tomshardware.com — The jockeying for position among hard drive makers never seems to end, particularly in the areas of drive capacity and speed. As a result, hard disks have nearly doubled their capabilities over the last few years, in contrast to the performance of CPUs and systems as a whole.
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Closed AccountSep 28, 2005
Same here 'meyerj'. I use a 74GB Raptor as my OS drive with about 410 GB on the other 2 drives in the system, and another 240 GB on the two externals.The second and third 74 GB Raptors are coming for Xmas. Can anyone say Raid level 5 w/ 3 x 74 GB Raptors?
pcgeek101Sep 28, 2005
"The second and third 74 GB Raptors are coming for Xmas. Can anyone say Raid level 5 w/ 3 x 74 GB Raptors?"Well granted, that's a pretty cool setup, and I'm not here to bash your raptors, but honestly, they are quite over-rated and overpriced. I purchased a Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB drive, and not only is it large, but it is *fast*. Granted, I'm comparing this to previously using PATA drives, but I've seen some straight up benchmarks from Anandtech that show the DiamondMax 10 series performing on-par with the Raptors, for much less cost as well. For those on the bleeding edge of speed though, they've gotta be great drives ...
vdub12Sep 28, 2005
THG sucks.
qopaxSep 28, 2005
just read the conclusion ant
wingoSep 28, 2005
just sort out the one with longest warranty, and you get THE best!