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09-16-2007, 11:50 AM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,567
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Worth the $ per GB? Was thinking of gettting the 74GB version and a 500GB 7200RPM drive. Is it worth the cash or should i just go with the raw storage? | 
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09-16-2007, 12:08 PM
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Uber Sanoob Techie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Westchester County, New York Posts: 634
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Raptors aren't worth it. You don't get what you pay for. Reviews also show that Raptors are quite loud.
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09-16-2007, 01:29 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,821
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09-16-2007, 05:00 PM
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MetalHead Techie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,889
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the seagate 7200.11 series will hopefully fix the powerhungry/noise issues of the 750gb and they will be releasing the 1 tb as well Seagate Technology - Barracuda® 7200.11
:edit: wait they are out, newegg just must be slow
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09-16-2007, 06:38 PM
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gone Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,030
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I think raptors are worth it if your looking for pure performance and want to store your games/OS without having the hassle of Raiding. Only 165 for a raptor 150 gig. I went with that and a seagate 7200.10 for media storage and it worked out great. SOOOO Glad I didn't go through the hassle/risk of RAID 0.
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09-16-2007, 09:01 PM
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MetalHead Techie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,889
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what exactly...are the hassles/risks of RAID 0?
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09-16-2007, 09:19 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 1,508
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if u have a good hdd like seagate its not really risky at all to have a raid 0 setup, just that there is that slim chance of losing data
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09-16-2007, 09:42 PM
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gone Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,030
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