• Welcome to TechPowerUp Forums, Guest! Please check out our forum guidelines for info related to our community.

Fastest 2TB HDD For OS & Storage & Raid

happy

New Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2011
Messages
638 (0.14/day)
System Name HAPPY
Processor i7-2600
Motherboard ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3
Cooling CORSAIR CAFA50 (CPU)
Memory 4GB 1333mhz
Video Card(s) GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI
Storage HITACHI 160GB 7200RPM HDT721016SLA380 & 5 IDE 250GB WD HDD
Power Supply Corsair 650 TX
Software Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Hi guys, what is the fastest and most reliable 2TB HDD out there. Caviar Black? Just wanted to get some opinions. Also I also wanted to back up my files. Can you Raid 3 or even 4 2TB drives together?

Thanks
 
Joined
May 21, 2008
Messages
4,113 (0.71/day)
Location
Iowa, USA
System Name THE CUBE 2.0
Processor Intel i5 13600k
Motherboard MSI MPG Z690 EDGE DDR4
Cooling Phanteks PH-TC14PE BK 2x T30-120 Fan mod mount
Memory G.Skill TridentZ 3200 MT/s C15 32GB 2x16GB
Video Card(s) Gigabyte Aorus 1080 Ti 11GB OC: Core 2GHz, Mem 5.7GHz
Storage WD SN770 250GB / 3x WD SN850X 2TB / Toshiba X300 4TB / 2x RAID1 Toshiba P300 3TB
Display(s) Samsung 49" Odyssey OLED G95SC 240Hz 5120 x 1440
Case "THE CUBE" Custom built, pure Red Alder wood
Audio Device(s) Beyerdynamic DT 880
Power Supply Corsair RM1000X
Mouse Logitech G700
Keyboard Logitech G910
Software Windows 11 Pro
I would say yes to all of your ?'s You may need a good raid controller for 3-4 cards though.
 

happy

New Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2011
Messages
638 (0.14/day)
System Name HAPPY
Processor i7-2600
Motherboard ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3
Cooling CORSAIR CAFA50 (CPU)
Memory 4GB 1333mhz
Video Card(s) GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI
Storage HITACHI 160GB 7200RPM HDT721016SLA380 & 5 IDE 250GB WD HDD
Power Supply Corsair 650 TX
Software Windows 7 Ultimate x64
I would say yes to all of your ?'s You may need a good raid controller for 3-4 cards though.

I was hoping to use my AMD 890GXM-G65 mobo to Raid 3-4 of my 2TB drives. I have a Phenom 955BE. This will work right? I currently have x2 WD20EARX and was hoping to get a fast 2tb HDD (to work as my OS as well as some storage but also be backed up in my other HDDs) and maybe a different 2tb to complete this raid. You can raid different branded 2TB HDDs? This is possible without having to buy a raid card right?

Thanks
 
Joined
Mar 8, 2009
Messages
1,077 (0.20/day)
System Name Primary Rig
Processor e8500 Q822A549 4.5ghz AIR
Motherboard Foxconn Mars P35
Cooling TRUE
Memory 2 x2GB Patriot Viper 1066 5-5-5-12 @ 1.8v
Video Card(s) Sapphire 5870 Unlocked
Storage 300gb Velociraptor
Display(s) Dell 24" Ultrasharp
Case Coolermaster CM690
Power Supply PC Power & Cooling 750w Quad Silencer
Software Windows 7 Ultimate x86
WD Caviar Black like above.

The Seagate 3TB is pretty fast, faster than the 2TB drives.

The upcoming 1TB Velociraptor is amazing for a mechanical drive with reads and writes in the 200's but dies not fit your criteria.
 
Joined
May 21, 2008
Messages
4,113 (0.71/day)
Location
Iowa, USA
System Name THE CUBE 2.0
Processor Intel i5 13600k
Motherboard MSI MPG Z690 EDGE DDR4
Cooling Phanteks PH-TC14PE BK 2x T30-120 Fan mod mount
Memory G.Skill TridentZ 3200 MT/s C15 32GB 2x16GB
Video Card(s) Gigabyte Aorus 1080 Ti 11GB OC: Core 2GHz, Mem 5.7GHz
Storage WD SN770 250GB / 3x WD SN850X 2TB / Toshiba X300 4TB / 2x RAID1 Toshiba P300 3TB
Display(s) Samsung 49" Odyssey OLED G95SC 240Hz 5120 x 1440
Case "THE CUBE" Custom built, pure Red Alder wood
Audio Device(s) Beyerdynamic DT 880
Power Supply Corsair RM1000X
Mouse Logitech G700
Keyboard Logitech G910
Software Windows 11 Pro
You can raid different branded 2TB HDDs?

You maybe able to, I have always thought you had to use the same HDD model, brand and size.

Your mobo can probably handle the raid. I just prefer dedicated raid cards.
 
Joined
Oct 15, 2009
Messages
749 (0.14/day)
Location
Netherlands
System Name gaming system
Processor 2600k @ 4.2 ghz
Motherboard MSI Z77 MPower
Cooling Thermalright ultra extreme 120 rev.C w/noctua NF-S12B push/pull
Memory 16gb corsair vengeance 2400 c11 @1.5 v/
Video Card(s) GB gtx670 WF3x sli @1080/1372/6660(core/boost/mem)
Storage 2x samsung 850evo 250gb raid 0 ,2tb wdblack, 3TB wd purple
Display(s) Samsung Syncmaster P2770FH, asus VH242t/19" lg 1440x900
Case fractal design r4
Audio Device(s) onboard
Power Supply Corsair HX1050
Mouse Razer abyssus
Keyboard corsair k70
Software Windows 10 pro x64
i have a WD Caviar Black 2tb and does 140mb read/write in atto
i don't have a screenie atm, i don't have it on my rig atm
 

happy

New Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2011
Messages
638 (0.14/day)
System Name HAPPY
Processor i7-2600
Motherboard ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3
Cooling CORSAIR CAFA50 (CPU)
Memory 4GB 1333mhz
Video Card(s) GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI
Storage HITACHI 160GB 7200RPM HDT721016SLA380 & 5 IDE 250GB WD HDD
Power Supply Corsair 650 TX
Software Windows 7 Ultimate x64
You maybe able to, I have always thought you had to use the same HDD model, brand and size.

Your mobo can probably handle the raid. I just prefer dedicated raid cards.

i have a WD Caviar Black 2tb and does 140mb read/write in atto
i don't have a screenie atm, i don't have it on my rig atm

Thanks and that Caviar Black does some crazy fast read/write. I think I might get a 2TB F4. You think it would be better than other 2TB for OS and Storage?

Thanks
 

happy

New Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2011
Messages
638 (0.14/day)
System Name HAPPY
Processor i7-2600
Motherboard ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3
Cooling CORSAIR CAFA50 (CPU)
Memory 4GB 1333mhz
Video Card(s) GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI
Storage HITACHI 160GB 7200RPM HDT721016SLA380 & 5 IDE 250GB WD HDD
Power Supply Corsair 650 TX
Software Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Hi guys,
So I just came to a conclusion of getting a 1TB Caviar Black.
HDDs I Currently Have: (x2)2TB Caviar Green WD20EARX, (x1) 1TB Samsung F3 HD103SJ
I will be Raiding these drives using an AMD 890GXM-G65 mobo. So basically, I just read up on the different types of RAIDs but I don't know which one would suit me best. I got the 1TB Caviar Black to be used as an OS so that boot up time would be reasonably faster than the F3. What is the best method of Rading that I should use to simply store photos and movies. I will also be gaming which is why I bought the Caviar Black.

Thanks
 

happy

New Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2011
Messages
638 (0.14/day)
System Name HAPPY
Processor i7-2600
Motherboard ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3
Cooling CORSAIR CAFA50 (CPU)
Memory 4GB 1333mhz
Video Card(s) GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI
Storage HITACHI 160GB 7200RPM HDT721016SLA380 & 5 IDE 250GB WD HDD
Power Supply Corsair 650 TX
Software Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Joined
Oct 2, 2004
Messages
13,791 (1.94/day)
Another happy WD Caviar Black 2TB user. It was a bit more expensive soon after release but it's damn fast for a standard HDD and the size is just massive. I have loads of multimedia stuff, entire Steam archive of like 200+ games and i still have 500GB left lol.

Yeah yeah, SSD's are faster but none of it provides such good balance of price, capacity and speed as this one. I'd go with the Velociraptor but that's close to the SSD price wise with speeds not that massively better than its slower brother Caviar Black.

Just remember, you can't RAID Caviar Black's. You need to buy WD RE4 or whatever number they have these days. Thats the only thing not cool about them. But if you just need 1 drive, it's superb.
 

happy

New Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2011
Messages
638 (0.14/day)
System Name HAPPY
Processor i7-2600
Motherboard ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3
Cooling CORSAIR CAFA50 (CPU)
Memory 4GB 1333mhz
Video Card(s) GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI
Storage HITACHI 160GB 7200RPM HDT721016SLA380 & 5 IDE 250GB WD HDD
Power Supply Corsair 650 TX
Software Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Another happy WD Caviar Black 2TB user. It was a bit more expensive soon after release but it's damn fast for a standard HDD and the size is just massive. I have loads of multimedia stuff, entire Steam archive of like 200+ games and i still have 500GB left lol.

Yeah yeah, SSD's are faster but none of it provides such good balance of price, capacity and speed as this one. I'd go with the Velociraptor but that's close to the SSD price wise with speeds not that massively better than its slower brother Caviar Black.

Just remember, you can't RAID Caviar Black's. You need to buy WD RE4 or whatever number they have these days. Thats the only thing not cool about them. But if you just need 1 drive, it's superb.

Thanks for the heads up. So I guess I have to get the same 1TB F3 model in order to be able to raid right? When I Raid does this affect all the drive? I want to have the 1TB F3 drive as my OS and have the other 1TB F3 to back up my data. As for the (x2) 2TB Caviar greens I also want to raid them but probably in a different Raid than the 1TBs. Is this possible?

Thanks
 
Joined
Sep 15, 2004
Messages
1,583 (0.22/day)
Location
Poland,Slask
System Name HAL
Processor Core i5 2500K
Motherboard Asus P8P67 Pro Rev3.1
Cooling stock
Memory 2x4GB Kingston 1600Mhz Blu
Video Card(s) Asus 560Ti DirectCuII TOP
Storage Kingston 120 3K SSD,WD Black WD1502FAEX
Display(s) LG 1440x900
Case Chieftec Mesh Midi
Audio Device(s) onboard
Power Supply Corsair TX750V2
Software w8
I confirm. FAEX ftw.
 

theonedub

habe fidem
Joined
Apr 30, 2009
Messages
8,025 (1.47/day)
Location
Northern CA, USA
System Name Erakith || AsRock NUCS
Processor AMD ThreadRipper 2990WX ES (32c/64t 3.5ghz@1.02v) || Intel i7 1360P Raptor Lake-P
Motherboard MSI X399 MEG Creation || AsRock OE
Cooling EK Supremacy TR4 Full Nickel, D5 w/ EK Top, 2X EK-CoolStream XTX 360 & Photon 270 Res || OE
Memory 32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengeance PRO RGB DDR4 3000|| 2x16GB Corsair DDR4
Video Card(s) Vega 64 EK FC|| Intel Iris Xe
Storage 250gb WD Black NVMe & (2) 2TB Intel 660p NVMe || 2TB Corsair MP600 Pro
Display(s) 34" Dell Ultrasharp U3415W
Case CaseLabs Merlin SM8 || Aluminum Unibody
Power Supply Corsair HX1000
Mouse Corsair Harpoon Wireless RGB
Keyboard Corsair Strafe RGB w/ Cherry MX Silent
Software Windows 10 Pro x64 || WIndows 11 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores WCG & F@H Only
Rather than run a RAID setup, I backup all my important files to an F1 drive that I keep powered off and stored away. I'm not sure that the Greens will want to play nice in RAID either. If its just for basic non essential storage I really don't see a real need or point in running them in RAID0.
 

happy

New Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2011
Messages
638 (0.14/day)
System Name HAPPY
Processor i7-2600
Motherboard ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3
Cooling CORSAIR CAFA50 (CPU)
Memory 4GB 1333mhz
Video Card(s) GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI
Storage HITACHI 160GB 7200RPM HDT721016SLA380 & 5 IDE 250GB WD HDD
Power Supply Corsair 650 TX
Software Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Rather than run a RAID setup, I backup all my important files to an F1 drive that I keep powered off and stored away. I'm not sure that the Greens will want to play nice in RAID either. If its just for basic non essential storage I really don't see a real need or point in running them in RAID0.

So you suggest that if I RAID there will be less potential of failure? Basically, I need to just store lots of family pictures and ripped movies. Should I just leave them as regular drives?
 
Joined
Feb 18, 2006
Messages
5,147 (0.78/day)
Location
AZ
System Name Thought I'd be done with this by now
Processor i7 11700k 8/16
Motherboard MSI Z590 Pro Wifi
Cooling Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4, 9x aigo AR12
Memory 32GB GSkill TridentZ Neo DDR4-4000 CL18-22-22-42
Video Card(s) MSI Ventus 2x Geforce RTX 3070
Storage 1TB MX300 M.2 OS + Games, + cloud mostly
Display(s) Samsung 40" 4k (TV)
Case Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic EVO Black
Audio Device(s) onboard HD -> Yamaha 5.1
Power Supply EVGA 850 GQ
Mouse Logitech wireless
Keyboard same
VR HMD nah
Software Windows 10
Benchmark Scores no one cares anymore lols
So you suggest that if I RAID there will be less potential of failure? Basically, I need to just store lots of family pictures and ripped movies. Should I just leave them as regular drives?

raid 0 + backup = no no

Raid 5 + backup = perfectly acceptible

raid 1 + backup = overly redundant imo I mean it's already a backup.

Raid 10 + backup = likely a waste of a drive depending on your speed requirements


Single drives are fine too, but don't give you the large single volume which is beneficial for backup. Though tbh may main backup is a 2tb single external, but my NAS is a raid 1 config.
 

theonedub

habe fidem
Joined
Apr 30, 2009
Messages
8,025 (1.47/day)
Location
Northern CA, USA
System Name Erakith || AsRock NUCS
Processor AMD ThreadRipper 2990WX ES (32c/64t 3.5ghz@1.02v) || Intel i7 1360P Raptor Lake-P
Motherboard MSI X399 MEG Creation || AsRock OE
Cooling EK Supremacy TR4 Full Nickel, D5 w/ EK Top, 2X EK-CoolStream XTX 360 & Photon 270 Res || OE
Memory 32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengeance PRO RGB DDR4 3000|| 2x16GB Corsair DDR4
Video Card(s) Vega 64 EK FC|| Intel Iris Xe
Storage 250gb WD Black NVMe & (2) 2TB Intel 660p NVMe || 2TB Corsair MP600 Pro
Display(s) 34" Dell Ultrasharp U3415W
Case CaseLabs Merlin SM8 || Aluminum Unibody
Power Supply Corsair HX1000
Mouse Corsair Harpoon Wireless RGB
Keyboard Corsair Strafe RGB w/ Cherry MX Silent
Software Windows 10 Pro x64 || WIndows 11 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores WCG & F@H Only
So you suggest that if I RAID there will be less potential of failure? Basically, I need to just store lots of family pictures and ripped movies. Should I just leave them as regular drives?

When I thought about it, it made more sense to keep my backup drive powered off and in storage rather than continuously running in a computer. I think a whole lot less can go wrong with a drive pulled from a computer, than constantly powered on- you know?
 

happy

New Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2011
Messages
638 (0.14/day)
System Name HAPPY
Processor i7-2600
Motherboard ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3
Cooling CORSAIR CAFA50 (CPU)
Memory 4GB 1333mhz
Video Card(s) GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI
Storage HITACHI 160GB 7200RPM HDT721016SLA380 & 5 IDE 250GB WD HDD
Power Supply Corsair 650 TX
Software Windows 7 Ultimate x64
When I thought about it, it made more sense to keep my backup drive powered off and in storage rather than continuously running in a computer. I think a whole lot less can go wrong with a drive pulled from a computer, than constantly powered on- you know?

Yeah that's what I thought too. So essentially if I were simply storing things. Safest thing to do would be either just add it in as a regular slave drive and drag pictures and other things to the drives. So I should just not raid at all because raiding has a bit more chance to die?
 

theonedub

habe fidem
Joined
Apr 30, 2009
Messages
8,025 (1.47/day)
Location
Northern CA, USA
System Name Erakith || AsRock NUCS
Processor AMD ThreadRipper 2990WX ES (32c/64t 3.5ghz@1.02v) || Intel i7 1360P Raptor Lake-P
Motherboard MSI X399 MEG Creation || AsRock OE
Cooling EK Supremacy TR4 Full Nickel, D5 w/ EK Top, 2X EK-CoolStream XTX 360 & Photon 270 Res || OE
Memory 32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengeance PRO RGB DDR4 3000|| 2x16GB Corsair DDR4
Video Card(s) Vega 64 EK FC|| Intel Iris Xe
Storage 250gb WD Black NVMe & (2) 2TB Intel 660p NVMe || 2TB Corsair MP600 Pro
Display(s) 34" Dell Ultrasharp U3415W
Case CaseLabs Merlin SM8 || Aluminum Unibody
Power Supply Corsair HX1000
Mouse Corsair Harpoon Wireless RGB
Keyboard Corsair Strafe RGB w/ Cherry MX Silent
Software Windows 10 Pro x64 || WIndows 11 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores WCG & F@H Only
Yes, thats my rationale at least. I see more threads about RAID array issues than HDDs straight up dying :laugh:
 

happy

New Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2011
Messages
638 (0.14/day)
System Name HAPPY
Processor i7-2600
Motherboard ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3
Cooling CORSAIR CAFA50 (CPU)
Memory 4GB 1333mhz
Video Card(s) GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI
Storage HITACHI 160GB 7200RPM HDT721016SLA380 & 5 IDE 250GB WD HDD
Power Supply Corsair 650 TX
Software Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Yes, thats my rationale at least. I see more threads about RAID array issues than HDDs straight up dying :laugh:

Hmm. Never RAID before that is why I thought it would be more intersting to go this route this time. I also used a couple of my 2TB drives for storage and they are still going strong. Thanks for the heads up.
 

happy

New Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2011
Messages
638 (0.14/day)
System Name HAPPY
Processor i7-2600
Motherboard ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3
Cooling CORSAIR CAFA50 (CPU)
Memory 4GB 1333mhz
Video Card(s) GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI
Storage HITACHI 160GB 7200RPM HDT721016SLA380 & 5 IDE 250GB WD HDD
Power Supply Corsair 650 TX
Software Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Firstly, is it possible to RAID 10 3 drives? Also if I raid x2 2TB HDD that are 64mb cache and x1 2TB HDD that is 32mb will it default to 32mb on a RAID 10 config or RAID 5 config? So if I RAID 10 all three drives would that mean I would only get 3TB of usable space? Which would be more fail safe and faster; RAID 10 or RAID 5. These drives are just going to be used as storage and backing up files.
 

baggpipes

New Member
Joined
Feb 12, 2009
Messages
163 (0.03/day)
System Name R2D2
Processor AMD FX-4100
Motherboard MSI 970 G45
Cooling Stock
Memory Kingston T1 8GB 1600 DDR3 @ 1800mHz
Video Card(s) AMD Sapphire 6850
Storage RAID 0 WD Caviar Blue 1TB total
Display(s) Acer 19" widescreen and Sony 32" Bravia 1080p 60hz
Case NZXT Gamma Series
Power Supply 700w OCZ Mod Stream Pro
Software Windows 7 Professional
Benchmark Scores hit 4.5ghz stock cooler....
raid 0 backup = no no

Why? RAID 0 uses 100% of your drive space... Not all of the drives you have have to be RAIDED... Just back the pics and movies on one of the hard drives... I would use your greens for a RAID 0 and the 1TB drive to backup your pics/movies you want to keep... and not bother with buying another drive(unless you need the space).... and if you do go RAID make sure you get your MB RAID driver before reinstall...

and with RAID 10 dont you need a raid controller?

Great site explaining RAID....

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19269-01/820-1847-20/appendixf.html#50515995_98008
 
Last edited:
Joined
Nov 4, 2005
Messages
11,654 (1.73/day)
System Name Compy 386
Processor 7800X3D
Motherboard Asus
Cooling Air for now.....
Memory 64 GB DDR5 6400Mhz
Video Card(s) 7900XTX 310 Merc
Storage Samsung 990 2TB, 2 SP 2TB SSDs and over 10TB spinning
Display(s) 56" Samsung 4K HDR
Audio Device(s) ATI HDMI
Mouse Logitech MX518
Keyboard Razer
Software A lot.
Benchmark Scores Its fast. Enough.
When I thought about it, it made more sense to keep my backup drive powered off and in storage rather than continuously running in a computer. I think a whole lot less can go wrong with a drive pulled from a computer, than constantly powered on- you know?

I do it, all my important data is either on my 6TB RAID 0 array that gets backed up to a 2TB external drive when I finally decide to download pictures off the camera or movies off the camcorder. The rest is just things like my DVD rips, OS install files for new builds, games that can be reinstalled, and of course, my uhh, stuff.
 
Joined
May 4, 2007
Messages
2,165 (0.35/day)
Location
Wallingford, CT
Processor Intel i7-5930k
Motherboard ASRock Taichi X99
Cooling Phanteks PH-TC14PE
Memory 4x8GB HyperX FURY DDR4-2666 15-17-17-15
Video Card(s) MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X 8G
Storage 1x Plextor PX-512M6S SSD, 1x WD 750gb HDD, 2x Hitachi 2TB HDD, 1x Seagate 4TB HDD
Display(s) 2x Dell P2314H
Case Fractal Define R4
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply Corsair AX860i
Mouse ROCCAT Kone Pure Color White
Keyboard Corsair K95 RGB - Cherry MX Brown
Software Windows 10 Professional x64
I do it, all my important data is either on my 6TB RAID 0 array that gets backed up to a 2TB external drive when I finally decide to download pictures off the camera or movies off the camcorder. The rest is just things like my DVD rips, OS install files for new builds, games that can be reinstalled, and of course, my uhh, stuff.

Why put important data on a RAID 0 array? That's the least safe option...RAID 1, 5, or 10 would be better.
 

baggpipes

New Member
Joined
Feb 12, 2009
Messages
163 (0.03/day)
System Name R2D2
Processor AMD FX-4100
Motherboard MSI 970 G45
Cooling Stock
Memory Kingston T1 8GB 1600 DDR3 @ 1800mHz
Video Card(s) AMD Sapphire 6850
Storage RAID 0 WD Caviar Blue 1TB total
Display(s) Acer 19" widescreen and Sony 32" Bravia 1080p 60hz
Case NZXT Gamma Series
Power Supply 700w OCZ Mod Stream Pro
Software Windows 7 Professional
Benchmark Scores hit 4.5ghz stock cooler....
Why put important data on a RAID 0 array? That's the least safe option...RAID 1, 5, or 10 would be better.

That would be wasting alot of space... Why everybody so scared of RAID 0 its not like his desktop is a server holding top secret info or something... RAID 1 just mirrors the drive... sounds like waste of space... and with raid 5 with two 2TB drives and two 1TB drives there is going to be alot of unusable space... 2TB of wasted space... the only thing that is important to him is the pictures and movies, which can be saved directly to the non raided HD.

EDIT: How many people here have actually had a hard drive fail without knowing its about to go?? I mean you would hear it failing wouldnt you?
 
Last edited:

happy

New Member
Joined
Jun 22, 2011
Messages
638 (0.14/day)
System Name HAPPY
Processor i7-2600
Motherboard ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3
Cooling CORSAIR CAFA50 (CPU)
Memory 4GB 1333mhz
Video Card(s) GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI
Storage HITACHI 160GB 7200RPM HDT721016SLA380 & 5 IDE 250GB WD HDD
Power Supply Corsair 650 TX
Software Windows 7 Ultimate x64
That would be wasting alot of space... Why everybody so scared of RAID 0 its not like his desktop is a server holding top secret info or something... RAID 1 just mirrors the drive... sounds like waste of space... and with raid 5 with two 2TB drives and two 1TB drives there is going to be alot of unusable space... 2TB of wasted space... the only thing that is important to him is the pictures and movies, which can be saved directly to the non raided HD.

EDIT: How many people here have actually had a hard drive fail without knowing its about to go?? I mean you would hear it failing wouldnt you?

Why? RAID 0 uses 100% of your drive space... Not all of the drives you have have to be RAIDED... Just back the pics and movies on one of the hard drives... I would use your greens for a RAID 0 and the 1TB drive to backup your pics/movies you want to keep... and not bother with buying another drive(unless you need the space).... and if you do go RAID make sure you get your MB RAID driver before reinstall...

and with RAID 10 dont you need a raid controller?

Great site explaining RAID....

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19269-01/820-1847-20/appendixf.html#50515995_98008

So based on what I've seen, RAID 5 means you need an even number of drives 2,4,6,etc.. What if I have 3 2TB drives, an odd number of drives, does that I get 3TB of usable space? The only reason why I don't want to RAID 0 is because I'm afraid that if 1 drives fail, my files will be lost forever. But based on what I've read from your comment RAID 0 has never caused any problems for you. Hmm... And I'm working with a relatively small computer case which has 3 slots for HDD. Luckily I was able to mount my SSD (OS & some programs) on the bottom.
 
Top