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Hey this might be old to some but I'm new at this.

I'm deciding what to do about storage problems:
1. Do I go with a Raptor 74gb & a 750gb hard drive which will ruffly cost R3900
or
2. Do I go with 2x250gb drives in raid 0 & a 750gb hard drive which will also cost ~R3900

Now I am going for speed this is my first point that I am going after 2nd is, is it realy worth it to go for 2x250gb's I can just aswell go for 2x160gb am I right or is the bigger hdd's faster with newer tech.
I see there's a seagate 250gb with 32mb cache can anyone direct me to a site with its performance comparison to other 250gb's hdd's.
Then will 74gb Raptor be enough storage for OS & games should I perhaps go for the 150gb raptor.

Okay or if you have something else in mind I'm intrested in the best performance possible & the most amount of storage, I have a R4500 budget Please advise.

Thank you for your comments or advise me to a similar thread.
 
I'd go for your second option with the 2x 250's in raid 0 with the 750. Get some good SATA 2 ones with 16mb cache.

I use a 74G Raptor for Windows and a few games. The raptors only really shine when used in raid 0 and they are not great if you consider the price vs storage so I would not recommend it.

Games on the raptor do load faster(easily noticible at LAN's) but I wouldnt bother paying a fortune for one again. For the same price you can almost get a 750GB drive.
 
Holy crap thats cheap!! Thought they were still in R1500 - R1700 bracket!

*have to have*must resist*arggggggg*
 
jsxza said:
Holy crap thats cheap!! Thought they were still in R1500 - R1700 bracket!

*have to have*must resist*arggggggg*
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haha sorry, you are almost right, still a great price here. R950 was for the 500Gb :P.

I'm interested in the 320Gb myself, R550. :eek:
 
haha np, R 1 400 for the 750 is still quite cheap.

At the moment I have 1x 74gb raptor and 2x 120gb IDE's.. its time to get rid of the ide's. Now I just need to work on getting some money :cool:
 
as a raptor and user who has raid 0 raptors

i tested one raptor vs raid 0 with 2 7200rpm drive

go for one raptor

raptors are slightly slower when copying files, but its not slow by much

go for the raptor, its better in terms of speed of the system due to its low seek time

if you can though go for raptor raid 0, it does not get better than that


Finally, we have a new high-performance enthusiast hard drive that is capable of beating its competition in the blink of an eye. Of course it's the high rotation speed of 10,000 RPM that lets the Raptor perform noticeably better than any 7,200 RPM drive in everyday uses. This applies to both access time and data transfer performance, and it helps to further reduce the annoying little delays inherent in everyday PC operation.

The Raptor-X's performance is even good enough to beat a RAID 0 array consisting of two modern 7,200 RPM drives, except in terms of pure throughput, of course. In addition, it is nicer having only one drive to install, and the data safety of a single drive is better anyway. Speaking of safety, we should refer to the five year warranty, which should give you a good feeling.

So is the Raptor-X the perfect show stopper for the competition? Yes, it is, but not only because it's better than its rivals in the enthusiast market space. Generally we would always recommend the fastest drive available as a system drive, although we believe that $350 is a bit over the top. (The fact that you will save $50 by simply doing without the clear cover should be also taken into account.)

The reason why the Raptor-X actually is unrivaled is the total lack of competition in this high performance desktop space. Seagate may have some potential due to the recent acquisition of Maxtor, but the current Barracuda 7200.8 and 7200.9, as well as the Maxtor portfolio, simply aren't good enough for users with the highest performance ambitions. That's especially the case since the new Raptor is considerably faster than its predecessors. It's time for Hitachi, Maxtor/Seagate and Samsung to get moving.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/02/06/wd1500ad_raptor_xtends_performance_lead/page14.html

the raptor 80 gig drives are just as good
 
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RAID 0 is just going to double your chances of losing your data if you dont have backups :)

and chances are you going to be using onboard RAID on your motherboard which is going to eat utilize your processor and you will take quite a knock there..
 
i got a raptor 150 in my pc as my primary boot drive, but only because it was free (i wouldnt pay that much for 150gb)

thing is really fast..multitasking and opening applicatiosn etc really do benefit.

i got burnt with raid0 when using 2 x 20gb seagate deathstar drives back when that setup with a promise fasttrak was the dogs dangly bits, but i really dont think i would ever got hat route again.
 
yip thats what worries me to grav

would rather have 3 or 4 160 gig hdd's then one 750

wow imagine all that data lost
 
Damn still not an direct answer but this helps guys thx.

At this stage it looks like Rator 150gb with the 750gb is the best so dont stop with the input, I think I'll leave this here for a day or two then I'll make a decision.

Thx. give me more inputs please
 
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strader, if you have the cash for a 150 gig raptor and a 750 gig hdd

do it man

you want an answer, go for the raptor
if you can afford to spend a little more cash get 2 x 80 gig raptors and put them in raid 0 with your 750 gig hdd

if not go with the 150 gig raptor, although the 150 gig is an overkill considering you should only use a raptor for windows games and programs

if you do graphics design and what not, store your files and work within the raptor for the speed but make backups to your 750 gig hdd
 
lol these days 80GB ain't much but its 10,000RPM so, IMO I would get it or 2 :D
 
Thx killadoob thats what I'm looking for, personally I also think thats the best configuration I just started this to see what people that knows more than me or had past experiences has to say.

Its a shame the 80gig Raptors is so expensive otherwise I whould have gone with 2 of those maybe I should buy one now & save some up to buy another later what do you think about that guys ?
 
Decided to get 2x 160gb seagate sataII drives today, set them up in raid0 with vista 32bit. Quite a big gain in performance!
 
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