SATA Advice

Discussion in 'Storage Devices' started by Dogg, Apr 14, 2005.

  1. Dogg

    Dogg Geek Trainee

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    When I get my new system built I want to make use of SATA so I'll need to buy a new drive.

    I have a 60GB and a 120GB ATA100 at the mo, so space is not a big issue.

    Are these new WD Raptors 10,000rpm (74GB) worth their money in performance? The other option would be to go for a Maxtor DiamondMax 10 @ 7,200.

    Does anyone have any experience with these new Raptor drives?

    Cheers.
     
    Dogg, Apr 14, 2005
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  2. Sniper

    Sniper Administrator Staff Member

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    it would depend really what kind of work do you want to do? gaming? it would help with the load times. Otherwise I would just buy a hard drive with more space.
     
    Sniper, Apr 15, 2005
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  3. Waffle

    Waffle Alpha Geek

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    For about the same price as a 74 gig raptor you can get a 200gig, if not larger, hard disk @ 7200.

    So it does depend on what you want it for, really, as Sniper said.

    I've used a couple of pc's with raptors, similar spec to mine, and I couldn't see any major difference.
     
    Waffle, Apr 15, 2005
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