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X2 500GB in RAID0 vs x1 1TB Drive

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matthewk01   09-09-2009 at 11:20:55 AM

Hi
Which would be faster, 2 500GB Drives in RAID0 using the motherboard RAID, or x1 1TB Drive?
thanks

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AGirlsBuild   09-09-2009 at 11:38:19 AM

matthewk01 wrote :

Hi
Which would be faster, 2 500GB Drives in RAID0 using the motherboard RAID, or x1 1TB Drive?
thanks



This would depend on the drives being used along with the M/B and Ect. (Brand & Model? System Info?)

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outlw6669   09-09-2009 at 12:18:43 PM

Go for a single Wd Black 1Tb Drive.
It will give you plenty of speed while saving you cash, electricity, the PITA of dealing with a raid array and will be much more reliable than a pair of drives.

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matthewk01   09-09-2009 at 12:48:01 PM

Thanks for the reply's. It is a Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H running with an Phenom II X3 720 and 4GB DDR2.

I am planning to use the WD Caviar Black for the 500GB drives and for the 1TB Drive either the Caviar Black or Seagate 7200.12 (feel free to comment which is better)
Thanks

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mindless728   09-09-2009 at 02:43:47 PM

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB
i am pretty sure that the F3's are 500GB/platter


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matthewk01   09-20-2009 at 01:54:11 AM

could someone just tell me which would be faster? Reliability is less important

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AGirlsBuild   09-20-2009 at 02:24:28 AM

matthewk01 wrote :

could someone just tell me which would be faster? Reliability is less important


Just get a single 1TB Western Digital Black. Lots of space and no raid to worry about.

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wgmann03   10-01-2009 at 01:45:33 AM

if it's going to be a drive to save data...


Get the 1TB drive.

If you plan on running RAID 0, you have one drive that fails you'll basically lose your ALL of your data. Decrease your failure points. The point of RAID 0 is for fast application retrival and writing. As a back up drive you don't want that, you want reliability. You want to know your stuff WILL be safe.

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