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    Wanting to turn my hard drive to Raid 0

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by jota1500, Dec 16, 2009.

  1. jota1500

    jota1500 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Finally decided to upgrade my P-7805u.

    I just ordered the T9900 Processor. Can't wait to get it.

    Wanna know if I can buy any 320g 7200rpm 16m cache laptop hard drive or the one that comes with this computer. Which I have no idea.....

    Also take suggestions on removing this one and upgrading to a 500g. Though I heard raid 0 better for gaming.

    Only other upgrade I might do is removed a 2g stick and add 4g ddr3 stick but undecided cause it a mininal upgrade for the costly price.

    Any other suggestions? This is mainly for information about the hard drive.

    Thanks
     
    jota1500, Dec 16, 2009
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  2. Kamin_Majere

    Kamin_Majere =][= Ordo Hereticus

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    Yes any 320GB 7200RPM drive will allow you to set up a RAID array with your original.

    As to better for gaming... no not really. You will have a slight increase in load times, but thats about it. And with laptop hard drive speeds you would more than likely have to stop watch it to notice the difference.

    The RAM upgrade will largely be useless to you unless you commonly use all of your 4GB currently installed. (not counting windows fetches)
     
    Kamin_Majere, Dec 16, 2009
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  3. jota1500

    jota1500 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I shall do it for bragging rights then !

    lol thanks for reply I'll just pick up anyone
     
    jota1500, Dec 16, 2009
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  4. t3rR0r

    t3rR0r Notebook Evangelist

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    Its actually pretty easy to tell which HD you have... just unscrew the part underneath the laptop that gives you access to the HD bays... take out the harddrive temporarily and take off the cover.... that way you can tell exactly which model HD you have.....

    I also recommend that you get another exact model or close one by the same brand... such as another WD drive if thats the brand you have now for example
     
    t3rR0r, Dec 16, 2009
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    anyone have problems keeping their harddrives cool? i have 2 7200rpm harddrives but since they already get hot i am hesitant to put them in raid 0.
     
    skogar, Dec 17, 2009
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    Syngensmyth In All Seriousness

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    Why would raid cause more heat unless you have one configured to shut down now.
     
    Syngensmyth, Dec 17, 2009
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    If your HDDs are overheating then you have a BIG issue, since they're supposed to be the coolest things in your laptop (a HDD produces very little heat).
     
    Lithus, Dec 17, 2009
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    aaronwt Notebook Guru

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    If you really want some speed get an SSD. I put an SSD in my gateway netbook and it boots into Win7 in seconds.
     
    aaronwt, Dec 17, 2009
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    jota1500 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Price, proper specs, and where to find them?

    I thought about that.
     
    jota1500, Dec 19, 2009
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    jhr389 Notebook Geek

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    well heres the thing if you put the hdds in raid mode you have to make them run all the time or the pc will studier all the time it gets quite annoying. but these hdds do put out a lot of heat i just think it might be poor engineering.
     
    jhr389, Dec 19, 2009
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