Troubles deciding which HD to get

[devilry]

Im having some probs deciding which HD to get. Now i know im going to get the Seagate because of all the reviews and people saying its the most quiet. I'll be doing a lot of video editing/capturing so that means i'll have huge files to play around with. So i'll need a lot of space. I only want about 160-200gb's for now. Now im just wondering whats the best way to get that. Also, i was planning on getting a SATA with Raid0. But from what i've been reading, people say its a big hassle with the drivers you have to install with F6 or something. And if you have two SATA drives, if one fails, you will lose the data on the other drive as well. Which is not cool at all. So, now im thinking of getting just the ATA-100/133 or something. Here are my choices:

1.Barracuda 200G ATA100 7200RPM 8MB Cache 3.5"(x1)
2.Barracuda 200G SATA100 7200.7 7200RPM 8MB Cache 3.5"(x1)
3.Barracuda 120G ATA100 7200.7 Plus IDE / 7200RPM 8M Cache 3.5"(x2)
4.Barracuda 80G SATA150 ATA-V IDE / 7200RPM w/ 8MB Cache(x2)

Is it better getting just one big 200g harddrive? Or would two 80g harddrives be better?

Sorry for the huge message, but i could really use some of your guy's advice on this. Thanks.

 

[Crashman]

OMG, you're lost. The only way you loose the data on the second drive when the first fails is if you ARE running RAID0. And that doesn't have ANYTHING to do with whether the drives are SATA, IDE, or SCSI. It's a RAID0 thing, you have the data split between the drives. If you don't want to take that chance, don't run RAID0. You don't have to RAID the drives on a RAID controller, even if it's SATA. It can be treated as a non-RAID controller just as easily.

Yes, to use SATA you normally have to use the F6 key and a floppy disk with the SATA drivers. This isn't true of the onboard Intel SATA controller in non-RAID mode, because Intel's integrated controller tells the system the drives are ATA on the main controller (the same controller that controlls your CD-ROM).

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[devilry]

Yah, thats what i meant crackman, that both disks will fail when your using Raid0. Now, if i dont use the RAID stuff, what are the advantages of having a SATA drive over a ATA drive? Or are there any?

 

[Mr5oh]

There aren't really any advantages to SATA over ATA. The SATA is capbable of transfering faster, but the problem is the hard drive can't write faster. So the performance gain is not really noticeable. I prefer the smaller SATA cables though.

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[Crashman]

The biggest advantage is that you can use 10,000 RPM drives, which aren't produced in parallel ATA versions.

Oh, and thanks for the insult. I only answered your question this time in case someone else that needs the same help reads this thread. It's not the best way to get answers to your questions.

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[devilry]

Crackman, i never meant to insult anyone, im not sure where u got that idea. I was simply saying that i understood how the RAID thing works. Sorry if you misunderstood that before. But since ur talking about being insulted, it was quite rude how you started your topic by saying "OMG, your lost". But i never took it negatively.

 

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[Obtuse]

another advantage to sata is getting the hd's off of your parallel ata channels. I don't like having drives running in slave mode. Now, each of my 2 optical drives gets to be the master of it's own dedicated IDE channel, and my hard drives are relegated to the sata channels.

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