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    Need advice... help a brotha out...

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Turmoil, Sep 17, 2010.

  1. Turmoil

    Turmoil Notebook Evangelist

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    So I am too cheap to buy an SSD... but I need a new HD.

    Thinking about either doing dual WD Scorpio Blacks, 2x 250GB in Raid 0 formation. (This would give me 500gb of room right?)

    OR

    1 500GB WD Scorpio Black...

    EDIT: Possibly thinkg about the 500GB Seagate Momentus Hybrid drive... though I hear those are crap
     
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    wasupdog Notebook Consultant

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    i've run 2 raid 0 disks and it does run noticeably faster than a single disk so i would say it's worth it if you keep a backup of your system. it gets completely smoked by an ssd though. ssd's have dropped in price a lot and the new intel ones are coming out within a few months so the prices may drop even more.
     
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  3. Turmoil

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    Just picked up 2x scorpios at $54 each. Until ssd is in the $200 range for a 256gb, I'm over it.
     
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