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oymd   03-01-2002 at 03:00:57 PM

now...someone tell me if i'm missing something here??
What was the point of Tom's article on RAID with 2.5' drives in a DESKTOP PC....HELLO.....???????/

I didnt get it at all....why go through the hassle of the installation of 2.5' drives in 3.5' bays...and pay the extra money for them...when all u'll have as an advantage are slower and,yeah, cooler drives...but what's the point...modern drives aint that noisy and dont really get hot...and at 7200rpm...they are much much faster, and with raid they rock...

i guess Tom got lost there....the only advantage of 2.5' drives, IMHO, is their size...to fit in laptops...period...bieng cooler and quieter is a must...since they usually are resting on your thighs....eventhough..after like an hour...u start to feel the heat...
But in DESKTOPS...duh....newer cases can have like as many fans as u like....plus they are much roomier and ventilated than laptops...and 20 or 30 GB drives are a thing of the past now in desktops....

anyone care to explain what was Tom's point??

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Jake75   03-01-2002 at 03:04:12 PM
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no.

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oymd   03-01-2002 at 03:10:41 PM
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lol...is that like ...no i wont explain...or like...i aint got a freakin idea what was Tom talkin about...lol

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jollygrinch   03-01-2002 at 06:43:04 PM
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first off tom didn't write it, Patrick Schmid did. and i think the point of the article was that they can outperform their larger brothers in transfer performance. plus they're quieter. ok, so i actualy just jacked that staight out of the conclusion of the article...did you read it?

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FatBurger   03-01-2002 at 07:43:43 PM
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Try the hard drives section, I started a thread for discussion on this article. You won't get any useful help from the Other section, believe me :tongue:

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camieabz   03-01-2002 at 09:08:48 PM
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Quote :

20 or 30 GB drives are a thing of the past now in desktops....



Not true. I know many users who have 40GB drives and use perhaps only 25% of them. Partitioning is very popular these days, proving that although we have access to large drives, the need to make the drives smaller again still exists.

I run 2 x 40GB drives in a RAID 0 array. I'd rather have 4 x 20GB ones for the little bit exztra performance. In fact, if I could get 2 x 2GB drives running at todays performance levels, I would have them on RAID 0 as my C: for max performance and have some other drive for my data.

Drive sizes are overtaking drive performance levels, and processor speeds for that matter. That's one of the reasons systems still <i>seem</i> slow to some.

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Grizely1   03-01-2002 at 11:06:39 PM
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BOTH!

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Crashman   03-02-2002 at 05:27:01 AM
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Yes, I think he was on crack when he wrote that, since you can get VERY quiet 5400RPM drives from Seagate, with the rubber noise dampener, for much less money, in the 3.5" form factor.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

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Grizely1   03-02-2002 at 05:35:33 AM
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who kenneth?

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Crashman   03-02-2002 at 05:40:50 AM
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That's one of the greatest questions of our time.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

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camieabz   03-02-2002 at 11:41:27 AM
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Another one for the FAQs

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oymd   03-02-2002 at 03:16:17 PM
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i'm glad that someone finally agrees with me.....
it was pointless article IMO...

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Grizely1   03-02-2002 at 07:12:13 PM
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good idea mans put it FAQ!

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