Upgrade from Seagate 7200rpm --> Raptor worthwhile?

i810 Forever · 11-10-03, 04:10 PM

Have had an 80GB Seagate 7200rpm ATA-100 drive since last September. Would popping in a single 34GB 10k Raptor, for use as boot disk + storage for most commonly used items, give a noticable speed boost?

TIA

Sonny · 11-10-03, 05:10 PM

There would definitely be a speed boost using a 10,000RPM drive compared to a 7,200RPM drive. It's also a good idea to have 2 separate drives in a system so you can store your data separately, that way when you reinstall you don’t have to backup to 30 CDRs every time.

Stormer · 11-11-03, 07:28 AM

could just as easily partition a single drive and save the money

deathman20 · 11-11-03, 09:25 AM

Partitioning a drive will incure slowdowns and such. Yes you can just format part of the drive but still a pain when its partitioned. The only reasons I can think of to partition a drive is, OS's (more then 1), Big Drives (120+ partitioned into a movie/music/data drive), or if you working on a project and its going to get big partitioning a drive so you can work on it without everything else on the drive becoming defragged.

You'd notice the speed increase thats for sure expecially if its just a 2mb 80gig you got. Windows will open quicker, programs load quicker, and all that other good stuff will open noticbly quicker on the drive. Besides that a nice shinny 5 year warrenty

tnt2ultra · 11-11-03, 12:54 PM

Raptor owners really love their drives. There was a poll conducted by Ed, and most Raptor users said that they believe they are worth the extra money.

I noticed some improvement when going from 7200 RPM 2 MB cache to 7200 RPM with 8MB cache. So as others have stated, 10K Raptors should give you noticable change.

deathman20 · 11-11-03, 01:01 PM

Like wait I said in may other threads I know I'll be upgrading to a 74gb raptor when it comes out. Since im just using a 60 gig 2mb cache for my main drive its slow after a while loading stuff onto it. Use to be able to boot quick. Now its slowing down to the point where a nice fast drive would help considerably.

My position behind a 10,000RPM drive is that if you got the extra cash (yet 3 times the price of a harddrive of equal size) its nice to have the preformance and also with a 5 year warrenty slapped onto that too.

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i810 Forever Member Join Date: Apr 2002	Upgrade from Seagate 7200rpm --> Raptor worthwhile? Have had an 80GB Seagate 7200rpm ATA-100 drive since last September. Would popping in a single 34GB 10k Raptor, for use as boot disk + storage for most commonly used items, give a noticable speed boost? TIA
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Sonny Senior TIFOSI Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: VARIANTE ASCARI	There would definitely be a speed boost using a 10,000RPM drive compared to a 7,200RPM drive. It's also a good idea to have 2 separate drives in a system so you can store your data separately, that way when you reinstall you don’t have to backup to 30 CDRs every time. __________________ MICHAEL SCHUMACHER '94, '95, '00, '01, '02, '03, '04 FORMULA 1 DRIVER'S WORLD CHAMPION SEVEN WORLD TITLES ASUS Maximus Formula Shi "R" Yan Special HR-05/IFX(2), HR-09 U TYPE 2, HR-09 S TYPE 2 E8500 C0 @ 8X505MHz 1.416V 1:1 TRU120E Shi "R" Yan Special CM2X1024-8500CD5 70nm, Team Xtreem 2X2048 G92 GTS 512MB @ 810 \| 2010 \| 1010 HR-03 GT XFi Titanium PCI-E T260HD G9, G15R2, G25 ST3320620AS, ST3750330AS, ST31500341AS, LiteOn iHAS 424 Y 620HX
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11-11-03, 07:28 AM	#3
Stormer Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada	could just as easily partition a single drive and save the money
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11-11-03, 09:25 AM	#4
deathman20 High Speed Senior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Where the Cheese Heads Live	Partitioning a drive will incure slowdowns and such. Yes you can just format part of the drive but still a pain when its partitioned. The only reasons I can think of to partition a drive is, OS's (more then 1), Big Drives (120+ partitioned into a movie/music/data drive), or if you working on a project and its going to get big partitioning a drive so you can work on it without everything else on the drive becoming defragged. You'd notice the speed increase thats for sure expecially if its just a 2mb 80gig you got. Windows will open quicker, programs load quicker, and all that other good stuff will open noticbly quicker on the drive. Besides that a nice shinny 5 year warrenty __________________ -=The Gamer=- MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) \| i5 2500k @ 4.5Ghz \| 1.3875V \| 28C Idle / 65C Load (LinX) 8Gig G.Skill Ripjaw PC3-12800 9-9-9-24 @ 1600Mhz w/ 1.5V \| TR Ultra eXtreme 120 w/ 2 Fans Sapphire 7950 VaporX 1150/1500 w/ 1.2V/1.5V \| 32C Idle / 64C Load \| 2x 128Gig Crucial M4 SSD's BitFenix Shinobi Window Case \| SilverStone DA750 \| Dell 2405FPW 24" Screen -=The Server=- Synology DS1511+ \| Dual Core 1.8Ghz CPU \| 30C Idle / 38C Load 3 Gig PC2-6400 \| 3x Samsung F4 2TB Raid5 \| 2x Samsung F4 2TB Heat
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11-11-03, 12:54 PM	#5
tnt2ultra Registered Join Date: Nov 2003	Raptor owners really love their drives. There was a poll conducted by Ed, and most Raptor users said that they believe they are worth the extra money. I noticed some improvement when going from 7200 RPM 2 MB cache to 7200 RPM with 8MB cache. So as others have stated, 10K Raptors should give you noticable change.
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11-11-03, 01:01 PM	#6
deathman20 High Speed Senior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Where the Cheese Heads Live	Like wait I said in may other threads I know I'll be upgrading to a 74gb raptor when it comes out. Since im just using a 60 gig 2mb cache for my main drive its slow after a while loading stuff onto it. Use to be able to boot quick. Now its slowing down to the point where a nice fast drive would help considerably. My position behind a 10,000RPM drive is that if you got the extra cash (yet 3 times the price of a harddrive of equal size) its nice to have the preformance and also with a 5 year warrenty slapped onto that too. __________________ -=The Gamer=- MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3) \| i5 2500k @ 4.5Ghz \| 1.3875V \| 28C Idle / 65C Load (LinX) 8Gig G.Skill Ripjaw PC3-12800 9-9-9-24 @ 1600Mhz w/ 1.5V \| TR Ultra eXtreme 120 w/ 2 Fans Sapphire 7950 VaporX 1150/1500 w/ 1.2V/1.5V \| 32C Idle / 64C Load \| 2x 128Gig Crucial M4 SSD's BitFenix Shinobi Window Case \| SilverStone DA750 \| Dell 2405FPW 24" Screen -=The Server=- Synology DS1511+ \| Dual Core 1.8Ghz CPU \| 30C Idle / 38C Load 3 Gig PC2-6400 \| 3x Samsung F4 2TB Raid5 \| 2x Samsung F4 2TB Heat
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