2 cheap HD or 1 nice one???

[ericjmense]

So I’m new to OC computers and I just built my first but I scavenged an old HD of my oem e-machine and I’m ready for a new one

The question is should I buy two cheaper SATA HITACHI Deskstar 7K80 drives with 80GB and try to RADI or should I spend the 130$ on a single drive to get the best performance.

Or any other ideas for 130$ that you have for performance.

[FunkZ]

Assuming your motherboard offers SATA RAID I would recommend that route, although I suggest two 80Gb Seagate 7200.7 NCQ (Native Command Queuing) drives. They offer some of the fastest access speeds available today and come with a 5 year warranty.

[ericjmense]

The HITACHI can run SATA3.0GB and the Seagate you suggest does not. Will the Seagate still be the better option?

[FunkZ]

I've seen mixed reviews on the Hitachi drives, and the specs just don't seem to be any better. Either way you'll have a fast setup though.

[fstroupe]

I luv my twin Hitachi 7K80's. They are fast, pretty much silent, (my rig sits on my desk about 18" from my face and I can just barely hear them, sometimes not at all) and cheap.

If it means anything, I am always the first one to spawn into a new map on Battlefield 2 or BFV...sometimes as long as a minute before the next person does.

[Googer]

Just get a single 74GB raptor for $140 and save your self a lot of headache when you have to deal with raid0 related data corruption. And some raid0 setups add a tax to the cpu and thereby reducing overall system performance.

Get the raptor and your data will be safer and you will be happy.