OK, had this drive about two weeks now -- WOW :)
Bootup load time nearly cut in half.
PCMark2 went from 760 (Maxtor D740, 7200RPM) to 1125.
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OK, had this drive about two weeks now -- WOW :)
Bootup load time nearly cut in half.
PCMark2 went from 760 (Maxtor D740, 7200RPM) to 1125.
yep - boot up is really fast with these things :D
Sounds like a pretty good hard drive to me! I really wouldn't purchase it though. I got a 160GB WD SE 7,200 RPM hard drive for $150, which was much cheaper and has a lot more storage.
mine was a result of traded in parts and a credit at a store :)
Is that thing defragmented? I get about 1300-1350 on mine. I have a second one on order so I can run it Raid 0 :)Quote:
Originally posted by OS-Wiz
OK, had this drive about two weeks now -- WOW :)
Bootup load time nearly cut in half.
PCMark2 went from 760 (Maxtor D740, 7200RPM) to 1125.
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm=1411015
Eric
Well, I did a fresh install on it and the Windoze Defragger keeps saying I don't need a defrag. I'll defrag anyway and see if I can squeeze a few more marks out of it.Quote:
Originally posted by ewitte
Is that thing defragmented? I get about 1300-1350 on mine. I have a second one on order so I can run it Raid 0 :)
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm=1411015
Eric
Wow, a RAID 0 array would be awesome. Let us know how it does!
How loud are those new 10,000 drives?
All I can hear is the NB fan :) The HDD makes seek noise every now and then but usually nothing.Quote:
Originally posted by Rolandami
How loud are those new 10,000 drives?
Eric
How much do they retail for?
The range is really bigQuote:
Originally posted by number1sixerfan
How much do they retail for?
Newegg $138.5
CompUSA online - $158.24
WD online - $199
Micro Center (local) - $209
CompUSA online but pickup locally - $209
CompUSA locally - $249
Eric
Yup, same here and MBM5 says it idles at 27C.Quote:
Originally posted by ewitte
All I can hear is the NB fan :) The HDD makes seek noise every now and then but usually nothing.
Eric
Two of those striped in RAID -0- will be insane...:D
How fast? My cheetah does just under a minute.
Most of the time is spent scanning the scsi bus.
I did a defrag and got 1228 :( No OC on anything, if that matters.Quote:
Originally posted by ewitte
Is that thing defragmented? I get about 1300-1350 on mine. I have a second one on order so I can run it Raid 0 :)
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm=1411015
Eric
If you're talking about boot load time I went from about 1m15s to about 35s but I'm not loading a couple small apps I use to. So I figure I roughly halved my boot load time :)Quote:
Originally posted by pudad
How fast? My cheetah does just under a minute.
Most of the time is spent scanning the scsi bus.