15000 rpm hard drive?

bigpympin · Oct 24, 2004, 03:09 AM

Hi,I am thinking of getting a new hard drive a fujitsu[think thats the name] and its a 36gig.
My question is if anyone knows anything about them,I dont do any large file transfers, I manly going to use it for gaming and surfing the net.I know that for the same price around 210.00 I could get a 76 raptor.10000 rpm's of course. Well thank you for any help....

Geminiwave · Oct 25, 2004, 12:01 AM

from what i understand, its a fast drive but there are problems with heat so they need to be cooled. That can be alittle tricky at times.

bigpympin · Oct 25, 2004, 02:02 AM

Oh really? Hm... Maybe I should just get the 10000rpm one then..?

Nacht · Oct 25, 2004, 03:00 AM

i doubt you'd notice the difference between the two...

but if you feel the need to go faster, get two 74gb raptors in raid0.

Geminiwave · Oct 25, 2004, 06:52 AM

raid0 appearently doesnt improve real world performance.

I havent tried it so I wouldnt know, but people here claim as such.

MiDKnYtE · Oct 25, 2004, 08:07 AM

are you sure you can run the fujitsu drive? sounds like a scsi drive if it's 15k rpm. there are other 15k rpm scsi drives, but i haven't heard of any sata or pata drives at 15k.

bigpympin · Oct 25, 2004, 03:11 PM

Yes you are right its not a sata,just looked it up again and I just thought it was sata

thanks for pointing that out and to all who have helped

I'll be getting the raptor now...

Geminiwave · Oct 25, 2004, 09:15 PM

good plan

HawgsHead · Oct 27, 2004, 06:14 PM

I have Raptor's in a RAID 0.You really need to keep them cool also!If they get hot they will FRY.I have a 120mm fan blowing on mine.

CDsDontBurn · Oct 27, 2004, 06:30 PM

if money is an issue, i'd say get two 36Gb raptors and put them in RAID 0. It'll end up being about the same price as just one 74Gb raptor, but faster than one 74Gb raptor.

Geminiwave · Oct 27, 2004, 10:25 PM

again I say: Most people on this site have discovered that RAID-0 gives absolutely no performance increase.

Zardon · Oct 28, 2004, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Geminiwave

again I say: Most people on this site have discovered that RAID-0 gives absolutely no performance increase.

striping raptors will give performance increases with large files, and gains are also seen in areas such as with the photoshop scratch disc. ive been running tests lately on the Maxtor 16 meg cache Sata drives and they boot up slightly faster than a raptor (the extra cache helps with small files on boot up).

CDsDontBurn · Oct 28, 2004, 12:47 AM

i'm not too much of a fan of Maxtor, but those 16Mb buffer drives they came out with sure make me drool

pr0digal jenius · Oct 28, 2004, 02:27 AM

the 15000 rpm drives(im assumign you eman the seagate cheetah drives) and fromw hat i've read, they are no faster then the 10,000 rom drives simpyl b/c at that speed it can't read quite fast enough, and often has to take 2 cycles to read something...so ti all averges otu tot he same speed as a 10k RMP drive..which si much cheeper(this was a fairly odl article..it might have imporved though_)..also..i think they require SCSI...whcih is another expense

bigpympin · Oct 30, 2004, 10:01 PM

Yeah all great advice,thanks for all ya help. I went with the 74gig raptor

Oct 24, 2004, 03:09 AM	#1
bigpympin DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	15000 rpm hard drive? Hi,I am thinking of getting a new hard drive a fujitsu[think thats the name] and its a 36gig. My question is if anyone knows anything about them,I dont do any large file transfers, I manly going to use it for gaming and surfing the net.I know that for the same price around 210.00 I could get a 76 raptor.10000 rpm's of course. Well thank you for any help....

Oct 25, 2004, 12:01 AM	#2
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 64	from what i understand, its a fast drive but there are problems with heat so they need to be cooled. That can be alittle tricky at times. __________________

Oct 25, 2004, 06:52 AM	#5
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 64	raid0 appearently doesnt improve real world performance. I havent tried it so I wouldnt know, but people here claim as such. __________________

Oct 25, 2004, 09:15 PM	#8
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 64	good plan __________________

Oct 27, 2004, 06:14 PM	#9
HawgsHead Rest In Peace Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Danville Virginia.The United States of America"In the God of Abraham,Isaac and Jacob We Trust" Posts: 2,012 Rep Power: 0	I have Raptor's in a RAID 0.You really need to keep them cool also!If they get hot they will FRY.I have a 120mm fan blowing on mine. __________________ Rig specs to the left in the boxes....X-Box 360 w/Hitachi 42" HDTV....If Darwins theory of evolution is true then why are monkeys still monkeys?It takes much more faith to believe in Darwin's theory over the Genesis account of creation.

Oct 25, 2004, 02:02 AM	Thread Starter #3
bigpympin DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	Oh really? Hm... Maybe I should just get the 10000rpm one then..?

Oct 25, 2004, 03:00 AM	#4
Nacht ein Krieger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Clemson Uni Posts: 3,127 Rep Power: 0	i doubt you'd notice the difference between the two... but if you feel the need to go faster, get two 74gb raptors in raid0.

Oct 25, 2004, 08:07 AM	#6
MiDKnYtE Caffeine Machine Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hell is empty. All the devils are here. Posts: 670 Rep Power: 0	are you sure you can run the fujitsu drive? sounds like a scsi drive if it's 15k rpm. there are other 15k rpm scsi drives, but i haven't heard of any sata or pata drives at 15k.

Oct 25, 2004, 03:11 PM	Thread Starter #7
bigpympin DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	Yes you are right its not a sata,just looked it up again and I just thought it was sata thanks for pointing that out and to all who have helped I'll be getting the raptor now...

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CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	if money is an issue, i'd say get two 36Gb raptors and put them in RAID 0. It'll end up being about the same price as just one 74Gb raptor, but faster than one 74Gb raptor. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Oct 27, 2004, 10:25 PM	#11
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 64	again I say: Most people on this site have discovered that RAID-0 gives absolutely no performance increase. __________________

Oct 28, 2004, 12:47 AM	#13
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	i'm not too much of a fan of Maxtor, but those 16Mb buffer drives they came out with sure make me drool __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Oct 28, 2004, 02:27 AM	#14
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	the 15000 rpm drives(im assumign you eman the seagate cheetah drives) and fromw hat i've read, they are no faster then the 10,000 rom drives simpyl b/c at that speed it can't read quite fast enough, and often has to take 2 cycles to read something...so ti all averges otu tot he same speed as a 10k RMP drive..which si much cheeper(this was a fairly odl article..it might have imporved though_)..also..i think they require SCSI...whcih is another expense

Oct 30, 2004, 10:01 PM	Thread Starter #15
bigpympin DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	Yeah all great advice,thanks for all ya help. I went with the 74gig raptor