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    M17xR3 hard drive question

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Spacemarine542, Feb 18, 2012.

  1. Spacemarine542

    Spacemarine542 Newbie

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    Hello everyone. I am building a new computer for myself right now in hopes that I can actually record World of Warcraft arena matches when my 3's team gets started. I'm having trouble picking a hard drive right now. Standardly it comes with a single 750 GB 7,200 RPM hard drive added in the price. Would it be better to pick a Raid 0 hard drive with 1.5TB(2x 750 GB 7,200 RPM) hard drives for an extra $350 or would the single 750 GB do fine? Note: I am trying to stay below $2,800 budget haha. These videos are going to be uploaded on youtube so I can watch them myself and see what I did wrong in my matches or what I should have done at a certain point.
     
    Spacemarine542, Feb 18, 2012
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  2. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Well do you have a lot of stuff like docs, music or videos? Because if you are just wanting to play WoW the I suggest a single hard drive and get an aftermarket SSD. Unless you need all that space for storage. BTW 2x750GB = 1.5TB
     
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    Spacemarine542 Newbie

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    I've got my current laptop designated for classwork for college(after I get my new laptop) and the new laptop I'm getting is going to be just for gaming and recording matches and uploading them to youtube. And my math is a little off today haha. So a single 750GB hard drive would do fine for the tasks I'm going to be doing? I also don't plan on keeping the video files once I get them uploaded to youtube.
     
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  4. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Well then if I were you, I'd go for the smallest HDD possible, save the money and get an aftermarket SSD. Or heck, ditch the HDD completely and orde it will a SSD, it should come with a Samsung 830 which is a really good drive. It really is a night and day difference in speed. Note: I said speed not performance ie load times, access times will all be more than 3 times faster but frame rates will stay the same. You did mention Fraps recording and an SSD could help there too as it will write the recording much quicker.
     
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    galbatrox9 Notebook Consultant

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    If you dont plan to keep them, then the stock 750gb one would be fine.

    But i suggest having a backup of them, youtube can mess up sometimes..
     
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    Spacemarine542 Newbie

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    Alright thanks for the help. Definitely saves me alot of money.
     
    Spacemarine542, Feb 18, 2012
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