Hard Drive Upgrade
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Depends if you're using Vista or not... some RAID controllers will work straight off, and for the rest you can install the drivers from a USB stick.
RAID isn't useless as ZP makes out, for gaming and general use you'll see a slight decrease in loading times, but usually nothing significant enough to make it worthwhile. If you're doing something dependant on throughput, such as video editing, then RAID0 (or hardware RAID5) is nigh-on essential.
RAID isn't useless as ZP makes out, for gaming and general use you'll see a slight decrease in loading times, but usually nothing significant enough to make it worthwhile. If you're doing something dependant on throughput, such as video editing, then RAID0 (or hardware RAID5) is nigh-on essential.
Normally I'd say stick with a single disk, as over here there's not much difference in price between 2x500GB and 1x1TB, but from the links you posted there is a fair price gap which makes the RAID0 option quite attractive. Shame that store only stocks Seagate and WD drives - over here the Samsung and Maxtors tend to be a little cheaper, so it's worth looking around as much as you can.
I'd go for Western Digital Caviar 640GB $144.69
The Seagate 500GB costs $141.06
Benchmark: http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/14583
Other that includes SSD:
The Seagate 500GB costs $141.06
Benchmark: http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/14583
Other that includes SSD:
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Hehe, I'm only worried about WD warranty and reliability compared with the Seagate. Otherwise:[Snarf];2145755 said:Yes, you're right. That drive has impressive scores throughout that entire review. Now I'm more undecided than ever
Or just buy a Velociraptor
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I was just screwing around with you[Snarf];2145948 said:As for the Velociraptor? Yes, if only it was $200 NZD cheaper I'm sure I could survive with only 300GB, but I need the rest of my spare cash for the HD 4870, which is going to be here any second now!