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10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« on: December 28, 2008, 01:40:17 PM »
Just wondering for my future PC build, is it worth it, this is my situation, ive got an older 80GB raptor HDD at 10K, it isn't that much space for a gaming rig, so is it worth it to take my older raptor and use that as the windows hard drive on my new pc build to make it faster, or to spend £150 on a 150GB version of the raptor or is the difference unnoticable and might aswell just go with a cheaper 500GB 7200RPM

(If im using the raptors, i woulda had a 250GB or so media HDD aswell)

EDIT: May I add, what is faster, a 10K or 2 HDD's in RAID 0?
« Last Edit: December 28, 2008, 02:01:51 PM by PhenomenalDesigns »


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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2008, 02:03:16 PM »
well, yes a 10,000 rpm hard drive does have much faster access times and it is better for gaming. I would recommend buying a velociraptor if you can find it in your budget. Or if you want something for serious speed I saw a 32 gb ssd for like $100 somewhere.
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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2008, 02:04:00 PM »
Erm what I would do is sell you old raptor and use the money to buy a higher capacity one (although you will probably end up spending a couple of your own quid chucked in too).


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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2008, 02:05:23 PM »
Erm what I would do is sell you old raptor and use the money to buy a higher capacity one (although you will probably end up spending a couple of your own quid chucked in too).
I could do that, I could sell it to my brother

Although I could always buy another one of these ones (they still make them and sell them) for about £120 and put them on RAID 0, serious speed

Although SDD, whats their avg response times?


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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2008, 04:17:18 PM »
2 7200RPM hard drives in RAID 0 will beat a raptor.

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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2008, 04:29:51 PM »
2 7200RPM hard drives in RAID 0 will beat a raptor.
Ok thats good, im probaly going to buy 2 500GB HDD's and put them in RAID 0

Cheaper, and more space, and faster xD

Just wondering, on this PC i have now, with a 10K 74gb and a 250gb 7200, if I put this one in RAID 0, would it be faster? even if it was, it wont be that much space anyway, since one is a 74gb and one is a 200gb, thats 126gb wasted


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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2008, 04:12:54 PM »
Ok thats good, im probaly going to buy 2 500GB HDD's and put them in RAID 0

Cheaper, and more space, and faster xD

Just wondering, on this PC i have now, with a 10K 74gb and a 250gb 7200, if I put this one in RAID 0, would it be faster? even if it was, it wont be that much space anyway, since one is a 74gb and one is a 200gb, thats 126gb wasted
I don't think you put 2 different hard drives in raid0...

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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2008, 05:10:57 PM »
You can, but it's a waste, the total space available will only be as large as the smallest hard drive.

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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2008, 02:28:55 AM »
I might be 2 identical hard drives, both either going to be 500GB or either both 250GB depending on the price and my budget

I don't think you put 2 different hard drives in raid0...
Yes, its the simpliest form of raid 0

Also if you had 3 HDDs, all identical, and put them in RAID 0, would it be even faster?


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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2008, 08:20:24 AM »
I don't think u can use 3 hdd in raid 0.

Sidenote
Can u run ssd drives in raid

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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2008, 04:03:05 PM »
Instead of the 500GBs, you should get the 2 WD 640GB black edition. They are supposed to be faster than 500GBs.

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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2008, 04:13:10 AM »
Instead of the 500GBs, you should get the 2 WD 640GB black edition. They are supposed to be faster than 500GBs.
Way too expensive, plus 2 500GB in RAID 0 would be faster than 2 640gb black editions

I don't think u can use 3 hdd in raid 0.

Sidenote
Can u run ssd drives in raid
Yep, if your controller supports it, i heard you can run as many HDDs as you want in RAID 0

Although SSDs still way too expensive right now


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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2008, 06:52:19 AM »
hmm 4 ssds in raid 0+1 would be nice

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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #13 on: December 31, 2008, 11:21:43 AM »
hmm 4 ssds in raid 0+1 would be nice
SSDs still cost way too much though

For a decent sized one (250GB) it costs about £550

So for proper space but in SSD (4 of em) that will be approx £2200

Way too much on hard drive space

Although it will be fast :)


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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2008, 03:22:52 PM »
yeh thats a money no option type senario

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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #15 on: December 31, 2008, 04:12:50 PM »
Way too expensive, plus 2 500GB in RAID 0 would be faster than 2 640gb black editions
Well in the US, its only $5-$10 more for a 640GB green edition. I believe that 2 640GBs in RAID0 is faster than 2 500GBs in raid0.

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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #16 on: January 01, 2009, 04:55:21 AM »
Well in the US, its only $5-$10 more for a 640GB green edition. I believe that 2 640GBs in RAID0 is faster than 2 500GBs in raid0.
I found that no UK sites sell the black edition (but green edition?) so that means I have to get it imported from US, which has ridicoulous taxes and shipping charges

It costs about £50 to import something safely from the US, although it costs me a fiver for the same service but to send over there?

Which is very unfortunate :(


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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #17 on: January 01, 2009, 07:41:44 AM »
No it's not a big deal, if you really want to get for gaming purpose, make it raid, dual hdd

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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #18 on: January 01, 2009, 10:21:51 PM »
If you're gonna do RAID 0, just be aware that if either disk fails your data is gone... all of it.
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Re: 10K RPM HDD, Is it worth it?
« Reply #19 on: January 02, 2009, 09:29:18 AM »
If you're gonna do RAID 0, just be aware that if either disk fails your data is gone... all of it.
Yeah i was concerned about that

Although this is for my gaming PC, which I will use for work and design, but I might even buy a third HDD to store important files, or just regulary back it up to a DVD or USB stick or my laptop


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