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HD recommendation, and Raid vs no Raid

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drmcgahey

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Need some help please.

I recently fried the mobo on my system (listed below). Replaced it with Asus A8N32-SLI board. For the last couple of days I have been trying to do a repair install of XP Pro to no avail. I figured out today that when the mobo fried, it also friend both of my WD drives as well.

So, I need a recommendation for a good, solid speedy drive. I do some gaming on this system, but most of it is used for my business. I have all of my important data residing in online storage, so I'm not really worried about running multiple drives in Raid configuration. One solid, speedy drive will do the trick. Maybe 250-350 GB. Unless, of course, people here see a real benefit in running multi drives/raid vs. single drive for simple gaming and bus. applications.

It's been a while since I read about or shopped for drives, so I figured this will be a great place to start. Will be doing a fresh install of Vista Pro on the new drive.

Thanks guys!!
 
Good 320GB drive: WD 3200 AAKS

I like RAIDs. I've run a 4 drive (WD360GD) RAID 0 for about 3 years now, with no reliability problems. Some folks say a RAID doesn't do much for them, some will tell you they do. RAIDs give you more sequential transfer bandwidth... helping responsiveness, load times, etc.

I'd pickup 2 of those 320GB WDs and run them in RAID 0.
 
I've run a 4 drive (WD360GD) RAID 0 for about 3 years now, with no reliability problems.
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And I've never ever been struck by lightning. Doen't meen I'm gonna go play under a tree during a lightning storm.:p

Every time you double the drives in a Raid 0 array, you half the Mean Time Between Failure. If a modest performance increase is worth a double chance that all the data on your system goes bye bye, then go with a Raid.

I went with a 500 gig 7200.11 for my new rig. It was $126 delivered from Newegg. I am very happy with it.

Don
 
DonDon said:
If a modest performance increase is worth a double chance that all the data on your system goes bye bye, then go with a Raid.

I went with a 500 gig 7200.11 for my new rig. It was $126 delivered from Newegg. I am very happy with it.

Don
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All the data on my system did just go bye bye. Thanks for the help guys. I've heard 7200.11 enough times from enough different people that I think I'll jump on the Seagate train.
 
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