SATA Hard drive Q

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 8:59 am

Is the 10,000 rpm WD Raptor worth the price compare to 7200 RPM SATA drives ?

36.7gig WD Raptor 10,000 RPM 8MB Cache $131 shipped

120gig WD 7,200 RPM 8MB cache $114 shipped

Honestly, I would never use 120 gigs but I'd probably use more than 36 gigs. I plan to upgrade soon with one of theses drives with an 8RDA3+ and an XP2500+ Barton.

DocSilly · Post by **DocSilly** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 10:57 am

That depends on how much performance you really want from your HDD, which is the current bottleneck of performance.
Maybe you should read the complete review of the WD360GD at Storagereview right here.

WD's drive, however, delivers single-user performance that matches and even exceeds not only 10k RPM SCSI but also that of 15k RPM units. It is the answer to many years of prayers from power-users and enthusiasts worldwide.

p.s. the latest 15K SCSI drives are still faster

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:29 pm

/me wants to RAID0 two of them 10k drives

DocSilly · Post by **DocSilly** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 1:30 pm

Originally posted by DoPeY5007
/me wants to RAID0 two of them 10k drives

What do you do on your PC that could take advantage of RAID-0 and is worth the higher risk of dataloss?
RAID-0 does only help in some situations, if you want to know more check the Storagereview FAQ right here.

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 2:42 pm

Originally posted by DocSilly
What do you do on your PC that could take advantage of RAID-0 and is worth the higher risk of dataloss?
RAID-0 does only help in some situations, if you want to know more check the Storagereview FAQ right here.

well, everything!

a;; my storage isn't on my current RAID0, if a RAID disc dies, it is my OS that just needs a re-install

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 4:06 pm

I can't justify $285 for a 36gig 15k RPM SCSI drive. To top it off, I'd need a SCSI card too. RAID setup is a waste of time for me. I mostly do gaming on my PC.

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 4:26 pm

for me to do the RAID0 with the two WD Drives above, it will only cost the cost of the two drives, the MB I want has a SATA RAID controller....

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 5:56 pm

I raided my 2 Serial seagate 120g 8meg drives on my onboard controler. its ok, I still miss scsi.

I say best case, get the wd 10k as your boot drive then a 120g serial drive as your storage one. that woudl be best of both worlds.

Greg

rogue · Post by **rogue** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 6:35 pm

I got the 2x WD Raptor 10k rpm drives in RAID 0 on my I875p mobo, and let me tell you -its FAST!

DocSilly · Post by **DocSilly** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 7:46 pm

I agree with Greg, the IDE 10K + 120GB for storage is a very good setup.

NascarFool · Post by **NascarFool** » Tue Sep 09, 2003 9:50 pm

For me, a 120gig storage drive would be a total waste of hardware. Currently I have two WD 40 gig drives and still have 40 gigs open. Then again, a 120gig SATA is cheaper than a 36 gig.