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I have the 250 GB versions of that drive. If you get another identical one, and run them in a
RAID 0 array, it will cut in half the load times. Not only that but you'll also have double the space, but both of hard drives will act as one.
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Originally Posted by supercole

will it make a actual difference? Black Omega said it wouldn't.
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No not really. Windows XP is limited to ~3.5GB for TOTAL system RAM. That includes your 9800GTX+ (512 I'm assuming) and if you have anything else that has it's own memory. So considering that you already have 2 GB and I'm assuming 512 on the graphics card, even if you did add another 2 GB's of RAM, your system would only be able to use 1GB.
Aside from that, Windows XP is not a resource hog like Vista or even Windows 7 for that matter so it's not as important to have a lot system memory (RAM).
Like I've been saying all along, another drive and RAID 0, your system will run considerably faster.
Another member mentioned SSD (Solid state disk), and yes they're are good and pretty fast. However, their price is still on the somewhat outrageous side. IMO, It's just not worth getting an SSD drive at the moment when a decent RAID 0 array will run just about as fast.
With a good controller and 4 harddrives you can actually beat an SSD.
Good Luck.