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adreen   06-11-2009 at 09:29:22 PM

Here's the breakdown...
I'm an average computer user, but I'm building a pretty powerful desktop. I mainly use it for multimedia/surfing/moderate gaming (that will change when SC2/D3 come out).
This is what it looks like :
i7 920 /w TRUE hsf
EVGA GTX 295
Gigabyte UD4P x58
Corsair Dominator 1600mhz 8-8-8-24 6gb tri channel
Antec CP-850w
Antec P183

 

I currently have a Samsung Spinpoint F1 640gb, but I wanted my HD to match the power of my desktop as a whole. Will I see improvements if I go with a Raptor or go RAID 0?

 

If I went Raid 0 I would be going with 2xWD Caviar Black 640gb drives (roughly $70 per HD) : http://www.ncix.com/products/index [...] omoid=1025

 

or a WD VRaptor ($250) http://www.ncix.com/products/index [...] omoid=1025 and have the Samsung Spinpoint as media storage, while raptor runs OS/programs.

 

Or should I look at SSD?
Kingston 64gb SSD for $135? http://www.ncix.com/products/index [...] omoid=1025


Message edited by adreen on 06-11-2009 at 09:34:11 PM
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Pointertovoid   06-13-2009 at 05:33:15 PM
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Beware Ssd! Some are pretty quick, but so many are hugely slower than an Hdd! So don't buy any Ssd hoping its name will make it fast.

Your choice over Velociraptor might primarily depend on if you accept their noise. Do you have an opportunity to hear one? And if you really accept noise, consider a 15000/min Scsi disk with an added host.

Raid-0 is very efficient on big files, for instance to display quickly a directory of .raw pictures. For an OS, it is sometimes good, sometimes useless.

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Xp home will use 1 of your cores, Xp Pro 2 of them. Hope you have the right OS for your quad-core.

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8-8-8-24 @1600MHz can be improved.

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