Raptor vs Raid 0 vs SATA II

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: sgrinavi

Originally posted by: bob4432

Originally posted by: sgrinavi
OTOH, if I can make more money because It speeds up my tasks then SURE.. it makes sense.. 10% faster on 10% of my tasks gives me a 1% gain in performance; on a $1000 project that's $10.. it will take a substantial amount of time to recoup the delta.

what do you use your machine for? maybe if we knew that we could give you a more focused answer.

Hi and Thanks....

I use it for 3dsMAX modeling & Rendering, AutoCAD, Premier and Photoshop. I play games once in a while, but it is not even close to my top priority -- I use my systems as a tool, I like to tinker and can build a MUCH nicer system than I could ever hope to get from the DELLS of the world.... I do not buy computer parts just for the sake of having them, If I have free time I ride my four wheelers or dust off the harleys...

I have had and been building PCs for many years and understand the cost/benefit ratio of the primary components of the systems. I had a fast scsi drive array (which cost 3x what my entire system cost today) when I was running a 24 system SGI rendering farm and/or streaming video to and from the systems... but, now, I find the 7200 RPM drive do a pretty good job keeping up with my current demands. But rather than sit back and be satisfied with that I just wanted to be certain that I was not missing some aspect of having a new gen super fast drive in my primary system....

Apparantly that is not a good enough reason to ask a question around here....

imho, for what you are doing you probably would not see a large enough difference and if you consider the prices, then for you it probably wouldn't be a benefit. if, on the other hand you could find a deal on one for ~$75-$100 then that would change the equation, obviously.

personally i run 15K scsi hdds but i find deals on them and pay much less than a raptor runs $$$ wise. if you are patient and look around the hot deals you may find the deals you are looking for - for instance, my current machine is running a 15k mas fujitsu and 15k.5 seagate hdd, both drives combined cost me less than $150, the card was $40 and the cable was $15, but it was something i found over time. that is what i would look for if i were you, either a used or sale setup on something like the raptor or even the 15k scsi stuff, it has dropped a lot the last couple of years. good luck