Which setup is faster, Raptor or RAID 0?

[kangaroo24]

Which would you recommend:

1 x 150GB WD Raptor 10,000rpm

or

2 x 200GB WD 7,200rpm in RAID 0

 

[Yoshiyuki Blade]

I'd suggest you go for the 150 GB raptor. There's a ton of reasons why, but I can't remember them all . One good reason is because that you can lose all your data if 1 out of 2 drives fail.

 

[dandragonrage]

Once again, RAID does not EQUAL better performance. If you're asking questions like this, you shouldn't be touching RAID.

I think it might be better if consumer chipsets would just drop RAID-0 support.

 

[general]

RAID-0 is only really useful for moving large files. If you do video editing you might need it, but for mainstream use, the Raptor will be better. That being said, will the extra 3 or 4 seconds saved loading your OS from a 150Gb raptor be worth that much more to you than doing so from a 36Gb or 74Gb Raptor?

 

[kangaroo24]

The 74GB is also offered, not sure which one I'm gonna go with though.

 

[HDBox2d1]

RAID-0 is only really useful for moving large files. If you do video editing you might need it, but for mainstream use, the Raptor will be better. That being said, will the extra 3 or 4 seconds saved loading your OS from a 150Gb raptor be worth that much more to you than doing so from a 36Gb or 74Gb Raptor?

Well, i have the 36gb raptor. I feel loading times *could* be quicker.
I'm buying the 150gb raptor soon.

Which would you recommend:

1 x 150GB WD Raptor 10,000rpm

or

2 x 200GB WD 7,200rpm in RAID 0

Raptor, for sure.