Hard Drive Questions

[liberona]

Hi I am going to be building a gaming computer pretty soon here and I have a question about HD's. I was just wondering if it is worth it to get a velociraptor or SSD to boot and game from or is it just better to get a WD Black Cavier? Is the extra cost worth the performance increase? Will the VR or a SSD give a noticeable increase in performance? Do SSD's have writing problems? I read that over time they get slower is this true?

thank you

 

[liberona]

bump

 

[aevm]

If it's a gaming computer, your priorities should go like this:

1. the best video card you can
2. quality PSU that's powerful enough for that video card.
3. the best CPU you can still afford
4. 4 GB of RAM.
5. HDD

For example WD Black Caviar 640GB + HD 4870 would play games way better than Velociraptor+HD 4830, and both combinations cost about $300. WD Black Caviar 640GB + E8500 is also much better than Velociraptor+E5200, and both combinations cost about $270. You get the idea - the Velociraptor (and SSDs) are nice to have but only if you don't have to cut corners on more important parts.

Assuming you have an excellent budget - a Velociraptor or SSD will not improve your average rates much, but they will often help improve the minimum fps and avoid stuttering. It depends on the game.

 

[MRFS]

Wild Idea Dept: install tons of RAM + RamDisk Plus from www.superspeed.com
and install your game(s) to a ramdisk partition.

P45 chipsets support 16GB of RAM.

RamDisk Plus version 9 can use unmanaged Windows memory with XP x32.

Core i7 memory bandwidth exceeds 25,000 MB/second (25GB/sec)
in triple-channel mode, but this requires DDR3 (more expensive than DDR2).

Wow your friends with superb performance.


MRFS