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The ones i was looking at are maxtor as they are the only cheap drives that i can afford mabye it's not worth it seeming as they are only 7200 RPM. How would you back up your data? Another drive?
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ahhh, 7200RPM is the average mainstream HDD. the only faster drive you'll get on the mainstream market is the Raptor at 10,000RPM and that's the "enthusiast" market, rather than mainstream.
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I think i'll do without. I have heard it makes your comp go much faster although i don't have the cash for it and i would prefer a lot of space on my HDD.
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you seem to be confused about how RAID level 0 functions. with 2x160GB HDDs in RAID 0 you will have one "virtual" drive that is 320GB. because data is stored sequentially across the two drives, it almost doubles the speed over that of a single drive as both are able to do half the work at full speed. however i'm sure you are aware of the risks of data loss?