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Ok Guys, I've got my MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum and my AMD 64 3200+ coming.. Now I'm having difficulties deciding what Hard Drive to get myself. Should I get the 36GB Raptor for $120, the 74GB Raptor for $190, or the Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200GB w/16MB Cache for $110? MaximumPC says that the DiamondMax 10 drive with the 16MB of cache is "spitting distance" away from the Raptor in performance. And I really just don't think I can justify the price difference for 1 or 2 MBs or extra transfer per second or .3ms faster access times. But I would like some of your inputs. So please vote accordingly as to what you would do. I only have the money to buy 1 of either of the Raptors, but I might be able to swing two of the Maxtors, just not sure yet. Thanks for your thoughts and input guys and gals.

eGo

Raptors are great, but hard to justify in cost on a home machine.

comes down to your ultimate goal...raptors are for outright performance. use that for your OS and apps drive, then load up with cheap, large drives for storage. i use the 74gb raptor as my primary boot/system drive and USB drives for everything else.

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raptors are LOUD also

Greg

Im running 2 raptors in my rig, and Gregs right they are loud. But they are damn fast, however I know for a fact the diffs b/w the raptor and diammond max isnt great but you do see a diffrence.
If I had it to do over and had the diamond max option Id do that over the raptor.

If you have the money do a 36gb raptor for boot and the diamond max for the secondary storage.
that would kill!

I have a 18 gig SCSI 15K rpm Barracuda that I use for my boot drive, and it's load but fast. I also use large IDE drives for storage such as the Seagate's with their 5 year warranty. Can't comment on a Raptor since I've never used one.

Originally posted by eGoCeNTRoNiX
And I really just don't think I can justify the price difference for 1 or 2 MBs or extra transfer per second or .3ms faster access times.

I think you've answered your question right there, and I have to agree, I couldn't justify it either. The performance of the Maxtor is plenty good enough for what most of us do. Considering that for a few dollars more over the cost of the 74GB Raptor you can have 5 times the storage I would go for the Maxtors.

Originally posted by TonyH
I think you've answered your question right there, and I have to agree, I couldn't justify it either. The performance of the Maxtor is plenty good enough for what most of us do. Considering that for a few dollars more over the cost of the 74GB Raptor you can have 5 times the storage I would go for the Maxtors.

Ditto here I had both flavor of the raptor, although it was nice for my puter penis to say I had the fastest, practically the extra space at a slightly slower speed is a much better value.

I love my Raptor

Love my Raptor as well

Originally posted by DoPeY5007
I love my Raptor

Me Too.. Got the small one. I couldn't find the 300GB drive I wanted for the right price and wasn't patient enough to wait for newegg.. lol..

eGo

they are a fast drive, you will enjoy iy