Raptor Hard Drive

[Eric1]

So I was thinking of getting one of those Western Digital Raptor hard drives. I have a SATA at 7200 RPM, but I was wondering how much of a difference it would be to have a Raptor at 10,000 RPM?

 

[veg1992]

maybe a couple of seconds in load times... come in handy for video stuff and CAD, raid is cheaper

 

[meat_helmet]

It would probably be cheaper to get another HDD (exactly the same as the one you have) and put them into Raid0. Doing this you would effectively have one 15,000rpm drive.

 

[b1gapl]

^No...Two of his hard drives in RAID 0, is close to that of a 10k rpm drive. IMO, raptors aren't necessary. For only a couple of seconds faster loading time, you'll spend so much more, than just getting another hard drive, or RAIDing them.

 

[veg1992]

^No...Two of his hard drives in RAID 0, is close to that of a 10k rpm drive. IMO, raptors aren't necessary. For only a couple of seconds faster loading time, you'll spend so much more, than just getting another hard drive, or RAIDing them.

yep what i said b4.......

 

[nerdygeek]

So you are better off by doing raid because you are going to end up with the same performance and more space.

 

[b1gapl]

yep what i said b4.......

Just seconding your opinion...

 

[veg1992]

Just seconding your opinion...

ya i know.... i just like making the point when ppl question that i did

 

[veg1992]

nice rig btw b1gapl..... just took the time to click it accidentally

 

[Eric1]

Ok. I actually have 2 SATA hard drives so I guess I will RAID them and see. Thanks for all your speedy replies.