Two 74gb Raptors Vs. Raptor X

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    Dude, raid 0 can give you a 20 percent increase, but that's not nearly justifiable by the price of the raptor, there is no game that will need dual raptors in raid
     
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    it's not a static 20% it varies by use. if you load a ton of really small files, raid is almost worthless. if you have a media center with huge 2gb movies, then it nearly doubles drive performance. Due to raptors capacity/price though it is impractical to dedicate them to a media PC unless you ar rediculously rich and can afford a large array.

    I will agree with you, no game out today needs two in raid yet alone one(as opposed to say a cavier) I however have noticed the biggest diference, in general use and opening programs, PS opens a fair amount faster on my raptor.
     
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    Yes true, but if you spent the extra money you spent getting the raptor on say getting another gig of ram or better prossecor, you would notice a greater difference
     
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    Anyone have any sites that show the benchmarks of:

    Two 74GB Raptor's in RAID 0 vs. Raptor X

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    Two Raptor X's in RAID 0?
     
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    Whats does RAID 0 Mean?
     
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    i would get dual. it'll give you a little more performance
     
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    it also raises data failure rate exponentially, and doesn't improve performance too much when dealing with smaller files where the bootle neck is seek time, not drive speed.


    raptorX= WD1500 raptor
    http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q1/wd-raptorx/index.x?pg=1
     

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