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If you build a new PC, make sure you get 2 HDs: One fast and one big
Lashiec:
A tip for cheapskates like me: buy two HDDs, a small one for the SOs and the software and a big one (320 GB go out really cheap these days) for the rest of data. A Raptor might shave you a few seconds (with each passing generation of 7.200 rpms disks, the gap is narrowing), but you save more than 100 bucks in the process. Hmmm, I see f0dder mentioned it :)
Don't worry about the fans, even the most cheapo case in the market brings along a fan or two with it.
About the power consumption problems Ralf mentions: I suspect something or some other component was troubling your PSU, 10k discs don't suck so much power as you may expect, mostly because they have left things to move than, say, a 1 TB drive, which sucks down some watts more. Of course, another story is when we talk about spinning up the drives when the computer starts...
Ralf Maximus:
Of course, another story is when we talk about spinning up the drives when the computer starts...
-Lashiec (December 05, 2007, 11:37 AM)
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I suspect that's what was going on, because if the machine made it past the first couple of seconds things were fine. Most BSOD's occured before Windows started booting.
Note that the only components I removed/changed were the drives; even the RAID controller remained plugged in. When the BSODs stopped, I assumed it was the additional power drain from a pair of 10K drives spinning up.
Angular momentum can be a bitch...
f0dder:
Don't worry about the fans, even the most cheapo case in the market brings along a fan or two with it.
-Lashiec (December 05, 2007, 11:37 AM)
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Well, then you do have the fan... but be sure that it's an intake fan, and placed in front of the drive(s), so they're efficiently cooled.
Of course, another story is when we talk about spinning up the drives when the computer starts...-Lashiec (December 05, 2007, 11:37 AM)
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Staggered spinup <3
vegas:
A tip for cheapskates like me: buy two HDDs, a small one for the SOs and the software and a big one (320 GB go out really cheap these days) for the rest of data. A Raptor might shave you a few seconds (with each passing generation of 7.200 rpms disks, the gap is narrowing), but you save more than 100 bucks in the process. Hmmm, I see f0dder mentioned it :)
Don't worry about the fans, even the most cheapo case in the market brings along a fan or two with it.
About the power consumption problems Ralf mentions: I suspect something or some other component was troubling your PSU, 10k discs don't suck so much power as you may expect, mostly because they have left things to move than, say, a 1 TB drive, which sucks down some watts more. Of course, another story is when we talk about spinning up the drives when the computer starts...
-Lashiec (December 05, 2007, 11:37 AM)
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Having a 120mm fan in the front (80mm if you have to) AND back (120mm for sure) pushing the air through the case from front to back is actually a pretty big deal, makes a Huge difference. Don't underestimate a decent fan in those two spots with any system you build/use. Even from bottom to top if you can find a case that at least has venting at the top.
nosh:
I'm using two large 7200 rpm drives but I avoid installing to c:\program files. Programs are instead installed to D: which lies on HDD #2. Data is obviously mirrored across both drives. It's a nice compromise but I'm pretty certain a primary partition that worked @ 10000 rpm would make a substantial difference.
Edit: One of the advantages of having your programs on another drive is that stuff like defrag can be run concurrently on the system and the programs partitions, really cutting down on overall time. :Thmbsup:
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