What type of Harddrive should I get?

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Alright so I have a fairly decent gaming rig and now I want some better harddrives, so what would YOU say I should spend my cash on AND WHY

1: 2 Seagate Barracudas / Western Digital Black Caviars and run RAID 0 if so what RAID controller would you recommend?.... I dont feel 'safe' using onboard....(I'll have a seprate HD to do backups to....and I already have 1 of each harddrive:P)
2: 'Scuzzys' (or SCSI)... if so what ones would you recommend and what type of controller would you recommend?
3: SSD.... if so what ones would you recommend (If I did this I would get a 60gig one...)

now I do have a budget of aprox 300-400 CANADIAN
If possible parts need to be found at Newegg.ca, NCIX.com, DirectCanada.com or TigerDirect.ca

Bytefield · Accepted Answer

Get two of these, do a backup every night:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

I have three, keep one offsite. Very quiet, reliable drive.

RAID 0 is dangerous, if you lose one drive, you've lost everything.

SCSI went out with disco. You should be using SATA.

I keep the OS and swap file on a separate smaller drive. If you want the best performance, you could use a SSD for this purpose.

donlfo69 · Answer

I just bought two 300gb velociraptors for 250 on amazon 
the  16 mb catche theses are fast as he'll 
if it's for gaming and you just want hella fast than you better off going ssd there almost no loading time or just get the raptors

? · Answer

you do no longer! you leave your inner as is. then you definately purchase an exterior and partition although if it is no longer already, as properly formatting it. sometimes they arrive pre-partitioned, generally into many logical drives, which I then ought to repartition right into a single one. you're able to do all this from Disk administration in XP. this would then grant you with a brand newpersistent, with a sparkling letter in My computing gadget. you ought to shop your boot and device perfect on that inner one, and for heaven's sake do no longer play around with the present partition in Disk administration, except you be attentive to what you're doing. Any archives which you have there on the indoors, you could then flow to the exterior by using in simple terms replica/paste. yet do no longer attempt to flow the OS, ie homestead windows, or exchange your lively partition.

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What type of Harddrive should I get?

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