you could get a 200GB SATA too, if you want the space.
 
Originally posted by: w00t
1st alienware means rich kid p4 gaming? 1gb ram what kind? radeon x850 pe ( isnt out yet) and a 74gig raptor.
maybe this kid is rich and just baught it just because he is rich? that is what i am thinking when i look.
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Maybe he can travel through time?

 
Originally posted by: TimJ
Originally posted by: w00t
1st alienware means rich kid p4 gaming? 1gb ram what kind? radeon x850 pe ( isnt out yet) and a 74gig raptor.
maybe this kid is rich and just baught it just because he is rich? that is what i am thinking when i look.
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Maybe he can travel through time?
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maybe.....i just ate a hotdog now watching oceans 11 hotdog was good. my friend has an alienware its about 2ft away from me right now i like it but it cost way to much.
 
seagate is tempting if the raptor isnt going to do much. i dont really need space. i use a 40gig right now i am using 8.24gb so i dont use alot of space. i delete stuff i dont use and defrag too.
 
I am getting a raptor in the system i am building. If you have some good hardware you can get XP to load in about 10min.
 
Originally posted by: RichPLS
The 7200rpm Maxline III 16mb cache beats the Raptor 74gig in many benchmarks.
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this is what i want a hd around an 80gig hd that is alot for me. for gaming loads fast. installs fast. downloads fast. i think the raptor would be good for that i am just pretty much asking how much faster will i see a difference. the one thing i heard about the raptor that you can install stuff fast.
 
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Our tests have also shown us that the 10,000RPM Raptor can offer a noticeable, but not dramatic, performance improvement over the current generation 7200RPM 8MB cache drives. While the performance improvement is there, it's not as significant as the synthetic tests would have you believe.
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Originally posted by: LeadFrog
Originally posted by:
Our tests have also shown us that the 10,000RPM Raptor can offer a noticeable, but not dramatic, performance improvement over the current generation 7200RPM 8MB cache drives. While the performance improvement is there, it's not as significant as the synthetic tests would have you believe.
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hmm i made a poll on what hd to get check it out
poll for hd
 
Originally posted by: w00t
Originally posted by: TimJ
Originally posted by: w00t
purpose computer: hardcore gaming.
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You want a raptor. If you're just going to be gaming and not downloading tons of stuff then 74GB will last you a long time.
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anyone else think so?
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I agree... Get a Raptor for your system drive and a big SATA for storage. I have a newer 74GB Raptor and picked up a 300GB SATA Maxtor for a little over $200 a while back.

BTW - don't worry about the noise of a Raptor. I have one and I can't hear it unless it's doing a defrag or virus scan and even then it's not what I'd call noisy.

 
ok so i will go with 1 74gb raptor drive. i guess i heard sata drives make oc less? also the new s939 boards offer sata 3gbs or somthing and i want to use that so what should i get the raptor still?
 
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