Hard Drive Help!

[Beitzel15]

Ok guys, Im building a comp and I cant decide if I shld get 2 hard drives that are 7200rpm or get 1: 150gig hard drive @ 10,000rpm just to put my games on and then a small 250gig @ 7200rpm for everything else...

The downside, the 150gig is $180!! Is it that much faster as to where it'd be worth the extra money or should I stick to 7200rpm hard drives?

thanks

 

[Zorg]

I'm assuming you are talking about the Raptor 150. It is a little long in the tooth. If you really want to see a difference you will have to get the Velociraptor.

I recommend the WD 6400AAKS. It's fast and cheap. The random access times don't match the Raptor, but the differences aren't enough in my opinion.

 

[4745454b]

What would the rest of the setup look like? Fast harddrives decrease load times, thats it. If you have to drop the CPU or GPU, get the slower drives. You might take a couple extra seconds to load a level, but once your there you'll have a much better gaming experience.

 

[Beitzel15]

It is the Velociraptor 150gig.

I have a E8500 3.16ghz that imma over clock, 4 gigs of ram and a GeForce GTX260 Core 216, 896mb video card.

So is it worth it to get the Velociraptor?

This is what Im talking about.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136296

 

[Beitzel15]

If the difference between the 10,000rpm and the 7200rpm is only going to be around 10 seconds faster I wont get it but if we are talking 30-60+ seconds faster.. well thats a different story.

 

[Zorg]

You will see a difference with the Velociraptor, but it's not going to be 30 - 60sec. Compare the categories yourself.

Benchmarks 3.5" Hard Drive Charts

I don't think the 6400AAKS is in there but it is a tad slower than the 7500AAKS. I wouldn't get the 7200.11, because it appears they have a lot of failures. the 7200.11s are fast but I think they are stretched banjo tight.

 

[khelben1979]

I definitely also believe that Western Digital is a better choice then going for that Seagate disk.

Just don't forget to add some cooling to the harddrive for a longer life span.