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    Review my choices before I buy

    Change your Harddrive. The WD4000YR is the raid edition and is designed for use with high end raid cards with error recovery. For desktop use, stick to the the WD4000KD (same drive, just different firmware).
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    Raptor 36gb vs 74gb vs 150gb

    Do you have the extra cash? I'm kinda hypocritical because I originally wasn't going to bother with the upgrade, but I stumbled upon a deal and got the 150 anyway. Comparing msrp, I would stick with the 74GB now and see what happens when the prices come down. Especially considering that most...
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    Raptor 36gb vs 74gb vs 150gb

    Compare for yourself. The differences are quite noticable. (Particularly the single-user results. Muti-user performance does not affect your desktop machine). Details of the Comparision As noted in the Buyer's Guide Sticky, the 36GB is not any faster than many current 7200 rpm drives...
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    A good hard drive?

    Did you read the Buyer's Guide sticky? Check that first! There are many good/large/quite drives out there. How large do you want it? Anything over 150GB and you've ruled out 10k RPM. Any SATA I, SATA II, or ATA66/100/133 drives will be compatible with your board (basically everything...
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    Raid 0 - Is it Worth it?

    Your quote from Anandtech is accurate and to answer your 1st question: no Raid-O is not worth it. Whether or not the raptor is right for you depends on what you're looking for. Since you already have a storage drive, I assume you're considering the Raptor for your OS and programs. In that...
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    MDG Selling machines with 750gb WD Drives!

    There is absolutely no single 750GB offering from WD (or any other brand) at this time. Even if there was, it would not be found in a mid-level OEM.
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    How can I tell if a cable is SATA150 or SATA II 3.0gb/s?

    They're all the same. Cables don't make a difference between SATA and SATA II.
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    Thinking Of Going With A Raptor Setup Any Suggestions?

    Honestly, this has been answered many times in the last month, but here's a quick and easy answer that can be supported with a simple search. 1x 150GB Raptor will beat 2x 74GB Raptors in RAID 0 1x 74GB Raptor will beat 2x 36GB Raptors in RAID 0 2x 74GB Raptors in Raid 0 will not benefit a...
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    External HDD Recommendations

    I'm probably going to order this one soon. Assuming your drive is IDE (for sata, look at this one instead), this enclosure meets your needs and supports up to 400GB (many cheap enclosures don't work well with high capacities). Lots of good reviews, except some mention the fan dying
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    Kinda a physical repair question on a HD

    Is it a WD drive? I had the same thing happen to one of my raptors, but I was able to use a SecureConnect cable (from WD) because it attaches to different points. Just gently tweak the metal contacts down to ensure contact (only need to tweak them a tiny tiny amount). My raptors been running...
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    Anything notable in the future of HDDs?

    Like others have said... Flash is way too expensive to compete anytime in the near future. With HDD's, just expect capacities to steadily grow for the next couple of years. Perpendicular recording will allow very large platter densities (meaning more storage) but it is still very new...
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    first RAID setup... any pointers?

    Theoretically, yes. Is the main purpose of the 1 TB drive just file storage? What is the intended use of the machine?
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    first RAID setup... any pointers?

    I know there is a way, but I forget what it is at this time. I'm sure that someone else will chime in with the correct response. The reason why 4 disk vs 1 is not always faster is due to seek time vs. transfer rate. Yes, RAID 0 will be faster while transfering data (theoretically) because...
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    first RAID setup... any pointers?

    Sorry, didn't mean to come off as an ass. I'm glad you're looking for the storage and considering raid just as an add on. That said... Raid O will not be any faster at defraging. Defraging is the copy and paste of many small bits to and from the same drive. Raid 0 benifits the transfer of...
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    first RAID setup... any pointers?

    I can't offer any advice for your specific situation (board and drives), but are there any flaws with raid 0? Yes. Besides the risk that you seem somewhat aware of, you're not really going to gain much performance (unless this is for a multi-user server with large sequential tasks). A quick...
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