Looking at hard drives

[EightySix Four]

Is a raptor worth it? Will the raptor be noticably faster compared to my ata133 drives?

 

[Tarrant64]

just get the 74gb raptor. use it for primary drive. it's pretty fast IMO. it's expensive though.

 

[EightySix Four]

So it will be noticeably faster, I'm lookin at a raptor and a 120gb for raw storage...

 

[FlirtyToad]

I am extremely impressed with the 74GB raptors. They are perfect as boot drives.

The 2nd drive in my PC is the new Maxtor DiamondMax 10 SATA 16MB buffer 250GB. This drive is additionally in a removable SATA mobile tray.

I am very pleased with the above combination.

 

[Tarrant64]

Originally posted by: crazySOB297
So it will be noticeably faster, I'm lookin at a raptor and a 120gb for raw storage...

That sounds like a plan. :thumbsup:

 

[Zelmo3]

Even my 36GB Raptor is clearly faster than the 120GB WD Caviar that I now use for storage, and the 74GB Raptors are said to be faster still.
It's worth the money if you have it.

 

[freakflag]

I am currently running two 36gb Raptors in a RAID0 array. I HIGHLY recommend it.

 

[Insomniak]

Raptors offer only a TINY increase in performance. It's not worth the extra money.

Hell, Serial ATA isn't even worth the extra money, though NCQ may change that.

See benchmarks here:

http://www.anandtech.com/stora...howdoc.aspx?i=2073&p=5


There are a couple places where the raptor is useful, but most of the time the difference is only a matter of 2 or 3 seconds - not worth another $100 or so IMO.