hard drives question.

KamiKazi

hi all, im gonna order my new pc in the morning.

anyway just a quick question.

which is better:

- a 10,000 rpm 150 gb and a 500gb 7,200 rpm
or
- two 320gb 7,200 rpm disks in raid 0 configuration

also what exactly are the pros and cons of raid?

thanks in advance

awhir

go for the raptor its better for gaming.

8T8

The Raptor 150 is the fastest SATA HD though RAID 0 arrays of good drives will often equal or surpass it in some scenarios.

If you want a fast HD without messing with RAID go for the Raptor though it's storage space is not as ample as other drives but you can make up for that with a bigger capacity slower HD acting as storage/backup.

As for the pros & con's of RAID well basically there are really only one of each;
Easy way to increase performance & storage space.
Increased risk if one drive dies then you lose all the data on the array.

There are of course other types of RAID arrays that can be built with different properties to RAID 0.

This is what I would go with;

If not going RAID 0:
Raptor 150 as primary HD
Samsung Spinpoint 250GB or 320GB HD as storage/backup.

If going RAID 0:
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB
Samsung Spinpoint 400GB HD for storage/backup.

KamiKazi

thanks guys, gonna stick with a raptor and a bigger storage drive

awhir

nice rig man bah ya should got a seagate (love them )

what lcd did ya get ?

KamiKazi

its a belinia 22", 1680x1050, 5ms, with inbuilt speakers and a tv tuner

awhir

there mena be quite good for a budget lcd but with ur money why dident ya get a cool 1 like the dell and get some aeago 2.0 for sound(there class)

KamiKazi

i was gonna get the dell 24" inch widescreen, but it cost around £250 less for the 22" inch one and the belinea had 1000/1 contrast and 5ms response so i went for that

awhir

put some pics up and stuf when ya get it .

KamiKazi

will do, thinking about stripping the case the down and spraying it black when i get it