Which Hard Drive To Buy?

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:44 pm

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

TheGirter · Post by **TheGirter** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:55 pm

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

b-man1 · Post by **b-man1** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:58 pm

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.

.02

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 6:01 pm

raptors are LOUD also

Greg

Invisible Evil · Post by **Invisible Evil** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:40 am

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!

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:12 am

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.

Post by **TonyH** » Mon May 30, 2005 9:06 am

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.

DaMaN · Post by **DaMaN** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:07 am

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.

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Mon May 30, 2005 10:55 pm

I love my Raptor

Viperoni · Post by **Viperoni** » Tue May 31, 2005 8:52 am

Love my Raptor as well

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Tue May 31, 2005 6:51 pm

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

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Tue May 31, 2005 10:57 pm

they are a fast drive, you will enjoy iy

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