The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    640gb WD HD tune results- Raid- 0 (np9262)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Opteron, Dec 8, 2009.

  1. Opteron

    Opteron Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    91
    Messages:
    418
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    31
    [​IMG]

    Well those are my results, let me know what you think. As you see it's fast.

    Loading maps on MW2 seems slow sometimes. I'm not sure how great the raid-0 is on the NP9262......
     
    Opteron, Dec 8, 2009
    #1
  2. kaltmond

    kaltmond Clepple

    Reputations:
    699
    Messages:
    1,454
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Why not a SSD + 2x 640G R0 ?
     
    kaltmond, Dec 8, 2009
    #2
  3. timesquaredesi

    timesquaredesi MagicPeople VooDooPeople

    Reputations:
    109
    Messages:
    1,014
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    55
    wow, how much did you pay for your setup?
     
    timesquaredesi, Dec 8, 2009
    #3
  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

    Reputations:
    2,962
    Messages:
    8,231
    Likes Received:
    63
    Trophy Points:
    216
    Agreed. X25-M is faster in every dimension save for sequential writes.
     
    Commander Wolf, Dec 8, 2009
    #4
  5. Opteron

    Opteron Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    91
    Messages:
    418
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    31
    agreed, but why not and also because I can. Do you think rais-0 with only two drives will be faster.

    Yes, I'm still waiting for an SSD that is at least 500gig. When that happens hopefully soon. Me purchase big SSD drive.

    how much did this cost 395 dollars after shipping and taxes from newegg. again because I can. Plus they through in a 25 dollars credit to my account because the following week they went down to 89.99.. ouch...
     
    Opteron, Dec 8, 2009
    #5
  6. tilleroftheearth

    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

    Reputations:
    5,398
    Messages:
    12,692
    Likes Received:
    2,717
    Trophy Points:
    631
    If you're running the Intel Matrix Storage Manager (or, if you can run it), I would try the Intel Rapid Storage Technology drivers instead.

    You should see an increase in performance.
     
    tilleroftheearth, Dec 9, 2009
    #6
  7. Opteron

    Opteron Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    91
    Messages:
    418
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    31
    I tried loading Intel Matrix Storage manager but its only for winxp it would not install at all.

    "Inter Rapid technology" hmmm thanks for that info.... I will report if it works and if so see if it improved performance.
     
    Opteron, Dec 9, 2009
    #7
  8. davepermen

    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

    Reputations:
    2,972
    Messages:
    7,788
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    have fun losing 2tb of data once one of the disks fails.. :)
     
    davepermen, Dec 9, 2009
    #8
  9. Opteron

    Opteron Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    91
    Messages:
    418
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    31

    OMG I didn't know that (sarcism) .... Thanks thou...


    <--- I have a back-up plan.... no worries.
     
    Opteron, Dec 9, 2009
    #9
  10. tilleroftheearth

    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

    Reputations:
    5,398
    Messages:
    12,692
    Likes Received:
    2,717
    Trophy Points:
    631
    tilleroftheearth, Dec 9, 2009
    #10
  11. Opteron

    Opteron Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    91
    Messages:
    418
    Likes Received:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    31

    Look it here thanks "Tiller" this really improved my score and Internet explorer is so much faster too especially when choosing my favorites.

    New results:::

    [​IMG]




    anyone with a NP9262 and have raid should download this. Also MW2 loads in seconds in a couple of seconds. woot.
     
    Opteron, Dec 9, 2009
    #11
  12. tilleroftheearth

    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

    Reputations:
    5,398
    Messages:
    12,692
    Likes Received:
    2,717
    Trophy Points:
    631
    Woot! :D

    That's how I felt when I noticed my Scorpio Blue seem faster (more snap, I didn't measure anything) when I installed this - with no RAID, like you.

    Glad it made such an improvement.
     
    tilleroftheearth, Dec 9, 2009
    #12