2 640g blacks on R0, 2 500g blues or 2 640g blues?

[The Wannabe]

Hello there,

Should I get 2 640g black HDDs and run them on R0 or get 2 640g blues and run them on R0?

Most people would say blacks but I got mixed signals from some people that 2 500/640g blues would be better some how..


So I'm stuck between 3 choices>>
2 640g Blacks on R0 + 2 1T greens for storage

Or

2 640g Blues on R0 + 2 1T greens for storage

Or

2 500g Blues on R0 + 2 1T Greens for storage + an extra 2g ram for my system (I only have 2g of ram right now which is working great)


So what do you think is better, 2 640g blacks, 2 500g blues or 2 640g blues??


Thanks.

 

[treefrog07]

You should not use the WD Blacks (or Blue or Green) for any RAID, you should use the WD RE-2, or RE-3, or RE-4 for any RAID. WD changed the settings on it HDDs last year (you can google "tler" if you choose. RAID 0 is risking complete data loss, using WD Black almost ensures it.

 

[The Wannabe]

I know all about TLER, I have already made a DOS USB to turn TLER on so I'm all set regarding the TLER thing..

Now, I need some advice on the 3 options I posted earlier..

Thanks