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.
I'd get one (or two) but they're only 36GB.
I love mine. Bootup time is around 32sec
To be honest I'm probably more defragged than most. I still have my copy of XP running on the SE drive. Less is missed if I boot to the other copy of XP and run defrag on the raptor.Quote:
Originally posted by OS-Wiz
I did a defrag and got 1228 :( No OC on anything, if that matters.
Eric
Hmmm I never tried PCMarks with my Raptor.. If I decide to keep them... I might as well... But a single raptor drive cannot beat my RAID 0 array of 2 drives.. Which scored over 1500 in PCMarks :)
Still 1350 is not that far off. I wonder what I will get with both drives :)Quote:
Originally posted by Colossus
Hmmm I never tried PCMarks with my Raptor.. If I decide to keep them... I might as well... But a single raptor drive cannot beat my RAID 0 array of 2 drives.. Which scored over 1500 in PCMarks :)
Eric
No its not that bad at all!!!!
I score around 1000 if I recall correctly on a single drive... So yes that is a 33% advantage :) (give or take :D)
I'm not all that impressed by the drive due to its price/space ratio. At current price you can purchase 2 (maybe even 3) 40GB 7200rpm ATA100 drives instead of a single Raptor. Considering this, for the same price as 2 Raptors in a RAID 0 array giving you around 80 gigs, you could have 4 7200rpm ATA100 drives in a RAID 0 array giving you 160 gigs. I'd imagine this would provide similar (not better) performance.
So you have 4 drives (instead of 2) that *each* have half the expected life expectancy (ie cheap parts). I suggest not putting important data on it. You get more than just extra speed. The drives are a lot more solid. I was also looking at access time. Nothing IDE out there beats it.Quote:
Originally posted by ImaNihilist
I'm not all that impressed by the drive due to its price/space ratio. At current price you can purchase 2 (maybe even 3) 40GB 7200rpm ATA100 drives instead of a single Raptor. Considering this, for the same price as 2 Raptors in a RAID 0 array giving you around 80 gigs, you could have 4 7200rpm ATA100 drives in a RAID 0 array giving you 160 gigs. I'd imagine this would provide similar (not better) performance.
Eric
Cheap parts? I was thinking more along the lines of a WD 40GB 7200 with 8mb cahe for around 70$. The Raptor is also made by WD. I don't think the parts will be all that different in terms of quality.
They are different competing technologies. The Raptor is made mostly out of SCSI parts and is designed to last. They advertise as being value for the Enterprise market. Just running at 10,000 rpm requires better parts. The other IDE/SATA drives are made to be affordable and appeal to consumers. Quality is sacraficed to give the consumers a good deal.Quote:
Originally posted by ImaNihilist
Cheap parts? I was thinking more along the lines of a WD 40GB 7200 with 8mb cahe for around 70$. The Raptor is also made by WD. I don't think the parts will be all that different in terms of quality.
Eric