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10th Nov 2008, 09:19
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Hey guys, quick question.
i can fit 3 HDD's in my rig and I have the option of RAID 0, 1, or 5. I've narrowed the choice down to 320 GB 7200rpm and 500GB 5400rpm drives. I'm going to be doing alot of graphics work and game engine designs and such as well as playing games in general. Assuming that I have a fast enough CPU and GPU for whatever I'd be doing, what setup would you recommend? I was thinking 2 320's in RAID 0 and the 500GB standalone with my OS and all saved data on it with the 320's having the programs on it. or just simply 3 500's. lastly, does the 320 have a faster access time than the 500? or does the density increase outweigh the speed increase of the 320 for access time? |
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10th Nov 2008, 09:42
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Logically, You should go with the highest RPMs with the biggest storage space. I think that more RPM gives faster access rates. Besides, if you're doing alot of graphical work and game design, you are going to need huge amounts of space in your PC. Go with the best RPM/Storage.
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10th Nov 2008, 15:20
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Generally, higher RPM will be faster, but another thing to consider is how many discs are in the hard drive.
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10th Nov 2008, 15:23
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Like I said in your last thread RAID 0 is useless.
The platter density matters here but since you haven't named the drives there's no way for me to tell. 7200 will give an appreciative boost over a 5200RPM drive, platter density will also be a relatively large factor. I would recommend, if you can just slap anything in, just grabbing as many WD or Seagate 640GB drives as you can rather than bothering with the lower density ones, as they are dual-platter and have excellent speeds and are the best price per dollar around.
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10th Nov 2008, 15:54
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I agree with that Carbon, however the Seagate barracuda 7200.11 320GB drive is single platter, so is very fast in comparison to all other drives (see this comparison) it's only second to the ridiculously expensive WD Velociraptor most of the time. However a duel platter 640GB drive could well be more sensible, as there would be much more space, without being much slower.
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