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Which HD setup would you do?

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TheSpy007

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150GB Raptor 10,000 RPM HD

OR

2 320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording Technology) in Raid 0


I currently have a 75GB raptor now. Will i see a performace increase with the slower hds in raid 0?
 
i believe the raid would be faster in benchmarks, but in real world use, the 150gb raptor would probably feel more snappy
 
well, they're both gonna be really fast, but even if the raptor is slightly slower, I'd prefer the 640GB of storage with the raid array.
 
They would have similar performance (raptor will be a little faster) but with 2 of those 320GB seagate you´d have 4 times more space which is worth it.
 
Go seagates. I currently have 2 320GB 7200.10 seagates, and a 74GB Raptor. The seagates actually beat my raptor in every HD-tach benchmark.

My advice, Go seagates, get tons more storage. The raptor will not provide any noticeable improvement outside of maybe some specific benchmarks.
 
A single perp drive should be as fast or faster than a Raptor on sequential reads. A pair in RAID-0 would likely saturate the SATA I bus - you should have SATA II support on your mobo to get the most from a pair of perps. The Raptor might beat the RAID pair in access time dependent tasks.

There is a review of this drive on http://www.elitebastards.com with comparison to a raptor - can't tell whether they are using a SATA II controller on it or not. I'd not consider it a valid review if they weren't.

.bh.
 
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