InCrYsIs Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 I currently have a 150 GB raptor drive. I have the chance to get an 150 gb Scsi cheetah, adaptec card and cable for free. Is the cheetah faster than the raptor by a significant percentage to warrant the change? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_Nate Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 If it's free, why not give it a whirl and do the comparison yourself? Given the same size, cloning and loading would be a pretty straightforward process. That's a 15k rpm drive, right? Might be a little more noise...I'm not sure about the performance increase (I tend to say hard drives are so close anyway, why bother...but, I don't do anything that requires exceptional hard drive performance) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InCrYsIs Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 If it's free, why not give it a whirl and do the comparison yourself? Given the same size, cloning and loading would be a pretty straightforward process. That's a 15k rpm drive, right? Might be a little more noise...I'm not sure about the performance increase (I tend to say hard drives are so close anyway, why bother...but, I don't do anything that requires exceptional hard drive performance) It is only 10k but it is ultra 320. I dont know if it is worth redoing my system but since its free I can check it out. Its actually 3 drivs but the card doesn't have raid unfortunately. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLS2008 Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 I thought the Cheetahs were 15K drive??? Anyways, try it out if it's free. Like Nate said, if they're the same size, cloning your current drive is a piece of cake. Let us know what happens. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 Just for the record, the fact that it's ultra 320 doesn't really mean anything. Any decent SCSI drive is ultra 320 (and that was several years ago when I used to work in hardware). It's like saying "Hey, is that video card factory overclocked?" "No, but it's PCIe 2.0." It's just a bus interface, it doesn't really determine the actual performance. IMO, SCSI isn't worth it for home/gaming use. That's ignoring SAS entirely, it's still just a pain to get the add-on SCSI card and all that. If it's free, give it a spin, but I don't think it's going to be like a mind-blowing speed difference. It may not even be perceivable if compared to a decent newer SATA drive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InCrYsIs Posted May 20, 2009 Posted May 20, 2009 I thought the Cheetahs were 15K drive??? Anyways, try it out if it's free. Like Nate said, if they're the same size, cloning your current drive is a piece of cake. Let us know what happens. I thought it was 15k as well but when I google the model number it says 10k. I will probably try it out in another machine and decide if its worth putting in my primary machine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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