Intel SSD 730 vs 2 WD velociraptor

[Jabberwookie]

so I picked up a Intel SSD 730 480mb for 200 on sale

 

I already have 2 WD Vraptors in raid 0 totaling 1tb on and my old trusty WD blue 500 for back up stuff and redundant storage

 

did I waste my money?

or was that worth it?

 

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[Unhelpful]

so I picked up a Intel SSD 730 for 200 on sale

 

I already have 2 WD Vraptors in raid 0 totaling 1tb on and my old trusty WD blue 500 for back up stuff and redundant storage

 

did I waste my money?

or was that worth it?

 

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edit-fixing I misread. give me a moment

 

How large was the intel 730? It's a really solid SSD.

 

I'm a little confused. What is you question? What are you asking if you wasted money on?

[dadasmithywinkle]

so I picked up a Intel SSD 730 for 200 on sale

 

I already have 2 WD Vraptors in raid 0 totaling 1tb on and my old trusty WD blue 500 for back up stuff and redundant storage

 

did I waste my money?

or was that worth it?

 

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Meh. SSD will be quieter.

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

so I picked up a Intel SSD 730 for 200 on sale

 

I already have 2 WD Vraptors in raid 0 totaling 1tb on and my old trusty WD blue 500 for back up stuff and redundant storage

 

did I waste my money?

or was that worth it?

 

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the SSD will have lower access latency and faster random reads and writes, so no you didn't.

I want a raptor X for my system, simply because it's the only hdd I know of with a window.

[Enderman]

lol velociraptor is like the floppy disk of HDDs

[tmlhalo]

No, just put the OS on the SSD and your programs on the RAID. HDDs suffer when you have to make a whole bunch of writes/reads to different spots on the disk even if they are in RAID. The SSD can handle the OS and the HDDs will be able to load your program data with no interruptions from having to go visit background stuff Windows would be doing.

[Jabberwookie]

edit-fixing I misread. give me a moment

 

How large was the intel 730? It's a really solid SSD.

 

I'm a little confused. What is you question? What are you asking if you wasted money on?

its a 480mb  730 intel..... 200 bucks.... I pooped a little

 

if its not just all around better

 

the vraptors in raid I want to use that for steam library

 

that price for that sdd I just wanted to make sure there wasnt a catch

[Unhelpful]

its a 480mb  730 intel..... 200 bucks.... I pooped a little

 

if its not just all around better

 

the vraptor I want to use that for steam library

 

that price for that sdd I just wanted to make sure there wasnt a catch

It is an excellent ssd and you got it for quite a good price.

 

Also 480 gb

 

I have one as well.

[Jabberwookie]

the SSD will have lower access latency and faster random reads and writes, so no you didn't.

I want a raptor X for my system, simply because it's the only hdd I know of with a window.

it has a window?

[Jabberwookie]

Meh. SSD will be quieter.

why do you say that?

[Jabberwookie]

No, just put the OS on the SSD and your programs on the RAID. HDDs suffer when you have to make a whole bunch of writes/reads to different spots on the disk even if they are in RAID. The SSD can handle the OS and the HDDs will be able to load your program data with no interruptions from having to go visit background stuff Windows would be doing.

what should I do with the extra ssd space?

[Jabberwookie]

lol velociraptor is like the floppy disk of HDDs

heeeeey

 

but why do you say that?

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

it has a window?

yessir. I want one to mount to my wall.

[dadasmithywinkle]

why do you say that?

Well an SSd will be quieter than two 10k drives.

[Enderman]

heeeeey

 

but why do you say that?

they are low capacity, loud, power hungry, dont have great speeds, sub-par reliability, high price, outdated, etc...

its technology from 8 years ago

[Jabberwookie]

they are low capacity, loud, power hungry, dont have great speeds, sub-par reliability, high price, outdated, etc...

its technology from 8 years ago

yeah thats why I decided using then for steam libo would be good lol