hyunkeru Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 I'm thinking to buy a new hdd to replace my old maxtor 40g drive. I'm going to use it for the OS and apps only. I'm thinking to get the WD Raptor 36G 10000rpm drive or a SATA II drive with 16m cache. Which one is faster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zxian Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 First off... can your motherboard support SATA II?What is the rest of your hardware? Sometimes, the hard drive won't be your speed bottleneck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 dont get the 36gig raptor, get the 74gig, the 36 sucks compared to the 72i would get sataII tho if ur mobo supports it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bledd Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 does your motherboard support SATA? (they're different ports to ATA)if not, get a WD 120GBif so, get a Raptor 74gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMandible Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Get a Ramdisk. Windows loads in a couple of seconds & no moving parts. I think Giga-byte makes a 4GB model, but you can spend a quite a bit more and get a 16 GB model from HyperOS Systems. Fast but spendy. That's what credit cards are for, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyunkeru Posted August 16, 2005 Author Share Posted August 16, 2005 My motherboard doesn't support SATA II, but I can always get a add-on card or I can upgrade the motherboard too. As I mentioned before, I only use it for OS and apps, 36GB is pretty good enough for me, besides I have 2 200G Hdd for storage. So Should I get a SATA II and partition it or the 36G Raptor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringfinger Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 My vote is for the 74gb Raptor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boooggy Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 does anybody has ramdisk? just curious how is working..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 get one if you can, gigabyte had one at computex but i havnt seen anything new about it. in a second you will be able to be into windows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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