Single Raptor vs. two WD SE's in raid0 for game load time?

[pelikan]

I've read a bunch of reviews and benchmarks, but I'm still not clear on this. My main concern is the loading time of games, which is the only area that my single WD SE drive is too slow. I'm trying to determine what would load games faster between two WD SE's in raid0 and a single raptor.
The raid0 could be on a cheap controller card or through the SATA on my mb with adapters.

 

[mechBgon]

Just a guess: if the hard drive (or array) is defragmented, the high sequential transfer rate of the RAID0 will help more than the low seek times of the WD360GD. You really want one of those planes, huh?

 

[pelikan]

My system is super fast and the only thing that bugs me is waiting for games to load. I would like to speed that up. I guess I've just run out of things to tweak.

 

[jdogg707]

Most likely the small platter size and faster rotational speed of the Raptor, including the faster transfer rate allowed by SATA would allow for your games to load faster even versus RAID 0 WD SE Drives. I had a Raid 0 array with a pair of Raptors and the load times were amazing...you should be able to experience the same thing with a single drive.

 

[T9D]

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[borgmang]

Originally posted by: jdogg707
Most likely the small platter size and faster rotational speed of the Raptor, including the faster transfer rate allowed by SATA would allow for your games to load faster even versus RAID 0 WD SE Drives. I had a Raid 0 array with a pair of Raptors and the load times were amazing...you should be able to experience the same thing with a single drive.