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15,000 RPM HDs
Discuss 15,000 RPM HDs
Posted by: Nannerb
I was just looking at them on Newegg. Anyone have one? They must be insanely fast.
Posted by: PoisonPorkchop
Me wanty...
Posted by: no_Wedge
only good for like servers
Posted by: PoisonPorkchop
I still want one. I was just looking at them and there not TOO much more than raptors. I want one for windows, except i bet there *****in loud.
Posted by: grego
Actually, they aren't "only good for servers." They'd deliver the same performance configured properly in a PC. Last time I checked the only 15k drives were SCSI though, which means super expensive drives and an expensive controller to top it off. I would have one for shizzle in my PC if I was rich.
But then again, a lot of sources say that they don't perform much better than two raptors in raid-0...
Posted by: Ste
SCSI are mainly used for servers but they are faster then any other drive if used in PC's ues they expensive but thats because they fast.
btw how fast are the raptors in RPM
Posted by: PoisonPorkchop
10,000 RPM. How much are scsi controllers?
Posted by: Ste
Im not sure the price of the controlers but if 2 SCSI drives are in Raid 0 Im sure they will outperform raptors cause SCSI are usally 15K RPM and raptors are 10K RPM as you said.
Posted by: grego
Aright, so if you wanna use 2 scsi drives in raid-o to beat two raptors...
2x $470 for 15k 73gb SCSI drives
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822116151[/url]
1x $180 for a SCSI raid 1/0 controller
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16816118018[/url]
=$1120
VERSUS
2x $180 for 74gb Raptors
1x free onboard SATA raid is hard to avoid
=$360
SCSI sound worth it to you? Surely isn't for most.
Posted by: PoisonPorkchop
OR you could get the drives that are only 208, and spend about 500 for a *****in fast setup.
Posted by: PoisonPorkchop
Oh i see that you are comparing same sized drives. NVM. I see your point
Posted by: grego
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by PoisonPorkchop [/i]
[B]Oh i see that you are comparing same sized drives. NVM. I see your point [/B][/QUOTE]
Yep. Most people already gripe about the (relatively) small 74 gb capacity of the raptor so...
I've got nothing against SCSI... it's price is just rediculous is all. I'd love it if i had the money :).
Posted by: Apokalipse
I would definately like to use SCSI, but the price, of even just te controllers are way too high.
Posted by: U-Toast
Wow guys.. Come on, seriously, why sepnd so much on a HDD setup. Its insane. SCSI are only used for server usage and such. They deliver faster speed than the 10k raptors or the 7200 satas.. for about 600$ more..
You can get a nice raid setup with simple sata HDDs and perform jsut as good as having 1 15k SCSI. The main point of getting the scsi hdds is for the datatransfer of 320 mb/s compared to the 150 on satas. Windows doesnt even support that speed, so no use. Its mainly for servers, so it can spread the speed throughout many different pcs.
You guys probably wont be able to make a difference with scsi hdds at your level...
Posted by: BColes
The main point of getting the scsi hdds is for the datatransfer of 320 mb/s compared to the 150 on satas. Windows doesnt even support that speed, so no use. (woops, this is from Toast above ^)
What speed does windows support up to? Hopefully this doesn't fall too far out of the scope of this thread.
Posted by: U-Toast
im not sure, but i beleive xp is 100 mb/s i may be wrong though, im trying to look up
Posted by: PoisonPorkchop
The whats the point of having sata HDDs that are 150?
Posted by: PoisonPorkchop
Or UATA at 133? Im willing to bet its at least 150
Posted by: U-Toast
RPMs, easier connection. Bigger buffer. usually lower latencies.
Posted by: BColes
I was wondering the same thing as PoisonPorkchop. U-Toast is all over that one!!! makes sense.
Posted by: desiboi
You might wanna buy a pair of ear plugs too.
Posted by: BColes
no ear plugs for me, i'm trying to build the loudest computer without speakers, haha
Posted by: PoisonPorkchop
lol