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Karnevil9 · 12-02-2004, 01:02 AM

I'll assume that 10,000 rpm HD is a SATA drive. I think that is probably your best bet for speed. I don't know the specs for the 16MB cache Maxtor, but depending on benchmark test results, and you can do a google search to find them, that may also be a promising possiblity. I don't think the raid array will help you much more than the SATA. The size of the drive is more aimed at use then at speed. If you do a lot of video work or have a lot of files, music or otherwise, you need a large capacity drive.

If you are looking at the speed to spice up a gaming rig have the moderator move this post to the gaming and benchmark section of the forums. That's what those guys do.

12-02-2004, 01:02 AM	#3
Karnevil9 Member (10 bit) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 985	I'll assume that 10,000 rpm HD is a SATA drive. I think that is probably your best bet for speed. I don't know the specs for the 16MB cache Maxtor, but depending on benchmark test results, and you can do a google search to find them, that may also be a promising possiblity. I don't think the raid array will help you much more than the SATA. The size of the drive is more aimed at use then at speed. If you do a lot of video work or have a lot of files, music or otherwise, you need a large capacity drive. If you are looking at the speed to spice up a gaming rig have the moderator move this post to the gaming and benchmark section of the forums. That's what those guys do. __________________ AMD AthlonXP 2500+ Barton/Soltek SL-75FRN-RL/1024Mb DDR333 Kingston Ram/WD 120gig 8mb cache HD/Lite-On 52x32x52 CD-R-R/W/ATAPI 16x DVD/Sony 3.5 Floppy/Antec Solutions Case W/ 350W Antec PSU Last edited by Karnevil9; 12-02-2004 at 01:05 AM.