Building/Upgrading a PC for TS2
J. M. Pescado:
There is no overkill, only "open fire" and "I need to reload".
ZiggyDoodle:
I've got a Western Digital Raptor 150GB 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 sitting in my Newegg shopping cart.
Anyone have any experience with this drive?
B:
It's probably the best value in a 10K drive on the market right now. You will not be dissapointed. I use WD for all my high performance drives, and will continue to do for the foreseeable future. Just make sure you have adaquate cooling in the case since anything over 7200RPM can get pretty hot.
ZiggyDoodle:
Thanks, B. Am installing it in a Dell 8400; added a second fan when I switched graphics cards and replaced the PSU.
The rig has good air circulation and is cleaned regularly, so I shouldn't have any problems. Maybe it will help heat my den this winter.
Edited August 17, 2007, to add that I've been running the WD Raptor drive for a couple weeks and it is quite awesome. No heat issues nor is the drive as noisy as some claim. OS boots in less than a minute.
KatEnigma:
My raptor drive is the noisiest thing on my computer, and I still don't think it's very noisy at all. :D Besides, I like hearing it tick- sometimes it's the only way to tell that it's doing something.
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