Harddisk and Graphics card suggestions.

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Hi,

I am about to assemle a new PC and have a tough time trying to decide which
harddrives to get. I plan to get 4 SATA disks and use them in 2 Raid0
arraysor use a Raid0 array as a system disk and a Raid1 array for data.
The mainboard will be Athlon64/Nvidia Nforce4 based.
The ones I am considering now are the Maxtor 200GB DiamondMax 10 (NCQ) or
the WD 160GB Raid Edition.
The specs seem about identical for the two drives, except Maxtor has NCQ and
WD has "been enhanced for RAID operation". The drives cost exactly the same
here in Norway.
I have searched the net, but can't find a review which pits them against
each other.
Any tip is most welcome, perhaps I will be better off getting a Seagate,
Hitachi or
Samsung disk, I am open to all suggestions.

You might need a little bit more info. I will not
use the PC for games, apart from the ones bunled with XP. My main apps are
Photoshop and publishing plus some developement work.
Which graphics card will fit my needs? I was thinking in the lines of an ATI
600XT or Nvidia 6600 based card.
Any thoughts welcome!

Thanks

Best regards

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In article <vBL_d.105214$Vf.4017914@news000.worldonline.dk>, Harald
says...
> Hi,
>
> I am about to assemle a new PC and have a tough time trying to decide which
> harddrives to get. I plan to get 4 SATA disks and use them in 2 Raid0
> arraysor use a Raid0 array as a system disk and a Raid1 array for data.
> The mainboard will be Athlon64/Nvidia Nforce4 based.
> The ones I am considering now are the Maxtor 200GB DiamondMax 10 (NCQ) or
> the WD 160GB Raid Edition.
> The specs seem about identical for the two drives, except Maxtor has NCQ and
> WD has "been enhanced for RAID operation". The drives cost exactly the same
> here in Norway.
> I have searched the net, but can't find a review which pits them against
> each other.
> Any tip is most welcome, perhaps I will be better off getting a Seagate,
> Hitachi or
> Samsung disk, I am open to all suggestions.
>
Western Digital Raptor drives. 10,000 RPM and SATA but the fastest
drives on the market.

--
Conor

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as open to entry as a starlet in a porno. Steve B

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"Duddits" <Duddits@Dreamcatcher.com> wrote in message
news:64ho31p18t1pdkd4d8p1acgjabl77fdhnm@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 02:52:24 +0100, "Harald" <sonjaogharald@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am about to assemle a new PC and have a tough time trying to decide
>>which
>>harddrives to get. I plan to get 4 SATA disks and use them in 2 Raid0
>>arraysor use a Raid0 array as a system disk and a Raid1 array for data.
>>The mainboard will be Athlon64/Nvidia Nforce4 based.
>>The ones I am considering now are the Maxtor 200GB DiamondMax 10 (NCQ) or
>>the WD 160GB Raid Edition.
>>The specs seem about identical for the two drives, except Maxtor has NCQ
>>and
>>WD has "been enhanced for RAID operation". The drives cost exactly the
>>same
>>here in Norway.
>>I have searched the net, but can't find a review which pits them against
>>each other.
>>Any tip is most welcome, perhaps I will be better off getting a Seagate,
>>Hitachi or
>>Samsung disk, I am open to all suggestions.
>>
>>You might need a little bit more info. I will not
>>use the PC for games, apart from the ones bunled with XP. My main apps are
>>Photoshop and publishing plus some developement work.
>>Which graphics card will fit my needs? I was thinking in the lines of an
>>ATI
>>600XT or Nvidia 6600 based card.
>>Any thoughts welcome!
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Best regards
>>
>
> The Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3r00832AS was the #1 rated drive (even
> besting the Raptors) in PC Worlds March 2005 hard drive tests.
>

A recent Toms Hardware review shows that the access time is much higher than
the competition!
http://www20.tomshardware.com/stor [...] te-05.html

The transfer rate is a tiny bit faster than the Raptor, but its not worth
the loss in access speed! The minimal speed on the raptor is 20m/s faster
than the Segate. Im sure thats more knoticeable anyhow. If you want speed,
the Raptor is the deal, If you need storage, then the Segate is the deal.
But for a 300 or a 400gb drive, it sure is nice.