[craiig]

I made this thread to hopfully get a better understanding of hard drives.
could some one take the time to explain what makes a HD good?
and Western Digital Raptor X 150GB 10000RPM SATA 16MB Cache

what does the 10,000 RPM do from 7200RPM

whats a good? possiblely the best HD out! (apart from SSD)
ahhhhh im so confused with all this, even my thread is confusing me lmao

please help meh! xD

any information/advice i am greatfull to. Thanks craiig//

[Dave Hybrid]

RPM = The speed the drive spins at, meaning the data can be accessed quicker the faster the RPM.

xMB Cache = The amount of memory the drive has, if a drive has more memory than another drive it can read data ahead of it being needed in larger amounts, making the overall drive faster.

ATA = Old type of connection to the motherboard.

SATA/SATA2 etc. = Newer type of connection to the motherboard, again making the access to the data faster.

[craiig]

thanks for that!!^^
my knowledge has just expanded! xD

but whats all this about having two hard drives?
what are the advantages of this??
and apart from having more space why would u do this?

[Dave Hybrid]

You can setup hard drives in what is called RAID.

Done in certain configurations improves speed even further.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID