Wwhat HDD for RAID0

[Curtis]

I am wanting to setup a RAID array in my pc.I have been looking at the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB and the Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB.

I am considering the 7200.11 because i have found seagate drives to be more reliable than samsung drives.

If anybody has any sugestions or recomendations,PLEASE POST!!!

I heared somthing about the platters in the seagate 500gb and the 750gb(I THINK) being not heavy enough or somthing like that.but W/e

Thanks in advance!

 

[Rastalovich]

Personally I'd just go for price.

Under the microscope of a test bench, there is a leaderboard to be listed for all the manufacturers (of which there are only 3 or 4 really, the others are made by these people, I'm sure Samsungs are made by some1 else), some will be faster, some more reliable. But we would be talking small numbers in reality and we dont work/play under test conditions in the main.

500 & 750+ drives are inherently faster over standard <500 due to their construction.

As to picking a single manufacturer as a purchase preference.. I dunno, I like WD, Seagate.. but if the price is right on something else, I'd get them, and be sure who I'm buying off are good when it comes to warranties.

I don't like raid either tbh

 

[Curtis]

Personally I'd just go for price.

Under the microscope of a test bench, there is a leaderboard to be listed for all the manufacturers (of which there are only 3 or 4 really, the others are made by these people, I'm sure Samsungs are made by some1 else), some will be faster, some more reliable. But we would be talking small numbers in reality and we dont work/play under test conditions in the main.

500 & 750+ drives are inherently faster over standard <500 due to their construction.

As to picking a single manufacturer as a purchase preference.. I dunno, I like WD, Seagate.. but if the price is right on something else, I'd get them, and be sure who I'm buying off are good when it comes to warranties.

I don't like raid either tbh

Cheers 4 reply m8!

I've been thinkin about getting two ssd drives and puuting them in RAID0.

(Probably be really fast and reliable)

 

[Allargando]

I'd look at WD Velociraptors if price isn't much of a worry

 

[Thanh55]

I got 2 Samsung F1 500Gb in RAID 0, I love it.

 

[tonpal]

You haven't mentioned what you intend to use the RAID array for. RAID 0 has no redundancy so if you have any critical data on it you will need a very robust back up regime. Personally I have 2 WD Raptors in RAID 0 for my gaming drive and reload the games when the array fails.

As far as choice of disks go my personal preference is WD. Either a Raptor or Velociraptor for performance or if they are a bit pricey a RE3 might be a good option.