So i've been reading around and...

[sodaman420]

Well, I've been reading numerous reviews and benchmarks graphs etc., and it appears that what I planned on doing (gaming, mainly) wouldn't be very benefited by RAID 0. Although it would be a slight performance increase, it wouldn't be worth the cost.
So, I am curious, what is the next best thing? Is it possible to buy a 36 GB WD drive (the 10k rpm one) and use that to boot and other things, while putting my pictures and other stuff on a seperate, slower drive?
Insight and ideas are quite welcome.
Thanks,
-Tony

 

[sodaman420]

haha
e-penises...
yeah, im just wondering if it's only like a millisecond difference or something or NOTICEABLE amount of time. because if it's not too noticeable then it's no big deal. here i am thinking it'll be like 'OMG I JUST CLICKED PLAY AND IT LOADED IN .2 SECONDS!'
:-/

So is WD still a good brand for that? or do we all have different HDD allegiances?
-Tony

 

[hubbardt]

If you want as really quick drive I would recommend the Raptor.
It loads the O/S and game levels noticably faster ...

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[chuckshissle]

The raid is not really that great when it comes to cost. So what if others can boot their pc in 10 seconds, they still end up getting slaughtered in BF2. I have a 74Gb WD Raptor 10,000rpm its good enough for me. I'm gonna get a cheap hd for storage.

 

[sodaman420]

yeah im not really sure.
those raptors are nice but 300 bucks for one seems a little much. i think i can be patient lol.
i'll probably end up with like a 250 gig 7200 rpm one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822144701
that drive, most likely

has good ratings, good price, 16 MB cache
i'll be okay. i mean i only use like 60 ish gigs now so that'll be more than enough space and should be decently fast.

 

[sodaman420]

heh-heh, yeah.
it's already up there (7800 gtx) but maybe ill just save some money and spend it somewhere else

 

[Sekeru]

hey get this.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144424. Great performance just a little less than the raptor and also lots of space

 

[Sekeru]

sorry this should work

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144424

 

[Sekeru]

you wont be disapointed with it and the 5 year warrenty dosnt hurt either.

 

[sodaman420]

Lol i'm not sure i need 400 gigs, though.
250 should do >.>

 

[Sekeru]

ok i just suggested because i hear it was one the best 7200rpm drives out there currently

 

[Sekeru]

and maybe i was just thinking of what i would need because i download a lot "my cousin could proberbly use about 100 TERs"lol he downs a lot

 

[sodaman420]

ah i see.
thanks for the help tho =)

 

[Sekeru]

ok your welcome if you want to go with the one you thought of then go for it because i heard it perfoms good also