LivingGhost Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Well, I need more storage. My raptor is almost full. And I will be upgrading to Vista Ult. soon. So, what can I get for $300? I was looking around, but I wanted to get OCC's input. Would I be better off just getting one driver over two in RAID 0? (My plan is to upgrade my computer, by getting a DX10 card [$700 w/cooling?], around $300 in sound [RAZER soundcard + headphones], and more storage.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822148138 Seagate SATA II 16MB Cache 400 GB. Two Obviously Also, You cant RAID 0 one Drive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeo55 Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Mobo/Proc? You could go for a RAID 5 setup depending on your mobo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingGhost Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822148138Seagate SATA II 16MB Cache 400 GB. Two Obviously Also, You cant RAID 0 one Drive. I know, at first I was going to ask about 2 drives, then I figured 1 might be cheaper than two. I just forgot to change the topic. I am running a DFI LanParty UT RDX200 (xfire edition mobo). All I have is a floppy with RAID 1 + 0 drivers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Mobo/Proc? You could go for a RAID 5 setup depending on your mobo A RAID 5 setup, if supported by his mobo, would be a whole lot slower because it would be software based (as opposed to having a hardware RAID controller) would eat up more CPU cycles and requires a minimum of 3 drives to implement. I assume he wants to go RAID 0 for the perceived speed benefits although I would personally go for just two hard drives for more storage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 i'd get another 74GB raptor, raid-0 those, and spend the rest on a 7200 sata2 drive i'd unrecommend making large raid-0 volumes unless you are thinking about working with high definition video or something... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingGhost Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 Ok, thanks. I'll do that. I had to knock out a HDD cage to fit my PSU in this case, so I noyl have 2 more places to out HDD's, outside of drive bays. Ok, thanks. I'll do that. I had to knock out a HDD cage to fit my PSU in this case, so I noyl have 2 more places to out HDD's, outside of drive bays. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingGhost Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 (edited) Ok, so how does a 74gig raptor and a Hitachi 500gig look? Erm...double post...Sorry, it's late here, and I'm sick. Edited January 5, 2007 by LivingGhost Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 i like the hitachi drives a lot... 2x160GB Hitachi 7k250 SATA (RAID-0) 2x250GB Hitachi T7k250 SATA2 1x200GB Seagate 7200.8 IDE that's what's in my main rig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 I would go for nrgs suggestion with another raptor and a huge other drive. 500GB hitachi looks good, check the prices on the WD version though, it tends to be a LOT cheaper! I also agree with what hard said about large volumes in RAID-0. Most people stay with 2 (or more) 80GB drives, I have 2x 160GB SATA2's, and its quite a noticable improvement when defragmenting/formatting/copying/backups etc pp usw. Windows also starts a little fast Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingGhost Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 (edited) Newegg has a $20 mail-in rebate, while ZZF doesn't, so I'll get it from newegg. Edited January 5, 2007 by LivingGhost Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted January 5, 2007 Posted January 5, 2007 I'm a big fan of your 2nd raptor and 500gb drive plan. It's just the smarter way to do it. There's nothing wrong with a huge RAID-0 space, but it just doesn't make a lot of sense. For the price most people would pay for two big drives to RAID, they can almost always get two faster small drives for RAID and still have enough for a single big storage drive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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