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jeteryankees22   11-20-2008 at 10:45:35 PM

Well I am building a computer. I am wondering what you guys think about my hard drive situation.

I am thinking of either 3 10,000RPM VelociRaptor drives or going over to SSDs. Which would be faster? The 3 150GB drives RAID 5 or 2 64 SSD's with RAID 0 (striped) running my OS. Also, would it be worth it to stripe SSD drives, I want a fast comp. It would probably be the os on the ssd's and a 72/10rpm drive for documents and such. I am building this primarily for performance and need a fast machine.


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bobbknight   11-20-2008 at 10:54:59 PM
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SAS in Stripe with 3 15000RPM drives.

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jeteryankees22   11-20-2008 at 10:58:56 PM
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Yeah? I've thought about that but the thing is, I want a decent sized HDD with keeping the cost under 600 total. Like 2x64ssd with another driver or 3x10,000. would 15,000 striped be faster than ssd striped?

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jitpublisher   11-20-2008 at 11:36:10 PM
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If your total budget for this is $600, forget the SSD drives, and forget about 15,000rpm drives as well.
A SSD that actually performs well/does all the great things you have been hearing about SSD drives, will cost you nearly $600 by itself.

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jeteryankees22   11-20-2008 at 11:52:07 PM
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oh alright, thanks. There are 10,000 rmp drive on newegg, 150GB but they are "bare" drives. What exactly does that mean?

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shortstuff_mt   11-21-2008 at 01:03:26 AM
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It just means it's the drive alone. It doesn't include any mounting screws, cables, software, etc. I always buy OEM "bare" drives because I have a stash of screws and cables. Buy the retail version if you want all the extras.

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hopkiller   11-21-2008 at 01:14:33 AM
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If you bought a halfway decent case it will come with a crap load of screws for any of you hardware needs.

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jeteryankees22   11-21-2008 at 01:31:49 AM
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Oh haha, I'm all set then, I have a ton of screws and work at a computer store as technician. Just never came across that term; I knew it as OEM

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