What to hard drive to get

gamezonline · June 21st, 2004, 23:45

i want to make it faster then it is, i know the biggest slow down is my hard drive witch is a 80gig maxtor, is there any thing faster then a standerd hard drive

p.s sorry wrong place can an admin please move it to the right

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Clements · June 22nd, 2004, 00:00

Well, WD Raptor drives are the fastest you can buy, being 10,000 RPM and all. They have relatively small capacities and are expensive, but for a gamer, these are the best.

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gamezonline · June 22nd, 2004, 00:06

im looking to spend no more then $300 US for one, someone told me that SATA is faster but not by that much, is that true

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**hushypushy** · June 22nd, 2004, 02:38

meh, if you want speed, go SCSI, if you arent gonna do that, get a raptor. those things are hella fast (like clements said)

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gamezonline · June 22nd, 2004, 04:04

ill go with the raptor, thx yall for the info

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GSDragoon · June 22nd, 2004, 05:38

You can setup raptors in a RAID too.

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Sampah · June 22nd, 2004, 10:43

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Originally Posted by gamezonline

im looking to spend no more then $300 US for one, someone told me that SATA is faster but not by that much, is that true

that's what I think also, however SATA cable are more thin and not annoying unlike the parallel one.

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Djenn · June 22nd, 2004, 14:30

hope ya like it... there are new raptors, which are 72gb, IIRC.

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gamezonline Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 213	What to hard drive to get i want to make it faster then it is, i know the biggest slow down is my hard drive witch is a 80gig maxtor, is there any thing faster then a standerd hard drive p.s sorry wrong place can an admin please move it to the right __________________ Abit Motherboard w/800 FSB P4 3.4 w/HT 1mb L2 @ 4.0 GeForce FX 5700 Ultra Emprex 8x DVD+-RW 250gig Maxter HD 80gig Maxter HD 1 Gig DDR 3700 SB Live

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June 22nd, 2004, 00:00	#2
Clements Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: UK Posts: 1,710	Well, WD Raptor drives are the fastest you can buy, being 10,000 RPM and all. They have relatively small capacities and are expensive, but for a gamer, these are the best. __________________ PJ64 Homepage \| ZSNES Documentation Project \| bsnes Supporter

June 22nd, 2004, 00:06	#3
gamezonline Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 213	im looking to spend no more then $300 US for one, someone told me that SATA is faster but not by that much, is that true __________________ Abit Motherboard w/800 FSB P4 3.4 w/HT 1mb L2 @ 4.0 GeForce FX 5700 Ultra Emprex 8x DVD+-RW 250gig Maxter HD 80gig Maxter HD 1 Gig DDR 3700 SB Live

June 22nd, 2004, 02:38	#4
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,979	meh, if you want speed, go SCSI, if you arent gonna do that, get a raptor. those things are hella fast (like clements said) __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

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gamezonline Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 213	ill go with the raptor, thx yall for the info __________________ Abit Motherboard w/800 FSB P4 3.4 w/HT 1mb L2 @ 4.0 GeForce FX 5700 Ultra Emprex 8x DVD+-RW 250gig Maxter HD 80gig Maxter HD 1 Gig DDR 3700 SB Live

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GSDragoon Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,969	You can setup raptors in a RAID too. __________________ Athlon64 3400+ @10.5x250MHz, 2.625GHz \| DFI NF3 250GB 2x512 Corsair pc3200 \| BFG FX6800 OC 128MB \| X-Fi XtremeGamer

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Djenn Space Cowboy Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 233	hope ya like it... there are new raptors, which are 72gb, IIRC. __________________ Thermaltake Xaser II Case Asus P5WD2 (272mhz FSB) Intel Pentium D 920 (@ 3.8ghz) 1gb pqi pc5400 (680mhz @ CL 5, 5-5-15) Unlocked Sapphire Radeon X800 GTO2 @ 500/600mhz SB Audigy 36gb WD Raptor, 40gb WD Caviar