western digital raptor 10k

robina_80 · 01-24-2006, 10:53 AM

would you guys recommend me getting a 10k raptor hdd there bit pricey tho just for a hard drive is it really worth it

**jancz3rt** · 01-24-2006, 11:37 AM

It's one of the fastest drives out there witjhout a doubt and if speed is what you are after, then it may be the best choice. However, they are overpriced and the speed advantage they have over general 7200K drives is not something that a normal user would make advantage of. Many people use the Raptor for gaming or the OS to minimise loading times. I would rather invest into a nice large HDD with decent specs.

JAN

suprasteve · 01-24-2006, 06:20 PM

I've got one of the maxtor drives with a 16mb cache and it seems to do quite well, haven't benchmarked it against raptors, but empirically it does better than other 7200's

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jancz3rt Moderator - F@H Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Czech Republic Age: 23 Posts: 4,009	Heya It's one of the fastest drives out there witjhout a doubt and if speed is what you are after, then it may be the best choice. However, they are overpriced and the speed advantage they have over general 7200K drives is not something that a normal user would make advantage of. Many people use the Raptor for gaming or the OS to minimise loading times. I would rather invest into a nice large HDD with decent specs. JAN __________________ A64 3700+ @ 2.65Ghz ::: 7300GT @ 600/1500 ::: 2GB RAM @ 440Mhz www.CZ3RT.com ::: FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND ::: F@H Team 44358

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01-24-2006, 06:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
suprasteve Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,355	I've got one of the maxtor drives with a 16mb cache and it seems to do quite well, haven't benchmarked it against raptors, but empirically it does better than other 7200's