Is it worth $400?
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I've heard alot of good things about this and other 10k rpm drives but is it worth the money?
$400 is alot for a 300Gb drive considering I can get a 500Gb 7200rpm SATAII drive with 16Mb cache for $80...
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You won't notice it unless you're running a server.
The difference between 7200 and 10000 is barely noticeable.
The difference between 7200 and 10000 is barely noticeable.
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Yeah, not worth the money mate, you could buy two 160gb sata drives, for like $100, and run them in a RAID 0 setup which would give you very similar performance (if not better) and cost you hardly anything.
I was looking at this a while back, and Tom's Hardware did a 10,000rpm vs 7200rpm RAID 0 test.
You can read the full report here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/02/06/wd1...lead/index.html
The short & sweet of it was...
"Finally, we have a new high-performance enthusiast hard drive that is capable of beating its competition in the blink of an eye. Of course it's the high rotation speed of 10,000 RPM that lets the Raptor perform noticeably better than any 7,200 RPM drive in everyday uses. This applies to both access time and data transfer performance, and it helps to further reduce the annoying little delays inherent in everyday PC operation.
The Raptor-X's performance is even good enough to beat a RAID 0 array consisting of two modern 7,200 RPM drives, except in terms of pure throughput, of course. In addition, it is nicer having only one drive to install, and the data safety of a single drive is better anyway. Speaking of safety, we should refer to the five year warranty, which should give you a good feeling.
So is the Raptor-X the perfect show stopper for the competition? Yes, it is, but not only because it's better than its rivals in the enthusiast market space. Generally we would always recommend the fastest drive available as a system drive, although we believe that $350 is a bit over the top. (The fact that you will save $50 by simply doing without the clear cover should be also taken into account.)
The reason why the Raptor-X actually is unrivaled is the total lack of competition in this high performance desktop space. Seagate may have some potential due to the recent acquisition of Maxtor, but the current Barracuda 7200.8 and 7200.9, as well as the Maxtor portfolio, simply aren't good enough for users with the highest performance ambitions. That's especially the case since the new Raptor is considerably faster than its predecessors. It's time for Hitachi, Maxtor/Seagate and Samsung to get moving."
In simple terms - seek will be much faster on a 10,000rpm disc. Consistent read & throughput will still be better on RAID0 with 7200rpm disc's. Though the test's Tom's Hardware did do show signs the 10,000rpm disc can also write faster than the 7200rpm RAID 0.
I guess what it comes down to...if you absolutly want every last millisecond of performance out of your system, get the 10,000RPM disc's.
If you are within budget constraints, and you don't mind being 1.5 seconds behind in loading Crysis at the next LAN day...then just get the 7200rpm RAID 0 setup.
Though...for uber performance - what you really want is 2 x 10,000rpm disc's, in RAID 0.
You can read the full report here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/02/06/wd1...lead/index.html
The short & sweet of it was...
QUOTE
"Finally, we have a new high-performance enthusiast hard drive that is capable of beating its competition in the blink of an eye. Of course it's the high rotation speed of 10,000 RPM that lets the Raptor perform noticeably better than any 7,200 RPM drive in everyday uses. This applies to both access time and data transfer performance, and it helps to further reduce the annoying little delays inherent in everyday PC operation.
The Raptor-X's performance is even good enough to beat a RAID 0 array consisting of two modern 7,200 RPM drives, except in terms of pure throughput, of course. In addition, it is nicer having only one drive to install, and the data safety of a single drive is better anyway. Speaking of safety, we should refer to the five year warranty, which should give you a good feeling.
So is the Raptor-X the perfect show stopper for the competition? Yes, it is, but not only because it's better than its rivals in the enthusiast market space. Generally we would always recommend the fastest drive available as a system drive, although we believe that $350 is a bit over the top. (The fact that you will save $50 by simply doing without the clear cover should be also taken into account.)
The reason why the Raptor-X actually is unrivaled is the total lack of competition in this high performance desktop space. Seagate may have some potential due to the recent acquisition of Maxtor, but the current Barracuda 7200.8 and 7200.9, as well as the Maxtor portfolio, simply aren't good enough for users with the highest performance ambitions. That's especially the case since the new Raptor is considerably faster than its predecessors. It's time for Hitachi, Maxtor/Seagate and Samsung to get moving."
In simple terms - seek will be much faster on a 10,000rpm disc. Consistent read & throughput will still be better on RAID0 with 7200rpm disc's. Though the test's Tom's Hardware did do show signs the 10,000rpm disc can also write faster than the 7200rpm RAID 0.
I guess what it comes down to...if you absolutly want every last millisecond of performance out of your system, get the 10,000RPM disc's.
If you are within budget constraints, and you don't mind being 1.5 seconds behind in loading Crysis at the next LAN day...then just get the 7200rpm RAID 0 setup.
Though...for uber performance - what you really want is 2 x 10,000rpm disc's, in RAID 0.
RAID 0, where 0 is indicitive of the amount of data you will be able to get back in the event of a failure.
Thanks guys!
QUOTE(the red krawler @ Oct 9 2008, 09:29 AM) [snapback]1282979013[/snapback]
RAID 0, where 0 is indicitive of the amount of data you will be able to get back in the event of a failure.
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