raptor vs raid 0 hitachi sata II

[dk1m]

http://www.cluboverclocker.com/reviews/hard_drives/hitachi/T7K250/index.htm

does this mean the hitachi sata II is quicker than the raptor or are there other factors involved?

 

[keeleysam]

ge tthe hitachi.

 

[FullRoast]

I just skimmed quickly the review you linked, so no flaming arrows, but it looked like the comparison was between a single Raptor drive and two Hitachi SATA II drives in a RAID 0 configuration. The Hitachi's won out in sequential reads and in file copies.

I think a single Raptor is still faster than a single Hitachi drive, and costs a lot more. Here is a review that makes it easier to do a more direct compare with a single Raptor and a single Hitachi SATA II.

The Hitachi is a good drive and a better value than the Raptor. Just depends on what you want (as usual ).

 

[knothead34]

i have to hitachi 80gig sata 2 ncq drives and they are great. definatley cheaper then raptors. mine were 60.00 bucks a piece and computer boots up pretty fast at least i think.

 

[aatf510]

These tests never tell you the whole story,
Raptor high rotational speed gives low seek times which means quicker system responses.
Harddrives in Raid 0 mode always give better sequential reads which means nothing because you would not store extremely large files (e.g. movies) on your boot drive.

 

[Vegito]

so basically it's not enough to lose a single 74 gb on non raided raptor but you rather lose a whole 500 gb on a pair of raid 0 hitachi ?

at least we know drive tech is slowly improving

i can't believe these guys can't unstrip a raid 0 to compare a single to single performance... oh well..