poopboypat 0 Report post Posted December 26, 2006 Hello all i am going to set up a RAID Matrix on my computer and I was wondering wich 2 HD to get. I am going to be using them for Boot time and Gaming. ANd fast everyday use. Do some downloading, but mostly gaming and everyday use. With that in mind i was looking at these 2. And yes i am on a budget, so the 10k Raptors are not what i want. I was looking at around 160GB each should be plenty for the matrx. Thanks!! 160GB 8MB Cache HITACHI Deskstar T7K250 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822145088 160GB 16MB Cashe Western Digital Caviar RE http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822136062 This is for a RAID 0 or mostlikely a RAID Matrix set up. 2x of each, and my MoBo does support Matrix. Thanks!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amdoverclocker2 0 Report post Posted December 26, 2006 Dont bother with R0 with only 2 drives. You will be sad. Just seperate your apps/data and OS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qasdfdsaq 2 Report post Posted December 26, 2006 Matrix RAID will also slow things down considerably if both "RAID"'s are accessed concurrently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brad.B 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2006 Matrix RAID will also slow things down considerably if both "RAID"'s are accessed concurrently. That, and there's an extra CPU utilization overhead with matrix RAID too. -Brad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poopboypat 0 Report post Posted December 28, 2006 Well thanks for all the awnsers, i may or may not do raid, and honestly if it is slow ill turn the option off. Im learning about Raid, and i want to use it on my Home computer for gaming and see how it works. Im a student and im acctually majoring in this type of thing. So even if it messes up the computer im building, i would like to exparement with it to learn the most from it. Now back to the OP. Wich of these 2 would work best? Or should i look into a are seagate perpendicular drive? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qasdfdsaq 2 Report post Posted December 28, 2006 Personally I'd go for the WD, as in my experience, they've just "felt" a little faster in desktop use. The Hitachis feel a lot faster in server use though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites