Ok, I'm looking at building a gaming rig soon, and have considered using a Raptor to reduce game loading times. However, they're quiet expensive and very loud, so I've been considering some alternatives.
I'm considering getting a pair of Samsung SpinPoint drives in RAID 0 as they're uber quiet, but their performance seems pretty weak. So, I've also looked at RAID 0 with two Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB drives. These perform better, but I'm not sure about how loud they are.
I'm leaning towards the Seagate drives as I figure that my current Maxtor drives I'll be carrying over (can't remember the model names, but one is a MaxLine II, another a DM9, and the last a DM10). My suspicion is that the Samsung drives would be drowned out by the Maxtors anyways, so perhaps there is little point to them over the Seagate drives.
Finally, the case I'm using (NZXT HUSH) has HDD dampening, so do you think this would bring the noise of a Raptor done to a low level?
I'm considering getting a pair of Samsung SpinPoint drives in RAID 0 as they're uber quiet, but their performance seems pretty weak. So, I've also looked at RAID 0 with two Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB drives. These perform better, but I'm not sure about how loud they are.
I'm leaning towards the Seagate drives as I figure that my current Maxtor drives I'll be carrying over (can't remember the model names, but one is a MaxLine II, another a DM9, and the last a DM10). My suspicion is that the Samsung drives would be drowned out by the Maxtors anyways, so perhaps there is little point to them over the Seagate drives.
Finally, the case I'm using (NZXT HUSH) has HDD dampening, so do you think this would bring the noise of a Raptor done to a low level?