Question about Raptor Drives

Zethex · 02-22-2008, 03:18 AM

Alright I'm planning to do a small upgrade that consists of 2 Raptor (or 10k rpm) hard drives, and put into a RAID. The RAID setup will be used to install my games on.

This might be a noob question, but since its only for gaming, should i buy smaller hard drives, or doesnt the size affect? Just seems comparing the price between 36 gigs and 70 to 120's it would be more worthwhile getting a larger amount.

So stick with two small hard drives, or get 2 120 gig's, or really doesnt matter?

redsunx · 02-22-2008, 07:00 AM

You want to know a secret? Any 7200.10 drive will perform about just as fast. The 10kness is a marketing gimmick. And to answer your question, it's up to you. Depends on how much you want to install. And how much you're willing to pay.

02-22-2008, 03:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
Zethex Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 9 OS: Vista 64-bit	Question about Raptor Drives Alright I'm planning to do a small upgrade that consists of 2 Raptor (or 10k rpm) hard drives, and put into a RAID. The RAID setup will be used to install my games on. This might be a noob question, but since its only for gaming, should i buy smaller hard drives, or doesnt the size affect? Just seems comparing the price between 36 gigs and 70 to 120's it would be more worthwhile getting a larger amount. So stick with two small hard drives, or get 2 120 gig's, or really doesnt matter?

02-22-2008, 07:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
redsunx Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 466 OS: Vista Ultimate x64 (And loving it) My System	Re: Question about Raptor Drives You want to know a secret? Any 7200.10 drive will perform about just as fast. The 10kness is a marketing gimmick. And to answer your question, it's up to you. Depends on how much you want to install. And how much you're willing to pay. __________________ He said, you are the chosen one! And I didn't even graduate from High School.