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From: LSMFT on 16 Jun 2010 21:45
Western Digital 600GB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive 32MB 10KRPM 3.5IN VelociRaptor

This a good investment?


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From: John Doe on 17 Jun 2010 01:13
LSMFT <boleyn7 aol.com> wrote:

> Western Digital 600GB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive 32MB 10KRPM 3.5IN VelociRaptor
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> This a good investment?

No. Again... Buy an SSD drive for primary and a conventional HDD
for secondary. Keep Windows and programs on the SSD drive, and
keep all other files on the conventional HDD. The Raptor would be
good for the secondary drive, but a common 7400 RPM drive would
be acceptable.
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From: LSMFT on 17 Jun 2010 09:10
John Doe wrote:
> LSMFT<boleyn7 aol.com> wrote:
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>> Western Digital 600GB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive 32MB 10KRPM 3.5IN VelociRaptor
>>
>> This a good investment?
>
> No. Again... Buy an SSD drive for primary and a conventional HDD
> for secondary. Keep Windows and programs on the SSD drive, and
> keep all other files on the conventional HDD. The Raptor would be
> good for the secondary drive, but a common 7400 RPM drive would
> be acceptable.

For $664.00 seems rather slow and way over priced. Doesn't even support
SATA3.

Brand OCZ
Series Agility 2
Model OCZSSD2-2AGTE240G
Device Type Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Architecture MLC
Dimensions
Height 9.3mm
Expansion / Connectivity
Form Factor 2.5"
Capacity 240GB
Interface Type SATA II
Features Supports TRIM
Sustained Write: up to 250MB/s
4k Random Write (Aligned): 10,000 IOPS
Seek Time: 0.1 MS
Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology
ECC: 27 bytes of redundancy per 512 bytes data. Up to twelve 9-bit
symbols correctable

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From: Bill on 17 Jun 2010 18:37
LSMFT wrote:
> John Doe wrote:
>> LSMFT<boleyn7 aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Western Digital 600GB SATA 6Gb/s Hard Drive 32MB 10KRPM 3.5IN
>>> VelociRaptor
>>>
>>> This a good investment?
>>
>> No. Again... Buy an SSD drive for primary and a conventional HDD
>> for secondary. Keep Windows and programs on the SSD drive, and
>> keep all other files on the conventional HDD. The Raptor would be
>> good for the secondary drive, but a common 7400 RPM drive would
>> be acceptable.
>
> For $664.00 seems rather slow and way over priced. Doesn't even support
> SATA3.
>
> Brand OCZ
> Series Agility 2
> Model OCZSSD2-2AGTE240G
> Device Type Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
> Architecture MLC
> Dimensions
> Height 9.3mm
> Expansion / Connectivity
> Form Factor 2.5"
> Capacity 240GB
> Interface Type SATA II
> Features Supports TRIM
> Sustained Write: up to 250MB/s
> 4k Random Write (Aligned): 10,000 IOPS
> Seek Time: 0.1 MS
> Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology
> ECC: 27 bytes of redundancy per 512 bytes data. Up to twelve 9-bit
> symbols correctable
>


Look at the Corsair Force Series, OCZ Vertex 2 or LE using the Sandstrom
controller or the Intel X25-M in a size large enough for the OS and
some apps. Use a cheap 7200RPM hard drive for storing data files.

http://www.corsair.com/products/ssd_force/default.aspx
http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/solid-state-drives/2-5--sata-ii/performance-enterprise-solid-state-drives/ocz-vertex-2-sata-ii-2-5--ssd.html
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