Seagate Barracuda 7200.12

anerky99 · Rated XXX Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 219 Location: UK

Two 320gb barracudas (7200.12) in RAID0, Think theyd be ok and reasonably fast??

nolonger · Rated R Joined: 19 Apr 2009 Posts: 98

Depends, what do you use them for?
With large files they'd kick serious a$$, but for every day use they'll be just as fast, or maybe even slower than a single Raptor.

anerky99 · Rated XXX Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 219 Location: UK

Well mainly everyday use although i record tv which end at about 2gb files and i also do graphic design on photoshop which can come out at large files (200-300mb).
They be ok you think??

nolonger · Rated R Joined: 19 Apr 2009 Posts: 98

Oh yea, they'll be awesome then.

anerky99 · Rated XXX Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 219 Location: UK

Cool cool

. Have to get those then.
Dont suppose you know if these drives have NCQ?? Read specs from a store and it said they dont have it but looked at reviews and said they do.
You know whether they do??

nolonger · Rated R Joined: 19 Apr 2009 Posts: 98

Not even sure what that means. Laughing

anerky99 · Rated XXX Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 219 Location: UK

Sorry native command queing, but spose if you dont know what it stands for you wont know if its got it lol :s. Ahwell, thanks for the help.

**Doctor Feelgood** · Posted: Thu, 07 May 2009 11:54:02 Post Subject:

The 7200.12's (and all the recent Barracuda drives) have NCQ... PDF Specs.

With the speed of these drives, typical desktop use may be just fine with a single drive. Could get one bigger drive for less than two of these. But, if you want the computer nerd coolness of RAID 0, the price / specs are right with what you have picked.

anerky99 · Rated XXX Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 219 Location: UK

Lol, well i may go for the computer nerd coolness XD. Do they have any kind of performance boost for gaming??

anerky99 · Rated XXX Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 219 Location: UK

How easy is RAID0 to setup when building and setting up a new pc and before instaling an OS??