Newbie drive performance question.

[demingo]

So I've been looking at a 1TB WD Black HDD. They seem reasonable priced and I am running out of room on my 250gig storage drive.

My question is, will the 1TB perform faster than 2 74GB Raptors in RAID 0?

From what I hear the answer may be yes because of greater platter density on the 1TB but can anyone shed some light on this?

 

[DonDon]

No, 2 X 74 gig raptors will outperform a single terabyte drive.

Now the single drive is no slowpoke, plus it will be quieter and use less power, and in theory should be more reliable.

Don

 

[hmz]

I have the 1TB black and 74GB Raptor. Raptor still wins, especially in access times.

 

[demingo]

Good to know. Thanks for the replies.

I bit the bullet and got 1 of those drives. Looks like the Raptors are staying as my OS/Application drives and my old 250gb is gonna get replaced as my storage drive by the 1TB.