Fastest non-raptor drive?

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Ok so I haven't looked around much at drives in a long while. I have 2 raptors in raid 0, however I need a 3rd drive mainly for game installs and some backup or media files etc etc. I would like a drive thats going to be almost as fast as my raptors (albeit I know they wont be as fast especially in a raid 0 config).

I am pretty sure WD makes a drive whos seek time is about as fast but write is slower and is a 320gig drive? I would like some suggestions for the best performance for the buck if possible. I do not need any tremendous drives so please no 1TB suggestions. Hell anything at least 300gigs or more is fine. As long as the performance/buck is there.
Oh and this drive will probably come over to a new build in the future as a storage/game installd rive as well, just as an FYI.

Thanks guys. :cool:
 
You're thinking of the 320GB AKKS drive. I don't know the exact model number, mostly because I avoid WD drives like the plague.

I'd recommend one of the Samsung F1 series (the 750GB is blazing fast but probably larger than you are looking for) or the Seagate 7200.11 series. Heck, the Samsung 750GB F1 is nearly as fast as the AKKS and only like $20 more for more than 2x the space.
 
silent-circuit said:
You're thinking of the 320GB AKKS drive. I don't know the exact model number, mostly because I avoid WD drives like the plague.

I'd recommend one of the Samsung F1 series (the 750GB is blazing fast but probably larger than you are looking for) or the Seagate 7200.11 series. Heck, the Samsung 750GB F1 is nearly as fast as the AKKS and only like $20 more for more than 2x the space.
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Yes the AKKS drive is the one i was thinking of, thank you. :) Hmm I'm gonna have to look at some pricing, I think I've seen some members here sporting the samsungs lately also. Thanks for the heads up bro.
 
The Western Digital drive that silent-circuit is referring to is the product number WD3200AAKS-00B3A0. However, it's being sold with the older two-platter design at most online retailers, so getting one is a crap shoot. (There was an eBay store that reportedly only sold the single-platter models, but they were priced much higher than other stores.)

There is a new Seagate 320GB 7200.11 drive that's coming out, which is also based on a single 320GB platter. I don't know of the exact date of its arrival nor of any preliminary benchmarks for the drive.
 
tiraides said:
The Western Digital drive that silent-circuit is referring to is the product number WD3200AAKS-00B3A0. However, it's being sold with the older two-platter design at most online retailers, so getting one is a crap shoot. (There was an eBay store that reportedly only sold the single-platter models, but they were priced much higher than other stores.)

There is a new Seagate 320GB 7200.11 drive that's coming out, which is also based on a single 320GB platter. I don't know of the exact date of its arrival nor of any preliminary benchmarks for the drive.
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Ya I remember hearing this and in fact was just reading some comments from people about this issue on the egg. Hmm so there's no way to request when ordereing from newegg the single platter model then? /sigh

I was looking at this model too is seems to have nice response times as well http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136217
 
Thats a nice drive but is it faster than the WD aaks 320? Haven't had a chance to look at the specs yet busy at work.
 
My guess would be no, but considering the transfer speeds I've seen from the Western Digital 640s and the Spinpoint, it's better bang for the buck if you can get it under $100.
 
Aelfgeft said:
My guess would be no, but considering the transfer speeds I've seen from the Western Digital 640s and the Spinpoint, it's better bang for the buck if you can get it under $100.
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Cool makes sense.;)
 
Aelfgeft said:
My guess would be no, but considering the transfer speeds I've seen from the Western Digital 640s and the Spinpoint, it's better bang for the buck if you can get it under $100.
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Considering you can get the 750GB Samsung Spinpoint F1 for ~$120 and it's faster than the 7200.11s, it's pretty clear which is a better deal there.
 
silent-circuit said:
Considering you can get the 750GB Samsung Spinpoint F1 for ~$120 and it's faster than the 7200.11s, it's pretty clear which is a better deal there.
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That depends if you can live with the uncomfortably high number of reports of this drive dumping data.
 
I ordered a 3200AAKS from Newegg and got the good single platter version of it. Very nice drive, worth the $70 however I do not know if I would feel the same way had Newegg sent me the two platter version.
 
ocellaris said:
I ordered a 3200AAKS from Newegg and got the good single platter version of it. Very nice drive, worth the $70 however I do not know if I would feel the same way had Newegg sent me the two platter version.
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Same here. I think newegg stopped shipping the two-platter versions quite a while ago.

The 640GB is faster than the 320, but it all comes down to budget.
 
why not get another raptor and add it to the raid-0 array? Drives are only getting cheaper and there are better options for storage IMO than high speed drives. Like the nice cool green power drives. Not hte best performance for I would imagine they are more reliable for storage when they run so much cooler.
 
Thanks for all the replies, I'm probably going to go with the 320gig aaks.
 
Why not wait for the Velociraptor? :p

Savoy said:
... I am pretty sure WD makes a drive whos seek time is about as fast but write is slower and is a 320gig drive? ...
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Other way around... its seek time is slower (due to the slower spindle speed), but its write/read times are faster (due to its higher platter density).

Here are some numbers to check out...
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1284410
 
enginurd said:
Why not wait for the Velociraptor? :p



Other way around... its seek time is slower (due to the slower spindle speed), but its write/read times are faster (due to its higher platter density).

Here are some numbers to check out...
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1284410
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Velociraptor's will be in my next build:)
This is just for some added game installs/storage for now in this rig which may or may not come over to the new build;which I plan on building in the next month i believe.
 
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