New system questions on 10,000 RPM drives

[Davidtxs]

ok I am fixing to build a new system are the 10,000 rpm drives worth the extra money or should i add another 2 gb or ram ??

looking at the Raptor 150 GB
tia

[AndrewCCM]

What OS are you using? Unless you're using a 64bit OS, going over 3GB of RAM total isn't going to do much. 10K drives are fast for seek times, but do generate more heat. We use 10k and/or 15k SCSI drives in our datacenters, but for home...7200RPM drives are just fine for me...I'd rather spend the difference on another drive or something.

[Davidtxs]

ya for the price of the 150 gb raptor i can almost get a 500gb 7200 and a 500 gb ext my book
thanks

[David_3]

LOL. I thought you were trying to get 10000 RPMs out of a big block chevy.

[Davidtxs]

lol nah i do know of one that shifts at 9600 rpm LOL its a screamer 618 cubic inches lol

[nyphotopro]

10K RPM drives are really designed for servers in continuously cooled/climate controlled environments. You can fry an egg easily on them without them being in a humidity controlled cooled environment with lots of cooling fans in the case. Stick with 7200 RPM 16MB or 32MB cached drives from Seagate (the ES series is designed for extended service and are really good). Western Digital, which is ok but not great, also just released a new series of drives designed to operate pulling somewhere between 4 and 10 watts LESS than typical drives. Lower wattage means lower heat. And lower heat (generally) means longer life.

[AndrewCCM]

Originally Posted by David_3

LOL. I thought you were trying to get 10000 RPMs out of a big block chevy.

David drives a Dodge if I ain't mistaken...

[Davidtxs]

yep that is true

[AndrewCCM]

With a 4 wheeler in the back no less..

[Davidtxs]

not now its in the garage lol racin season is over the hemi drinks gas worse with it in there lol

[Davidtxs]

Originally Posted by nyphotopro

10K RPM drives are really designed for servers in continuously cooled/climate controlled environments. You can fry an egg easily on them without them being in a humidity controlled cooled environment with lots of cooling fans in the case. Stick with 7200 RPM 16MB or 32MB cached drives from Seagate (the ES series is designed for extended service and are really good). Western Digital, which is ok but not great, also just released a new series of drives designed to operate pulling somewhere between 4 and 10 watts LESS than typical drives. Lower wattage means lower heat. And lower heat (generally) means longer life.

yep lookin at this one
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822148156

[Chris Anderson]

i have several of them and they don't run hot, and are definetly faster!

[David_3]

Love my hemi. Sorry, I got a little (OK, a lot) off topic here.

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[Joe_Lorenzini]

Get the Raptor! I've got the same one you're looking at and use it only as my system drive (Raptor 150). The thing rocks. It's worth every dime.

I can't think of another drive I'd want to install my OS on.

_/oe

[Davidtxs]

Originally Posted by David_3

Love my hemi. Sorry, I got a little (OK, a lot) off topic here.

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love mine too especially after dodge had to put just about a complete new motor in it at 50K miles lol it seems some of the earlier hemis had some valve train issues mine was one i had a valve spring break and guess where it went lol right down the cylinder, it ended up wedged into the top of the piston, the spring went back up into the intake lol man it was mass carnage