Dr.Gonzo Posted April 2, 2006 Posted April 2, 2006 Hello! I am thinking of buying a pair of hard drives, and use them in RAID 0. I am between the Hitachi 7K80 (80GB) which is legendary for its speed and good price in the forum and the Seagate Barracuda 160GB SATAII (7200.9 line ST3160812AS) my concern for the Seagate is the 11ms estimated seek time, which I suppose will be more, in a raid array. But they are tempting for their excellent price, and the 5 year warranty. A quick question: The Barracuda 200GB (ST3200826AS) is supposed to have 8.5ms seek time? Is this due to the different platter size? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeselcyde Posted April 2, 2006 Posted April 2, 2006 I got 2 80gig Seagate Sata2's in RAID 0 and they are fastttttttt....smokin' Loads windows in NO time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted April 2, 2006 Posted April 2, 2006 dont worry about seek times etc think about it 11ms is less than you or I can measure without some serious scientific equipment 11ms to us is instantaneous 20ms is the same 9ms is the same RAID-0 on the Seagates and the Hitachis are going to be everything you wanted Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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