Two Seagate 74 GB Raptors in Raid 0 for video editing and games. FAST ?

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Wouls raiding two of these make them even faster. or would one just do
??


Just trying to speed everything up as much as i can for my NEW pc.
Which will be a games and HD videing editing and encoding machine.

Thanks for any insight.
 
Alyssa said:
Western Digital make them ?? or segate ?
WD

Wouls raiding two of these make them even faster.
Yes.

or would one just do ??
Yes.

Just trying to speed everything up as much as i can for my NEW pc.
Which will be a games and HD videing editing and encoding machine.
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You dont need to raid0 those drives for that type of use.
 
People do though :)

I know ive read plenty of people who do. Iam sure it would make it
quciker but from what i read raid 0 aint realy that much faster. maybe
5% faster only on some things.

I think ill get a Raptor as main drive and 7200rpm as storage drive
and backup. thats sounds more sain.
 
Alyssa said:
People do though :)
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Sure, plenty dont have much of a clue about reliable system design.
I know ive read plenty of people who do.
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Plenty are stupid enough to overclock too.
Iam sure it would make it quciker but from
what i read raid 0 aint realy that much faster.
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Correct, and with a significant increase in risk as well.
maybe 5% faster only on some things.
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It can be better than that with the best configs.
I think ill get a Raptor as main drive and 7200rpm as
storage drive and backup. thats sounds more sain.
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Yep, and its arguable if you really need the raptor at all too.
Modern hard drives are pretty fast.
 
Wouls raiding two of these make them even faster. or would one just do
??

Just trying to speed everything up as much as i can for my NEW pc.
Which will be a games and HD videing editing and encoding machine.
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Thanks for any insight.
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It will be faster if you do a lot of linear reads/writes. Video-
editing could benefit if all other relevant components are faster
than the disk (with relation to the video-ops you do). If that is not
the case, better get a current 7200rpm disk from Seagate or Samsung
and enjoy lower price, less cooling needs and quieter operation, with
not that much less speed. Invest the money in a faster CPU and/or
more RAM.

Gaming will likely not be affected much.

I would go with one, since RAID0 is also half as reliable as a
single disk. Invest the money saved in an external disk for
backups. BTW, they are made by WD and quite a few people here
do not trust WD.

Arno
 
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