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tilgado
30 Mar 2008, 09:21 PM
This drive is as fast as a Raptor. Great performance, great price. Didn't want this one to get past you guys.

THE TECH REPORT.com
Western Digital's Caviar SE16 640GB hard drive
New platters for the sweet spot
by Geoff Gasior (dissonance@techreport.co m) —
1:15 AM on March 25, 2008
http://techreport.com/articles.x/14380


Sharkyextreme.com

February Hard Drive Price Guide
February 27, 2008
Serial ATA Hard Drives
The 640GB drive isn't in there, but it'll give you an idea of the value/performance ratio. :)
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/article.php/10704_3730751__2


NEWEGG.com
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168 22136218&Tpk=22-136-218&cm_sp=HomepageLB-_-BannersCategory-_-http%3a%2f%2fpromotions.n ewegg.com%2fBanners%2fCat egory%2f620x130.jpg)
http://members.cox.net/ehidalgo/WD_640GB.jpg (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168 22136218&Tpk=22-136-218&cm_sp=HomepageLB-_-BannersCategory-_-http%3a%2f%2fpromotions.n ewegg.com%2fBanners%2fCat egory%2f620x130.jpg)
Eskimo
30 Mar 2008, 10:20 PM
Ty :)
Desolation
31 Mar 2008, 12:51 AM
no money thx to the army, have to wait for travel vouchers to go through before i even think about it
Griiimmeh
31 Mar 2008, 01:54 AM
too bad newegg doesnt ship to canada.
k_town
31 Mar 2008, 08:23 AM
the raptor is 10000 rpm,so wouldn't that make it a hair faster still?
UnderSpy
31 Mar 2008, 08:17 PM
the raptor is 10000 rpm,so wouldn't that make it a hair faster still?

thats what i was thinking, the raptors have to be faster
tilgado
31 Mar 2008, 10:06 PM
It has to do with platter density. Even though it doesn't spin as fast the head has to travel less, this equates to better file transfering, so that equals faster speeds. If you look at the review in the link above you can see the test results for your selves. ;)
Luker3
01 Apr 2008, 10:54 AM
Even though everyone wants a 10,000RPM drive, the majority of new 500GB+ drive are faster than the raptors. Raptors do have a faster acess time by about 4ms, and a faster windows boot by a few seconds. Otherwise, they have fell behind new drives.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/storage.html
Killer From Away
04 Apr 2008, 05:32 PM
im thinking about grabbing two of these and running raid 5
oh so tempting
Laughing Fat Man
04 Apr 2008, 06:01 PM
im thinking about grabbing two of these and running raid 5
oh so tempting

Unless you already have one, you can't run RAID 5. You need 3 or more drives.
Killer From Away
04 Apr 2008, 06:02 PM
Unless you already have one, you can't run RAID 5. You need 3 or more drives.

I have 2x 500gbs

So I would use the extra 140gbs on each as just a regular partition
Laughing Fat Man
04 Apr 2008, 06:27 PM
I have 2x 500gbs

So I would use the extra 140gbs on each as just a regular partition

Only some RAID controllers let you use "leftover" space. My MB has a 6 port SATA RAID controller, and it won't let me use the spare space from my 2 320s and 2 500s
Gator
04 Apr 2008, 06:29 PM
I have 2x 500gbs

So I would use the extra 140gbs on each as just a regular partition
You need 3 "physical" drives to run a RAID 5 configuration. :klinked:
Laughing Fat Man
04 Apr 2008, 06:33 PM
You need 3 "physical" drives to run a RAID 5 configuration. :klinked:


He's saying he'd use his 2 existing 500s and 2 new 640s in a single RAID 5 array.
Killer From Away
04 Apr 2008, 07:20 PM
He's saying he'd use his 2 existing 500s and 2 new 640s in a single RAID 5 array.

ya if I get 2 more 500s that gives me 1.5tbs which is good
but to expand Id need to buy a second raid card and more drives so it gets pricy

and the 750gb drives now are the same price per gb as the 500s

i cant decide what to do :(