Ok my friends, I've decided not to give up on my RAID 0 config. I love my WD 1T Blacks but they just arent meant for RAID 0.

My Crosshair III Formula supports up to 2T in RAID 0. The plan is to start with 2 HD's and then when I can afford it I will add up to 3 additional HD's (5 HD's beeing the max on this board) which means that the max capacity of the HD's should not exceed 400GB per HD (400GB X 5 HD's = 2T).

I have see and heard a lot of good things about the Velociraptor 300 GB and know that a lot of my buddies out here run and love them. I know that I will be happy with this HD but I am not really willing to spend $199.99 each on HD's. I am thinking that the Velociraptor 150 GB is closer to my budget right now.

Any input on this will be greatly appreciated.. I am also wondering if anyone has any other sugestions on HD's that will run well in RAID 0.

Thanks guys


Anyone looking for a good deal on 1 or 2 WD 1T HD's PM me and I will make you a good deal.. I purchased them on the 8th of Oct 2009 so they are brand freaking new..

Also, if anyone knows of a good deal on some rapters please post here.

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Edited: 12/05/2009 at 09:52 PM by JC

Samsung F3's

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Do you have these in RAID 0

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Samsung F3's beat the Velociraptors in every bench except access time, I'll be putting two in RAID0 on the 26th

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These drives a meant for RAID?

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I just do not understand how Samsung F3's can beat a 10,000rpm drive. I do wish it were some other brand....but that's honestly really cool.

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Ya, Pretty impressive!! VelociRaptor vs Samsung Spinpoint F3

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Platter density.



also, I don't think any drive is ever "meant" for RAID, but I don't forsee any problems.

Plenty of people running htem in RAID0 without issue it seems: http://www.bing.com/search?q=S...-SearchBox&FORM=IE8SRC

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Mmm thing is he's looking for 400GB or lower...looks like the smallest F3 is 500GB?

Does this hold true for any big drive? It looks like the plain-jane 2TB Western Digital also beats the Velociraptor in that test. And for Samsung..is it only the F3 series? There are large capacity Samsung F1s and F2s also. Hmm.

I was going to say a drive that size is out of my price range but $55 bucks for a 500 isn't really going to break the bank. Hmm...

EDIT: Oh, woops. Looks like the F1s are the same capacity aren't as fast. Cool.

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Edited: 12/05/2009 at 11:16 PM by technic58

Ya. trying to keep it at or below the 400GB per HD. That way I can hit this MB's full potential in RAID.

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Edited: 12/05/2009 at 11:17 PM by JC

You can resize them to 400GB, still come out way cheaper per GB than you would with say, a velociraptor

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Duh! I should have thought of that!! Good call Immortal Lobster!!!!!!!!!!

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quite welcome

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Just to clarify.. we are talking about the 32M. Right...

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i got these in raid0 on two different machines works great
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822152185

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Looks like a good HD. I'm glad they are working out for you!!! But I would have to deactivate 600GB per HD though for my RAID wants..

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Platter density. [IMG][/IMG]

also, I don't think any drive is ever "meant" for RAID, but I don't forsee any problems.

Plenty of people running htem in RAID0 without issue it seems: http://www.bing.com/search?q=S...-SearchBox&FORM=IE8SRC

the cache is relative to disk size, a 1TB drive typically gets 32MB, 2TB drives get 64MB, and 500GB drives get the lowly 16MB, but the 500GB reviews out there are equally impressive, so no worrys

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Server drives sure, but for desktops....shouldn't matter

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So does that mean the a 1T 32M HD is going to be faster than a 500GB 16M HD

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