I've been looking into improving my PC performance, especially since I'm low on HD space and they are slow and loud and RAID doesn't work with them (properly).
I was thinking of picking up two Raptors and putting them in RAID 0.
However, it's been a while since they have been out, and money does not grow on trees.
I know something is coming soon in the hard drive department, but I don't know what, and when.
I read somewhere that next-gen HDDs are on their way to being released, but I can't remember where.
Does anyone know ANYTHING about what is going to replace the Raptor in terms of performance? I don't want to wait, since I only have about 5GB left on my two drives and loading windows takes about 4 minutes. But if I go ahead and pay the hefty price for two raptors (after all, you don't get good Gbyte per $ with raptors at 74GB per drive) and the next thing you know new drives come out with more space, more cache and less expensive I will commit suicide!
so your news and assumptions are greatly appreciated!
thanx!
EDIT: Tah-dah! The new raptors are out! Patience is a virtue!
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28577
edit 2: yes ic opied the wrong link. apologies, it's now fixed
I was thinking of picking up two Raptors and putting them in RAID 0.
However, it's been a while since they have been out, and money does not grow on trees.
I know something is coming soon in the hard drive department, but I don't know what, and when.
I read somewhere that next-gen HDDs are on their way to being released, but I can't remember where.
Does anyone know ANYTHING about what is going to replace the Raptor in terms of performance? I don't want to wait, since I only have about 5GB left on my two drives and loading windows takes about 4 minutes. But if I go ahead and pay the hefty price for two raptors (after all, you don't get good Gbyte per $ with raptors at 74GB per drive) and the next thing you know new drives come out with more space, more cache and less expensive I will commit suicide!
so your news and assumptions are greatly appreciated!
thanx!
EDIT: Tah-dah! The new raptors are out! Patience is a virtue!
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=28577
edit 2: yes ic opied the wrong link. apologies, it's now fixed