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Which would be better as a boot drive on a new i7/920 setup..

2 Seagate Barracuda 7200,12 ST3500418AS drives in a RAID 0 setup (motherboard controller)

(more space, only ~$100, seagate's been iffy lately)

OR

a single Western Digital Velciraptor WD3000HLFS 10RPM drive
(less space, but faster RPM's)

OR

Your suggestions welcome..

???

I would love to have a OCZ Z-Drive, but it's too much $$$

Thanks!

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The Velociraptor will be faster as a boot drive, the 7200.12s will be faster for file transfers and things like that.

Or maybe two of these..

Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" ??

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The Velociraptor will be faster as a boot drive, the 7200.12s will be faster for file transfers and things like that.

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