SSD question

[mattering]

If there was a 2TB 10k  RPM drive (not sure if there is right now)
Would you buy that or would you buy the SSD with little storage room?

I'd rather get a 2TB Spinpoint F3 or the caviar black if they have them >__>

[Dr. Nick]

I would go for the Seagate 7200.12 it's the fastest 1TB HDD.

[mattering]

I would go for the Seagate 7200.12 it's the fastest 1TB HDD.

i has thatz....its really the fastest 1TB HDD?? .__.

[raserei408]

Nah. The Spinpoint F3 1TB is the fastest I've seen, and I'm pretty sure I saw it beating the 7200.12

[mattering]

now im confused 

[Dr. Nick]

My mistake, the F3 is faster than the 7200.12 I was thinking about a test that compared it to the F1 where the 7200.12 won.

[raserei408]

I'm also not sure how the 7200.12 compares to the Caviar Black...though I know the Spinpoint is faster.

[Dr. Nick]

The 7200.12 is faster than the Caviar Black.

[Dunceiam]

If they can make a 64gig flashdrive for like, $70, why do 64gig ssds cost so much more ?

As Raserei mentioned, the priciest component of an SSD is the controller/memory. If you'd benchmark a USB drive, depending on the model, most get average R/W speeds of 5MBps/2MBps. SSD's can reach into the 500MBps mark. It's similar to the difference between cache and memory, albeit they're pretty much the same internally, one is extremely fast, the other is slower.

If there was a 2TB 10k  RPM drive (not sure if there is right now)
Would you buy that or would you buy the SSD with little storage room?

SSD. First of all, even 2TB 7200rpm drives are incredibly prone to dying on you, so I could image a 2TB 10k drive being doubly so. Second of all, a 2TB 10k drive would get incredibly hot...

I like storage, but I don't like losing all my data.

However, if given the choice, I'd just get three 750GB 7200RPM drives and pop em in RAID5.

[raserei408]

500MBps is a high estimation (fastest current drives max out around 300) but the point remains true.

As for the RAID suggestion, problem is, since RAID 5 requires parity calculation, it's passively using CPU power. If you're talking in a NAS or something that's your best choice, but in a desktop you're probably best with RAID 10 or RAID 0 with an external backup (NAS, etc.)

[Dunceiam]

That would be software RAID, hardware RAID uses the southbridge to calculate 'parity calculation'. Whilst in software RAID, it's controlled by the CPU.

[Heartagramerz]

I'm starting to see most of the SSD price going down now.
Probably this spring/summer would be the best time to build up a new rig!

[raserei408]

Didn't you build a new rig fairly recently, or am I confusing you with someone else? ß

[lamborghiniV12]

Didn't you build a new rig fairly recently, or am I confusing you with someone else? ß

lol I thought that too I think he did      ? ? ?

[Heartagramerz]

I did, I'm going to get the SSD later to boot up my PC faster lol
But I think I'm going to just sell the PC I have right now to a friend (I'll rip him off haha) then build another one.
It's fun building a PC lol