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| ASag wrote : Alright, I dont really know very much about hard drives. Should i get 15000 rpm ones for my games? Sorry I dont know much |
15000 rpms would be great, but they come at a very hefty price, thus most people don't do it.
Hard drives cost around $300 a piece. Then you have get a controller card. Good ones cost around $700, but
you might be able to get by with the $100 ones.
On my personal computer, I have two 300 gig VRaptor drives in raid-0. It's pretty decent, but not as fast as my Intel SSD.
The SSD is still twice as fast as VRaptors in raid.
If VRaptors are out of your price range, then spring for some WD Caviar Blacks or Samsungs F1 or F3.
Two of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152181 would be good for games.
But if you want faster performance, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136319 or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136284 will give better results. I already know
there's gonna be someone that argues against these WD Blacks. I always say........"WD has 5 year Warranty, Samsungs only 3"
These raid class drives http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136313 have been proven to be better
than the VRaptors. The only edge the VRaptor has is the average seek time.
Alright, I dont really know very much about hard drives. Should i get 15000 rpm ones for my games? Sorry I dont know much 
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| ASag wrote : Alright, I dont really know very much about hard drives. Should i get 15000 rpm ones for my games? Sorry I dont know much |
15000 rpms would be great, but they come at a very hefty price, thus most people don't do it.
Hard drives cost around $300 a piece. Then you have get a controller card. Good ones cost around $700, but
you might be able to get by with the $100 ones.
On my personal computer, I have two 300 gig VRaptor drives in raid-0. It's pretty decent, but not as fast as my Intel SSD.
The SSD is still twice as fast as VRaptors in raid.
If VRaptors are out of your price range, then spring for some WD Caviar Blacks or Samsungs F1 or F3.
Two of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152181 would be good for games.
But if you want faster performance, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136319 or
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136284 will give better results. I already know
there's gonna be someone that argues against these WD Blacks. I always say........"WD has 5 year Warranty, Samsungs only 3"
These raid class drives http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136313 have been proven to be better
than the VRaptors. The only edge the VRaptor has is the average seek time.
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