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    Which hard drives for 9262?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by DPMan, Nov 10, 2008.

  1. DPMan

    DPMan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Would you go with the:
    320GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache) x 2
    -- or --
    320GB 5400RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 8MB Cache) x 2

    Then RAID 0 or 1? I was leaning toward RAID 1.
     
    DPMan, Nov 10, 2008
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  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    if you want the fastest, than the 320GB 7200rpm is the way to go.

    if you want best "bang for the buck" for both performance and price, the 320GB 5400rpm is great.
    .... FYI, the 320GB 5400rpm drives perform as well as the previous generation 7200rpm drives since it has higher density. :)

    As for RAID, if you want best load times, RAID-0 is the way to go... but if you lose one drive in the array, you lose all data.

    If you want data redundancy for important files on your notebook, RAID-1 or RAID-5 would be a better choice.

    I use RAID-1 since my notebook is for work and school, not just gaming.

    I notice little to no performance loss (for the load times) by having RAID-1.
     
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  3. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    320GB 7200RPM (Serial-ATA II 300 - 16MB Cache) x 2 RAID 1
     
    Andy, Nov 10, 2008
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  4. DPMan

    DPMan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Great, helps a lot. I am almost to the point of purchasing. One more thread and I think ill be good to go. Sorry for any of my posts have been 50% but tried not to do any double posting.
     
    DPMan, Nov 10, 2008
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