[Solved] Comparable HDD to Velociraptor for storage? (non-sytem drive)

I already have an 80gb intel G2 SSD for my system drive -- but due to the space limitations, I've been installing programs on another drive, but that seems to be really hurting my PC's performance, as it relies on that drive for startup things and such.

Here are the 'Disk Speed' results I currently get:

SSD (System drive)
Access Time: 0.08 ms
Cached Speed: 172.69 MB/sec
Max Read Speed: 236.78
Overall Score: 385208.5

WD1500ADFD (Storage Drive #1)
Access Time: 8.49ms
Cached Speed: 218.62 MB/sec
Max Read Speed: 83.49 MB/sec
Overall Score: 1229.1

WD7500AAKS (Storage Drive #2)
Access Time: 10.35 ms
Cached Speed: 246.02 MB/sec
Max Read Speed: 66.70 /sec
Overall Score: 838.7

I'd like to replace both storage drives -- I don't need to replace the storage (combined storage of these drives is 900GB, I could live with 120, would prefer to have 250, any more would be fine, but not required.

I'm thinking about setting up two drives in a RAID0 -- I just need to figure out which 2 drives. I'd love to get two 150GB VelociRaptors, but it's hard to justify it. I haven't been following the non-ssd drives at all, so I'm wondering if there's a comparable (as far as speed goes) HDD to the VelociRaptor, without the extravagant cost?

The new WD RE-4 gb is better but much more expensive.. just get a 300GB Raptor.

Yep, just ordered the f3 (500gb) -- There were on sale for $40 not long ago -- too bad I missed that deal!

The WD1500ADFD is a 150gb raptor, and it's much slower than I would like -- are the stats normal, or is the drive just worn out? (stats are in OP)

"just get a 300GB Raptor"

I knew what product he was referring to at first, but that is what threw me off

So my spinpoint f3 arrived today, and I ran 'disk speed' on it, and this was my result:


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Access Time: 13.13 ms
Cached Speed: 332.81 MB/sec
Max Read Speed: 139.81 /sec
Overall Score: 1254.8

Does this look accurate? I thought access time was supposed to be around 8-9ms?