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Jul 25^th, 2010 at 5:54pm

nyfirefly11 Offline
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Here are my current specs:
core i7-920 OC's
GTX-285
4GB RAM
EVGA x58 mobo
2 74GB raptors (one for Win XP, one for Win 7)
640GB WD Black for FSX
2 1TB WD Black drives in RAID for storage

Here's my question. I might want to take the raptors out so I don't have dual boot anymore (I'd use Win 7 x64 with Win XP mode for old programs). 1 raptor won't be large enough, so I was thinking of getting a new drive.

That said, I'm wondering what drives (besides the new raptors and SSD) are faster than the old 74GB raptors. Would a new 2TB WD Black w/64MB cache, or the Seagate XT's be faster? Or do I take the plunge and go for an SSD?

Thx!

« Last Edit: Jul 25^th, 2010 at 10:09pm by nyfirefly11 »

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Reply #1 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 8:25am

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Whilst SSD will give you the ultimate it is rather expensive. How much have you got in your wallet?

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Reply #2 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 11:09am

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WD Black 2tb
Samsung Spinpoint F3 biggest capacity possible
600 gigabyte WD velociraptor
450 gigabyte WD velociraptor

I doubt the latency of the first two would be as good as the early raptor.

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