- Mar 18, 2014
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Hey guys,
N00bie here – I'm looking at setting up a RAID 0 for my new computer build (I will back-up the snot out of it, no worries) but I'm stuck between two WD hard-drives with a $10 price difference ($20 total). I know it's not a lot but now that I got my build together I'm just seeing where I can cut back little by little, it's been adding up to a decent amount so far.
Anyways, the one drive is 3.5" at 7200rpm with 64MB of cache. The other is 2.5" at 7200rpm with 16MB of cache (the cheaper one, surprisingly). What, if any, performance differences will I notice with regard to the platter sizes and the cache sizes? After more than thirty-minutes of digging I only found one off-handed comment on the topic (maybe I need some new vocab. on this stuff) and would like some more info before I dive in.
Thanks!
EDIT: I already have a 512GB SSD I'm throwing in as my primary boot/app drive. The RAID will be all done in software with WD Blacks. Any other RAID hints/tips I should be aware of?
N00bie here – I'm looking at setting up a RAID 0 for my new computer build (I will back-up the snot out of it, no worries) but I'm stuck between two WD hard-drives with a $10 price difference ($20 total). I know it's not a lot but now that I got my build together I'm just seeing where I can cut back little by little, it's been adding up to a decent amount so far.
Anyways, the one drive is 3.5" at 7200rpm with 64MB of cache. The other is 2.5" at 7200rpm with 16MB of cache (the cheaper one, surprisingly). What, if any, performance differences will I notice with regard to the platter sizes and the cache sizes? After more than thirty-minutes of digging I only found one off-handed comment on the topic (maybe I need some new vocab. on this stuff) and would like some more info before I dive in.
Thanks!
EDIT: I already have a 512GB SSD I'm throwing in as my primary boot/app drive. The RAID will be all done in software with WD Blacks. Any other RAID hints/tips I should be aware of?
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