WD Raptor Hard Drive

jordan_ellipsis

jordan_ellipsis

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I was going to buy the Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD Hard Drive - mainly for the 10,000rpm speed.

But i just noticed its a SATA 1.5 Gb/s - should i not really be looking for a 3.0Gb/s drive?

Im hoping to build a pretty high-end system and dont want the hard drive to let me down.

So basically, is 3Gb/s much better than 1.5Gb/s ?
 
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Bobo

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You won't notice a big difference between 1.5Gb/s and 3Gb/s.

Raptors only come in 1.5Gbps.

How high-end is the system? What are the rest of the parts?

I would recommend just getting a SATA 3Gbps 7200rpm drive.

Or if you have the money, you could get a SCSI controller and a 15k drive....
 
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starcab

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A 3.0gb/s drive whould be better if you use your pc for video editing,3d rendering and generally if you deal with large files.
 
Grey410

Grey410

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Get the right cable for the job

Make sure you get a 3gb/sec cable for the drive if you get a 3gb/sec drive. As they will work with a reg 1.5gb cable which is what ships with all mbs. The Raptor is nice as my roommate has one. But I had 2 gbs of ram to his 1gb and my games all loaded WAY faster. I was on an AMD 64 3200, 6800GT, 300gb WD 3gb using 1.5gb cable and he was on Opty 165, 10k rpm Raptor, 7600GT and I ALWAYS smoked him in the load times. Not sure why. Now with my current rig I'm half his load time if not more hehehehe. :D
 
jordan_ellipsis

jordan_ellipsis

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The system is to be used mainly for music editing - maybe some video editing - Pro Tools/Logic etc. Also, id like to be able to use it for moderate gaming.

Im probs getting the Intel core 2 Extreme Processor, the X6800.

As for mobo, im still not sure but theres not much option for the X6800.

Memory-wise, again not 100% sure - maybe the new xms corsair stuff, maybe something cheaper - along the lines of DDR2 800 (or 667 with timings bumped) 2 x 1Gb


I cant be arsed with SCSI i dont think, too much effort and cash.

What is more important for a hard drive - transfer rate or rpm?
 
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Arm_Pit

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I'm not completly updated on HD, but the last few artciles i read would point to better performence with the 10K rpm
 
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SirKenin

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A Raptor should pretty much completely smoke any SATA 2 drives on anything but burst transfers. Even then they will be pretty close. I would definitely take one over a SATA 2 drive of any description.
 
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