Best price/performance drive(s) under $100?

Firestrider · 10-04-08, 05:12 AM

Ideally probably two drives in raid 0, unless there's a better single drive for performance.

The drive(s) must have:

- Minimum capacity 250 GB
- SATA interface

My RAID controller is from Nvidia, since this will probably have impact on performance. Anyone know how it stacks up vs. AMD and Intel RAID controllers?

I was looking either two Samsung Spinport F1 16MB cache 320GB or two Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 16MB cache 250GB, which would be better?

Douken · 10-05-08, 08:56 PM

I would recommend 2 7200.11

Shiggity · 10-05-08, 09:06 PM

my vote is 2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136218

tuskenraider · 10-05-08, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Shiggity

my vote is 2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136218

Seconded.

Alastayr · 10-09-08, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shiggity

my vote is 2x http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136218

Thirded.

borito4 · 10-09-08, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Alastayr

Thirded.

Definantly 4th'ed

deathman20 · 10-09-08, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by borito4

Definantly 4th'ed

5th'ed

Got one of these for my external backup drives and... wow the drive is an amazing one. I got 2x 320's in my rig raided but the 640 surely helps out on backups, yeilding nearly a 90MB/s transfer rate for me for over 450GIG file backup transfers.

BranNutz · 10-09-08, 03:42 PM

I have seen the 300GB Velociraptor's on ebay as low as $180 lately, and the 150GB as low as $125. You can't beat the performance of these drives as single drives not to mention in a raid setup. I have 2 150GB Velociraptors with the onboards NVraid and they are amazing. The NVraid wont choke unless I add a 3rd drive then it will cap me on bandwith. I have a 1TB WD Caviar Black for storage and backups and that drive is really fast too with it's 32mb buffer, but it can't touch the raptors. Check this thread for some ideas on how different drives perform in raid0.
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=579737

deathman20 · 10-09-08, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by BranNutz

I have seen the 300GB Velociraptor's on ebay as low as $180 lately, and the 150GB as low as $125. You can't beat the performance of these drives as single drives not to mention in a raid setup. I have 2 150GB Velociraptors with the onboards NVraid and they are amazing. The NVraid wont choke unless I add a 3rd drive then it will cap me on bandwith. I have a 1TB WD Caviar Black for storage and backups and that drive is really fast too with it's 32mb buffer, but it can't touch the raptors. Check this thread for some ideas on how different drives perform in raid0.
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=579737

Only 1 issue.... for $50 more you get faster seek times vs... 490GB more, and faster MB/s on read/writes and $50 cheaper. Don't know if I'd want to trade that off. Expecially how big programs are getting these days I could fill up a 150Gig easily, 300Gig wouldn't be too far behind.

xtkxhom3r · 10-09-08, 05:45 PM

if you want to wait till monday ill have 2x640's in raid 0...so i can show you some benchmarks but iv seen several posts where 2 640's do about 150-170mb/s

ou_phidelt · 10-09-08, 07:10 PM

I have to throw another vote on the 640's. You just can't beat them for the size, price, and, performance you get for the money spent.

MadMan007 · 10-09-08, 08:52 PM

Given the drives he mentioned in the first post it's possible he was looking at <$100 total for two drives and not <$100 each like all the suggestions. Need the OP to post again and tell us.

Firestrider · 10-09-08, 09:28 PM

Ya, I was looking for the best drive configuration for under $100 total, but if those WD 640GB drives are that good then I will spend more if its really worth the money.

xtkxhom3r · 10-09-08, 10:48 PM

well its only about 50 bucks more i say DO IT!!!

vixro · 10-11-08, 01:21 PM

I just bought two 640 aaks's. Thank you thread.

This moves my 750GB transfer drive to be relabeled as my storage drive.
1 150GB Raptor is my main OS drive, games and programs.
1 750GB drive will now be flac/mp3 and ripped ISO's of my games so I don't have to always put a DVD/CD in when I want to play. Plus other random storage. This drive also contains all VSTi's I use for music production, which is VERY space heavy (200-300GB)
1 200GB drive is important data storage. Great drive, had it for a while. Now I can make a redundant copy on the 750GB just in case.

the 2x640's will now become my project drive. heavy rar extraction, data movement, rip CD's/DVD's + encoding, compress and render files from music production. Everything on this drive only stays for a little while. Eventually becoming either transferred to the OS drive or one of the backup drives.

I am finally happy.

(Could be the fact that I had been waiting to buy these for a while and I also got a Maxiumus II in the process so that I can max out my OC, that's making me happy too. hehehe)

Murdochs_mad · 10-11-08, 02:44 PM

About a week ago bought a samsung F1 (1TB) and am getting about 108MB/sec read and 100 MB/sec write (according to ATTO Disk Benchmark), using an Adaptec 1210sa (reflashed back to a sil3112) in the server listed in my sig.

10-04-08, 05:12 AM	Thread Starter #1
Firestrider Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Orlando, FL	Best price/performance drive(s) under $100? Ideally probably two drives in raid 0, unless there's a better single drive for performance. The drive(s) must have: - Minimum capacity 250 GB - SATA interface My RAID controller is from Nvidia, since this will probably have impact on performance. Anyone know how it stacks up vs. AMD and Intel RAID controllers? I was looking either two Samsung Spinport F1 16MB cache 320GB or two Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 16MB cache 250GB, which would be better? __________________ Processor - Intel Core i7 860 Motherboard - Intel DP55WB Video - AMD Radeon HD 5750 Memory - 4x 4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 Storage - Intel X25-V, Samsung HD103SJ Optical - Samsung SH-S203B Power - Corsair CX400 Speakers - Polk Monitor 40/60, BIC F12 Audio - ASUS Xonar DG, Denon AVR 391 Network - Intel 82578DC, Linksys WRT400N Case - Corsair Carbide 300R Cooling - Corsair H100 Operating System - Windows 7 x64 Display - Dell E248WFP, Samsung LN46C630 Keyboard/Mouse - Dell Bluetooth Wireless Misc - Apple TV 2, Apple iPad 2, Apple iPhone 4S
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10-05-08, 09:06 PM	#3
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10-09-08, 03:42 PM	#8
BranNutz Member Join Date: Sep 2008	I have seen the 300GB Velociraptor's on ebay as low as $180 lately, and the 150GB as low as $125. You can't beat the performance of these drives as single drives not to mention in a raid setup. I have 2 150GB Velociraptors with the onboards NVraid and they are amazing. The NVraid wont choke unless I add a 3rd drive then it will cap me on bandwith. I have a 1TB WD Caviar Black for storage and backups and that drive is really fast too with it's 32mb buffer, but it can't touch the raptors. Check this thread for some ideas on how different drives perform in raid0. http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=579737 __________________ (The Beast) Intel E8600 @ 4.5Ghz (500x9) EVGA 790i FTW Mobo @ 2000 FSB 2x2GB Mushkin DDR3 1600Mhz @ 2000Mhz 9-9-9-26 BFG GTX260 Maxcore OCX @ 729/1448/1200 2x150GB WD Velociraptors in Raid0 1TB WD Caviar Black Zalman 9700nt Coolermaster 1000w PSU Coolermaster Cosmos S 1100 Full Tower
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10-09-08, 05:45 PM	#10
xtkxhom3r Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Antonio,TX	if you want to wait till monday ill have 2x640's in raid 0...so i can show you some benchmarks but iv seen several posts where 2 640's do about 150-170mb/s __________________ [Xeon 3520 (I7 920 D0) - 4.5GHZ \| Swiftech GTZ- MCR 120.3 - 6 Fans] [Rampage Extreme 2 \| 3x2 GB Corsair 1600 ram @ 1800 7-7-7-20] [x2 XFX 4890's \| x2 MCW60's\| MCR120.3 - 3 Fans \| X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty] [x2 OCZ Vertex raid 0 \| x3 WD 2TB \| Coarsair 1000HX \| 55" LED Samsung] [Lian Li V2000 \| Logitech diNovo Edge \| Logitech G7 \| Scythe Kaze Master] Laptop Service Manuals
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10-09-08, 07:10 PM	#11
ou_phidelt Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Rockingham, NC	I have to throw another vote on the 640's. You just can't beat them for the size, price, and, performance you get for the money spent. __________________ HEAT
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10-09-08, 08:52 PM	#12
MadMan007 Magical Leopluridon Senior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: in a magical field	Given the drives he mentioned in the first post it's possible he was looking at <$100 total for two drives and not <$100 each like all the suggestions. Need the OP to post again and tell us. __________________ There are three sides to any argument - side A, side B, and the Truth "This had better be frikkin' important. Is the meadow on fire?"
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10-09-08, 09:28 PM	Thread Starter #13
Firestrider Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Orlando, FL	Ya, I was looking for the best drive configuration for under $100 total, but if those WD 640GB drives are that good then I will spend more if its really worth the money. __________________ Processor - Intel Core i7 860 Motherboard - Intel DP55WB Video - AMD Radeon HD 5750 Memory - 4x 4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 Storage - Intel X25-V, Samsung HD103SJ Optical - Samsung SH-S203B Power - Corsair CX400 Speakers - Polk Monitor 40/60, BIC F12 Audio - ASUS Xonar DG, Denon AVR 391 Network - Intel 82578DC, Linksys WRT400N Case - Corsair Carbide 300R Cooling - Corsair H100 Operating System - Windows 7 x64 Display - Dell E248WFP, Samsung LN46C630 Keyboard/Mouse - Dell Bluetooth Wireless Misc - Apple TV 2, Apple iPad 2, Apple iPhone 4S
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10-09-08, 10:48 PM	#14
xtkxhom3r Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Antonio,TX	well its only about 50 bucks more i say DO IT!!! __________________ [Xeon 3520 (I7 920 D0) - 4.5GHZ \| Swiftech GTZ- MCR 120.3 - 6 Fans] [Rampage Extreme 2 \| 3x2 GB Corsair 1600 ram @ 1800 7-7-7-20] [x2 XFX 4890's \| x2 MCW60's\| MCR120.3 - 3 Fans \| X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty] [x2 OCZ Vertex raid 0 \| x3 WD 2TB \| Coarsair 1000HX \| 55" LED Samsung] [Lian Li V2000 \| Logitech diNovo Edge \| Logitech G7 \| Scythe Kaze Master] Laptop Service Manuals
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10-11-08, 01:21 PM	#15
vixro Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Denver	I just bought two 640 aaks's. Thank you thread. This moves my 750GB transfer drive to be relabeled as my storage drive. 1 150GB Raptor is my main OS drive, games and programs. 1 750GB drive will now be flac/mp3 and ripped ISO's of my games so I don't have to always put a DVD/CD in when I want to play. Plus other random storage. This drive also contains all VSTi's I use for music production, which is VERY space heavy (200-300GB) 1 200GB drive is important data storage. Great drive, had it for a while. Now I can make a redundant copy on the 750GB just in case. the 2x640's will now become my project drive. heavy rar extraction, data movement, rip CD's/DVD's + encoding, compress and render files from music production. Everything on this drive only stays for a little while. Eventually becoming either transferred to the OS drive or one of the backup drives. I am finally happy. (Could be the fact that I had been waiting to buy these for a while and I also got a Maxiumus II in the process so that I can max out my OC, that's making me happy too. hehehe) __________________ Intel i7-2600K @ 45x100 (4.5ghz) 1.36v G.Skill Ripjaw Z 4x4GB 2134mhz @ DDR3-1068 9-11-10-27-2T - 1.65v ASRock Z68 Extreme4 1.70 Gigabyte GTX 680 2GB @ 1250mhz / 7030mhz Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 on Cardas recabled HD580 Little Dot MKIII Headphone Amplifier (Cardas mini-RCA IC) Silverstone DA750 750w PSU heatware Last edited by vixro; 10-11-08 at 01:29 PM.
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10-11-08, 02:44 PM	#16
Murdochs_mad Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cornwall	About a week ago bought a samsung F1 (1TB) and am getting about 108MB/sec read and 100 MB/sec write (according to ATTO Disk Benchmark), using an Adaptec 1210sa (reflashed back to a sil3112) in the server listed in my sig. __________________ Main Rig - Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 : Gigabyte EP35-DS3R : 8Gb Corsair XMS3 DDR3 10600 : Gigabyte GTX 460 : 80Gb - 80Gb - Win7 Pro -{Zoe}- Media Center - Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 : Gigabyte P35-DS3L : 2gb DDR2 6400 : Asus 9400GS : 160Gb - 1Tb - Win7 Pro -{Mary-v4}- Server - Athlon64 3500 : Compaq MB : 2Gb DDR 3200 : 1Tb(x4) - 320Gb - Ubuntu Server 64bit 8.04LTS -{Jenny}- Server - Pentium 4 3.2 : Rocky SBC + backplane : 2Gb DDR 3200 : 40Gb - Ubuntu Server 8.04LTS -{Suzie}- Lappy - Pentium M 755 : 2Gb DDR 3200 : 80Gb - Win7 Pro/Ubuntu/Win XP -{Bonnie}-
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