wd raptors question

[phillyman36]

Hey itsofficial im jumping ship from Intel to Amd (Dual core) in a couple of months im going to upgrade my current computer. I have 1 question what do the wd raptors (10,000 rpm) have over other drives ie sata or sata2. None of the AMD mobo support the NCQ so thats not an option. Please tell me other than loading up faster when i turn the computer on what does it do? I do some video encoding but mostly dvd ripping and burning and am learning photoshop. How much of a difference is it between sata2 and the wd raptors? Thanks for any info

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: phillyman36
Hey itsofficial im jumping ship from Intel to Amd (Dual core) in a couple of months im going to upgrade my current computer. I have 1 question what do the wd raptors (10,000 rpm) have over other drives ie sata or sata2. None of the AMD mobo support the NCQ so thats not an option. Please tell me other than loading up faster when i turn the computer on what does it do? I do some video encoding but mostly dvd ripping and burning and am learning photoshop. How much of a difference is it between sata2 and the wd raptors? Thanks for any info

A Raptor is great as an OS and programs drive, because the fast access time tends to make the system "snappier." If you want a Raptor at all, get just one and then buy a very large 7200rpm drive (or three) for your data storage needs.

 

[imported_Phil]

Have a read of this Anandtech article, which should explain things.

 

[imported_rod]

Hey, dont all SATA2 mobo's have NCQ? If so, the A8N's from ASUS have SATA2.

RoD

 

[edmundoab]

the raptor works great as a primary drive.
i got a maxtor diamond max 10 300GB to use as a storage and backup HDD.

 

[SVT Cobra]

All Nforce 4 AMD mobo's have NCQ support and SATA 2 support...

If you can wait i would go for your storage drives now, then when the WD 16mb cache SATA 2 raptor comes out buy it then...

 

[Vegito]

I been using scsi for all my pc up till now, only because raid adapter are so fricken expensive.. I move all my scsi into my old xeon server, 2 raid adapter & 12 drives and now using 74gb raptor in desktop and I can't tell the difference between the two..

its fast enough but if you want faster, consider that gigabyte ram drive 🙂

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: forcesho
I been using scsi for all my pc up till now, only because raid adapter are so fricken expensive.. I move all my scsi into my old xeon server, 2 raid adapter & 12 drives and now using 74gb raptor in desktop and I can't tell the difference between the two..

its fast enough but if you want faster, consider that gigabyte ram drive 🙂

yeah if you can fit windows on it😕...but that is a great way to put to use all that extra old memory lying around :thumbsup:

 

[ProviaFan]

Originally posted by: Son of a N00b
yeah if you can fit windows on it😕...but that is a great way to put to use all that extra old memory lying around :thumbsup:

<-- is envious of anyone who has plenty of "extra old memory lying around" that happens to be at least PC2700 spec DDR :Q