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Raid for gaming?

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MustRotate

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Is there a raid setup that improves gaming performance but at a normal price?
So no 3x 74gb raptors :D .
What is best? 2harddisks in raid0?3?I was thinking at a 2x250gb Samsung 250HJ(250gb per platter) in raid0.
 
You are correct, two drives in RAID0. However, all RAID typically does for gaming is make levels and maps load faster. You generally won't noitice anything while playing the game. If you are lucky enough to play games like Oblivion, that stream their content from the disk at sporadic times, you may also notice less jerkiness when it loads that content.
 
The answer is, it depends. Some people notice an increase in speed, others see decrease in speed. The fact is, sequential reading is much faster, but random access times increase. Also, you have a higher probability to losing all your data with RAID0 than with separate drives.
 
I will add that 250GB is a lot of storage to lose when the Raid array fails. Make sure you have a backup for your data. You may notice faster load times and seek times (10-20%), but chances are good that you will only notice a difference in synthetic benchmarks. Personally, I would go for a single modern SATA drive like one of the newer 500GB+ models with at least 16mb cache, or a single 74GB raptor.
 
But wouldnt a single 500GB drive with all the media on it make it slower?I mean all music,movies,games,pics and so on.
As for the 74GB raptor- is that so loud as people tell?
 
MustRotate said:
But wouldnt a single 500GB drive with all the media on it make it slower?I mean all music,movies,games,pics and so on.
As for the 74GB raptor- is that so loud as people tell?
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Yes a 500GB drive nearly at capacity would infact be slower than a RAID0 setup. In fact as others have said, sequential reads will be slower regardless. Random reads may or may not depending on a number of variables.

As for the 74GB Raptor well, that depends. I have never been bothered by them and I had the older model. The newer ones are a little quieter. I've got two 74GB Raptors in my girlfriends computer, and I've got 4 150GB Raptors in my machine all are in a RAID configuration of some type. I have never been bothered by them even with both machines running at once in the same room.
 
So basically the best configuration in a normal budget is either a single raptoror a 2x raptor matrix in RAID0 for the OS and the massive storage should be done in a bigger hdd.
Is it a good idea to put the raptors in an aluminium case? Like the Lian Li PC-A16?
Thanks Dan for the feedback about the raptors.
 
MustRotate said:
So basically the best configuration in a normal budget is either a single raptoror a 2x raptor matrix in RAID0 for the OS and the massive storage should be done in a bigger hdd.
Is it a good idea to put the raptors in an aluminium case? Like the Lian Li PC-A16?
Thanks Dan for the feedback about the raptors.
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I guess you really didn't read my post regarding RAID 0 not necessarily being faster and in many areas be much slower. :rolleyes:

It is better to go with a single Raptor and a large drive. ;)

I have a Raptor 150 in my Antec Super Lanboy (read, very thin case) and I cannot hear the drive over my fans. The only time I can hear my drive is when I am moving a ton of files that are not congruent.
 
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