Is this a good idea?

87dtna · 11-17-09, 05:57 PM

I was just wondering which was a better idea. Right now I have a single seagate barracuda 7200.11 HDD 640gb. I was going to get another 640gb to run in Raid 0 to increase speed. But I just saw this on Newegg-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136492

If I were to buy 2 of those and put in raid 0 for the OS, and just used my 640gb as storage, would that be a faster/better setup than two 640's in Raid 0?

My only concern is those drive are only 1st gen Sata, but the seek times and latency looks really good. So, is this a good idea or should I just stick with my original plan of finding another 640?

EarthDog · 11-17-09, 06:03 PM

Only in seek times... if you deal with large files or want faster boot/game load times then it will only marginally improve over your current setup.

87dtna · 11-17-09, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by EarthDog

Only in seek times... if you deal with large files or want faster boot/game load times then it will only marginally improve over your current setup.

Current setup? My current setup is a single 640gb. I was looking at going Raid 0 with two 640's but I was thinking about running Raid with these two drives instead and using the 640gb as a storage drive. I have not purchased another 640gb drive yet, I was about too when I saw these drives and was wondering since it will pretty much be the same price if this setup with the raptors would be better.

deadlysyn · 11-17-09, 09:31 PM

You could get much better performance than the Raptors with a couple of SSD's in Raid 0, but it will cost a lot more. What kind of budget do you have for this?

87dtna · 11-18-09, 04:31 AM

Haha yeah only like $100.

11-17-09, 05:57 PM	Thread Starter #1
87dtna Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: PA	Is this a good idea? I was just wondering which was a better idea. Right now I have a single seagate barracuda 7200.11 HDD 640gb. I was going to get another 640gb to run in Raid 0 to increase speed. But I just saw this on Newegg- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136492 If I were to buy 2 of those and put in raid 0 for the OS, and just used my 640gb as storage, would that be a faster/better setup than two 640's in Raid 0? My only concern is those drive are only 1st gen Sata, but the seek times and latency looks really good. So, is this a good idea or should I just stick with my original plan of finding another 640? __________________ HEATWARE Benching Team Stats
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11-17-09, 06:03 PM	#2
EarthDog Senior PITA Member Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Stuck in Maryland...	Only in seek times... if you deal with large files or want faster boot/game load times then it will only marginally improve over your current setup. __________________ Should I R0 my SSD? / SandyBridge / Ivybridge Overclocking Guide / AMD Overclocking Guide / Power Supply Guide SSD Reliability/Write Endurance / JOIN THE BENCHING TEAM! / Bulldozer Overclocking Guide / Forum Etiquette Want to see your writing featured on the overclockers.com Front Page? PM me, I can help! "We have more information and more ways of accessing it than ever, yet seem increasingly less inclined to do so."- Michael Wilbon
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11-17-09, 09:31 PM	#4
deadlysyn Folding Team Content Editor Who Dolk'd my stars Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Stealing your megahurtz at night	You could get much better performance than the Raptors with a couple of SSD's in Raid 0, but it will cost a lot more. What kind of budget do you have for this?
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11-18-09, 04:31 AM	Thread Starter #5
87dtna Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: PA	Haha yeah only like $100. __________________ HEATWARE Benching Team Stats
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