Should i get 2 Raptors (74gb) and RAID 0 them?

[ManBearPig]

Should i?

And is the audigy 2 zs gonna fall lower than 60 bucks within the next 2-3 months/

 

[RiDE]

From what it sounds like I don't think you should.

If you needed it then you would've probably done so by now.

 

[ManBearPig]

If you needed it then you would've probably done so by now.

Eh? What do you mean lol?

 

[awolkoff]

Decreased MTBF and increased risk of lost data not justified by slight (even perceptible?) increase in speed.

 

[ManBearPig]

Then what should i get if not a raptor?

 

[nageov3t]

why bother with the RAID0? just get one drive for the OS and one drive for all your data (MP3's, movies, porn, etc)

 

[BW86]

no dont, its not worth it. save the money and buy a better vid card

 

[ManBearPig]

I dont want a better video card Can anyone reccomend another good HDD (SATA) besides a raptor?

 

[edmundoab]

not worth doing that according to anandtech

 

[nageov3t]

get the raptor. just don't raid them.

or if you want something bigger but slower, go with any of the other Western Digital SATA drives out there.

 

[Bar81]

Get ONE Raptor as a boot drive and then pick up a large capacity SATA drive like the Samsung P80 series. That way you'll have a blazing fast OS/Game/Apps disk and a fast, quiet, reliable drive with a full 3 year warranty for all your MP3s/Data/etc

 

[ManBearPig]

Yeah....i dunno. Any other specific reccomendations (for another HDD beside the raptor, if not Dual raptors)?

 

[Bar81]

Outside of the Raptor you have the 7200rpm SATA class and they all perform in the same ballpark - Seagate 7200.7, Hitachi 7k250, and the Samsung P80 - with the Hitachi having a lead but given that it's IBM HD technology I don't trust it for reliability, the Samsung next, and the Seagate bringing up the rear. Also, the Seagate and the Hitachi have off line scans that are quite annoying and in the case of the Seagate cannot be disabled.

 

[fsstrike]

Get a scusy drive Those are 15k rpm, they will kill raptor.

 

[Bar81]

No

 

[Crassus]

For the OS/Apps/Games, there's the Raptor in it's class and there's the rest ... trailing behind in the next slower class. Since most people don't change HDs as often as other parts of their rig, I'd go with one.
If you don't happen to run a server, RAID 0 won't give you that much of a benefit, unless you boot up Windows XP very often, which does profit from RAID 0, when optimized.

For your data, the money is better spend with a bigger and slower drive (as Bar81 pointed out)
Don't even think about SCSI, its optimized for servers and will be slower in a desktop than a Raptor while costing a lot more.

 

[0roo0roo]

better to raid1 ur data instead

 

[ManBearPig]

Why would so many people get dual raptors and talk about how good they are if they arent? Alot of people have gone from one to two...i dunno...

 

[zodder]

MaximumPC just did a review on the upcoming Maxter Diamond 10. It's a 7200rpm speed drive with 16MB cache. It supposedly blows away even the new Hitachi drives that were the king of the hill. If you're patient, it sounds like this is the drive to get when they come out. It comes close to the Raptor speed, as well.

 

[boomerang]

Don't listen to the naysayers. If you want to do it, and the money is not a problem then go for it! :thumbsup:

It's a great learning experience.

 

[ManBearPig]

^^ Its already out, great HDD, but not as fast as the raptor.

 

[User5]

Originally posted by: Heen05
Why would so many people get dual raptors and talk about how good they are if they arent? Alot of people have gone from one to two...i dunno...

Because before anyone actually tested it, people would just order 2X Raptors and RAID them, and just said it was good, and people did it for a while and belived it was "faster" until finally some tests starting coming out, proving that RAID 0 provides no improvment when it comes to every day performance, and gaming. And its hard to spend so much money by buying a second hard drive, and not admit to a difference.

Just get a good old SATA hdd. Seagates are the quietest, seem to have the least amount of problems and failures, they are very fast, and come with a sweet 5 year warranty!

If you DO want a raptor for those 1-3 extra second load times, just get one.

 

[yankeesfan]

good speed, but not noticable in most things. I am always the fastest map loader though, in games. Not worth it just for that.

 

[zodder]

I have 2 36GB Raptors in raid0 and the performance is nice, but it certainly isn't earth shattering. I'd give up the raid for a single 74GB Raptor for sure. One less point of failure and damn near the same performance.

 

[NegatiZE]

Actually I'm thinking of doing this too. I currently have 1 Raptor 74GB 10KRPM SATA drive and my friend has 2 80gig SATA Seagates @ 7200RPM in RAID0. We both did a SiSandra File System Benchmarks. He gets 68MB/sec and I'm getting 54MB/sec.

OTOH, XP boots up for me with only HALF a swipe of the bar, whereas his takes 2-3 usually. Hmm...