Two questions...

[Glyphic]

Alright, I'm planning on getting a new hard drive soon, but I was thinking about maybe getting two sata drives and setting up a raid-0 ( my mobo has onboard sata raid controller) but is the sata not worth it? Should I just wait and save up for a scsi setup? I'm currently on a 5200 7 gig and a 7200 80 gig, i'd like to keep the 80 gig as a shared folder so my brother and I can store stuff on it, but I'm gonna dump this 7 gig fast, likely more than 3 yrs old and extremely loud. Also, why did all the useful threads in these forums get deleted during the upgrade? Thanks

edit: as per newegg, I'm looking at $385.48 for a case, ram, sp-94, and 2 sata drives, what do you think?

[Philip]

I would suggest one SATA Raptor drive.

Most systems feel more responsive with a single drive. Raid 0 increases access times. Which will make the system feel slugesh in most apps. Unless you are moving/working with large files. Raid 0 has no benifits for the average user.

Now for the other side of the coin. For the price of two Raptors your getting close to the starting prices of a good SCSI setup. If you look on the HDD page at newegg. They show a 10k Atlas 4 SCSI 36 gig for $20 more than one 36 gig Raptor. Myself I would use the Atlas 4 before the Raptor. I have been on one system with a Raptor. It didn't impress me enough to even think of doing away with my SCSI drives.

[dandragonrage]

What do you use your computer for? I doubt a Raptor is going to be useful for you unless you do video editing, in which case 15k RPM SCSI is much better. I'd probably stick with Seagate or Samsung 7200RPM drives if you don't do video editing or run a fairly substantial server.

[Glyphic]

I just use my pc for games, and everyday stuff. But I'm not quite sure I'd want to dish out so much cash for a scsi, and a controller, but I'd like something fast to put windows on.

[Philip]

You have a P4P-800 shown in your sig. It has SATA built into the board. That is the fastest drive your going to get without going SCSI.

What is your size requirement on the OS drive?

If you only need 18 to 36 gig for your OS drive. Think of SCSI before Raid 0.

[Glyphic]

Alright, I think I'm going scsi, looking at a Seagate 36.7GB 10,000RPM SCSI Hard Drive, with Seek Time: 4.7 ms Buffer: 8MBI nterface: SCSI Ultra 320 80pin, what kind of controller card should I get and will I need cables as well? thanks

[dandragonrage]

Try and find an Adaptec 29160 on the for sale board here.