I have what I believe to be a pretty simple question, yet I have been unable to find a satisfying answer in the forums or in any reviews on the net.
Early in the new year, I’m going to get myself a brand new pc. I want performance! I’ve decided on a ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard with 2 gigs of RAM and a Athlon 3800+ X2 CPU. But what should I choose for storage? Theres no doubt, that both a Raptor and/or RAID 0 will increace performance. But if I can only afford one of these things, which one is best? Due to my budget and needs, I have given myself 2 options (for the record, I don’t give a damn about data safety, cause I backup quite often).
Either ONE raptor WD740GD 74 GB (later I will get a second HD for storage) OR two modern SATA drives in RAID 0 (Seagate 7200.9 or similar). My questions are:
1) Which configuration will give me the best performance in each of these 4 different scenarios: a) windows startup, b) windows general usage, c) game loading and d) video editing?
2) How much performance will I gain in either configuration (%) compared to a configuration with just one modern SATA drive (Seagate 7200.9 or similar)
3) Which drives should I choose if I decide on the RAID 0 configuration, any recommendations? (Just so you know - I love a silent drive!)
(4) Two Raptor WD740GD 74 GB drives in RAID 0 are not really realistic…, but still, I’m a dreamer (like Ozzy) so tell me; how great would they really be??)
I would be really thankful if someone could give me some good advice…
Link to any reviews of the matter would be nice (read the one on pctats.com)
And merry x-mas to you all – from a very cold, dark and grey Copenhagen, Denmark.
Early in the new year, I’m going to get myself a brand new pc. I want performance! I’ve decided on a ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard with 2 gigs of RAM and a Athlon 3800+ X2 CPU. But what should I choose for storage? Theres no doubt, that both a Raptor and/or RAID 0 will increace performance. But if I can only afford one of these things, which one is best? Due to my budget and needs, I have given myself 2 options (for the record, I don’t give a damn about data safety, cause I backup quite often).
Either ONE raptor WD740GD 74 GB (later I will get a second HD for storage) OR two modern SATA drives in RAID 0 (Seagate 7200.9 or similar). My questions are:
1) Which configuration will give me the best performance in each of these 4 different scenarios: a) windows startup, b) windows general usage, c) game loading and d) video editing?
2) How much performance will I gain in either configuration (%) compared to a configuration with just one modern SATA drive (Seagate 7200.9 or similar)
3) Which drives should I choose if I decide on the RAID 0 configuration, any recommendations? (Just so you know - I love a silent drive!)
(4) Two Raptor WD740GD 74 GB drives in RAID 0 are not really realistic…, but still, I’m a dreamer (like Ozzy) so tell me; how great would they really be??)
I would be really thankful if someone could give me some good advice…
Link to any reviews of the matter would be nice (read the one on pctats.com)
And merry x-mas to you all – from a very cold, dark and grey Copenhagen, Denmark.