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Hatman   08-11-2007 at 11:40:58 AM

Erm, yeh, basically, hows it perform?

 

If I choose to get a 140gb raptor space MAY at some point be an issue, but how does compressing it on the properties section perform?

 

Surely if my comptuer is fast enough I wont notice a difference?

 

Also, is it best to compress just the C drive or the whole computer stuff saved on the C drive.

 

Please only responses from people who are sure they know the answer, no guesses, or "I think"'s.

 

Thanks!

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Zoron   08-11-2007 at 08:23:15 PM
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Hard drives are the biggest bottleneck in your computer... why slow it down even more using compression? Buy a bigger hard drive... 500GB drives are really cheap... probably even cheaper than the Raptor you're considering.

Compression slows down your computer... no matter how fast it is, you WILL notice a difference. This is because compressed files have to be decompressed on the fly in order to be read. I have never liked the option (even back in the DOS days) and big hard drives are just too cheap nowadays for it to be even necessary.

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Hatman   08-11-2007 at 08:29:35 PM
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Yeh a 500gb hard drive is nearly 1/3rd price of a Raptor.

Im not going to go with the Raptor then ill go with the 320gb one. Just a better all around deal :D

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