Raptors vs. SSD vs ??

[jstanthr]

I was reading somewhere that 2 or more of some 1tb drive with a 300g partition was just as fast as a velociraptor (don't remember the drive or where i read it ) but seing as a 300g velociraptor is 200$ new and an intel 160 is around 425 seems like the intel would be the better choice? (who runs raptors solo anyway? gotta be raid to fly right?) i guess my main question is what do you guys reccomend for my new rig? right now its just running on some wd's i had lying around. but i need to get it buttoned down and i need your guys opinion on it.

Thanks in advance,
JsT

 

[rive22]

I would get an Intel SSD for your Operating System/Applications drive and then get a WD1001FALS or Samsung F3 1TB, or larger to put all your media/files/stuff on.

The new 7200rpm drives are as fast/faster than the 300g velociraptor in transfer rates ranging 125-150MBps max. The raptor has quicker access times around 7.0 so it will be more responsive, but an SSD has 0.1 access time that leave it in the dust.

I run my setup like so:
SSD (os, & main apps)
Samsung F3 (scratch, workspace, raring, temp files, etc)
WD640 (all my important files)

It is blazing fast this way and there's never a hickup. On my next system though if you wanted to get more creative I plan to do;

Intel SSD (os & apps)
3x Samsung F3 raid0 (scratch, workspace, raring, temp files, all files, etc)
WDwhicheverone (all files stored and daily mirrored)

Most people can live perfectly fine with just 2 drives though. An SSD and a large drive is perfect.