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- Mar 27, 2009
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Originally posted by: MichaelD
Originally posted by: pcslookout
Originally posted by: MichaelD
I fondly remember playing around with 3, 18GB, 15K rpm SCSI drives in RAID0 years back. Man, was that a fast setup! :Q Was it worth the money? Hell no. But watching XP load in about 10 seconds is a feat that you just can't put a price on, you know?
I have a 150GB VRaptor for my OS/Games and a big drive for storage; I feel it's the best of both worlds...these days, anyway.
SSDs are too new, too expensive and too unproven at this point for me. For me, they aren't worth the investment at this time.
I would love to see a 15K Raptor. I'd buy one before I'd buy an SSD, knowing the SSD would spank it. I'd be "sure" the Raptor would be running a year from now. Not so sure about that SSD...degrading performance over time, etc.
What was your previous hard drive for your OS/Games before the 150 GB VRaptor?
It was a 320GB Seagate SATA drive (7200.10 model). I can honestly say that the difference is VERY obvious. Every "test" from OS load times to game level load times to file searches, the VRaptor is a fast little drive. That said, I erase Temp Internet Files/Defrag/etc a couple times a week. I keep it clean so it stays fast.
I can say this much: If you put a VRaptor on any decent system (2GHz CPU/1GB RAM) and do a CLEAN install of the OS, it will fly. You just can't beat rotational speed when it comes to "this system feels fast" measurement.
The HD is by far the slowest component in the system. A few milliseconds here or there (faster RAM/faster bus) you won't see. But when you're talking 33% faster rate (7200 vs. 10k rpm) getting the program data into the system to begin with, THAT you will see. Gotta load from scratch to really appreciate it though.
What about a really big Hard drive (1TB) vs 300 GB "Raptor".
If close to 300 GB of data was placed on each drive which would be faster? (ie, the larger 1TB drive has more of its data on the outside of the platter so even if it spins slower the read/write arm is covering more area)