Which drive is better for RAID 0 performance?

[Boostage]

I need to pick up two hard drives on Saturday at my local tigerdirect and the following drives all fit my budget. Combined storage space is not important, but which will provide the best speed in a raid 0 configuration?


Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB Hard Drive - 7200RPM, 32MB

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB

Samsung Spinpoint F DT 320GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB

Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB

 

[UltraDude]

See if they have the WD 6400AAKS

 

[Boostage]

they dont.

 

[nitrobass24]

well if they dont have a WD640 then I'd say the WD320 because of the platter density....depending on how much space you need you could always shortstroke it for more performance.

 

[Syntax Error]

well if they dont have a WD640 then I'd say the WD320 because of the platter density....depending on how much space you need you could always shortstroke it for more performance.

Unless you get the old WD3200AAKS because WD in their oh-so-infinite wisdom decided to not make their new single-platter 320GB drives not readily apparent. Something about getting rid of old manufactured stock, I suspect.

 

[Boostage]

well if they dont have a WD640 then I'd say the WD320 because of the platter density....depending on how much space you need you could always shortstroke it for more performance.

What does shortstroke mean?

 

[scihon]

Here is an older forum on it that may help
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1057604

 

[Boostage]

is there a significant difference from using a pair of these vs two WD 6400AAKS? and if so in what kind of environment would you notice it? loading games?