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[Jack]

I currently have 2 500gb hd's in my system. I'm not sure if I can run them in raid since they are different brands and would rather keep them for extra storage anyway. I'm thinking about getting a new drive/s for the OS and games.

I was either going to get 2 of these and run them in raid or 1 of these. Just wanted to know what some people might think would be best.

Edited by Jack, 18 September 2007 - 12:18 AM.

[Cyprus]

If you want the speed go with the raptor. If you want the space, go with the barracuda. But the thing is that the barracudas would have SATA 3.0, where the raptor has 150. I personally don't know if that would make a difference. Supposedly the perpendicular recording tech on the barracuda would make them go just as fast. I'm also not sure if you need to tweak the raptor so it'll be able to work on your mobo. I have the seagate barracuda 320gb, and it works like a charm.

I found a discussion on another forums on Sata I vs Sata II.

:O

What hd do you currently use?

I'm sure some of the guys on the forums will know more than I do. I hope it helps anyways.

EDIT: I forgot about a site called Tom's hardware, you should use it once in a while:

Here are borh of the hds going head to head.

Edited by Cyprus, 18 September 2007 - 12:27 AM.

[medel]

The Raptors are still a little faster. I hate WD, so I'm horribly biased, though. Get the seagates. They'll last longer. (Usually the 500Gig 7200.10s go down below 100. the 400 for >100 is not a very good deal)
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Raptors generally have first access speed that's faster than the 7200.10s, but the 7200.10s have NCQ and some other shininess so non-adjacent data is accessed faster.

Edited by medel, 18 September 2007 - 02:27 AM.

[Jack]

The Raptors are still a little faster. I hate WD, so I'm horribly biased, though. Get the seagates. They'll last longer. (Usually the 500Gig 7200.10s go down below 100. the 400 for >100 is not a very good deal)
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Raptors generally have first access speed that's faster than the 7200.10s, but the 7200.10s have NCQ and some other shininess so non-adjacent data is accessed faster.

Well, the price range I'm looking at either way is 180-220. If you know of a good model in particular, feel free to post a link. I also considered 2 of these.

[medel]

I'm a seagate wh*re ever since a raid5 plus a few others (all WD) died within a year (8 drives total). had 1 maxtor fail (have only had 4 or so total, though) and had 1 seagate fail (out of about 15). I can't really count how many quantum fireballs have died on me, but that's to be expected. THey were also essentially in ovens (ReplayTVs). The replacements for them ahve lasted longer, but still are iffy (Samsung Spinpoints seem to last a while). As I said, though. I'm a seagate wh*re. My desktop has a 500GB 7200.10 and a 320GB 7200.10. I can't vouch for the hitachis. Haven't played with them.