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Which 7200 rpm HD should i get for Raid 0

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Hi,
I am looking at getting a 7200.12 seagate, but I been hearing Black or F3 are just as good if not better. So I was wanting to see which would be the best to get. Want to get the best bang for my buck in Raid 0 with 4 HDs. thank you for your help
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Size?

Samsung F3's look to be the current winner for speed, but reliability is still a possibility with the new design.
WD Caviar Black 1TB for sure, I've had tons of WD drives over the years and not had a single failure. Now I can't say the same about Seagate & Samsung

The Samsung may be slightly faster, but with RAID 0 your data is more at risk (4x, as there are 4x as many drives that can die). I would stay away from RAID 0, especially with 4 drives. I would suggest RAID5, it will give you the capacity of 3 drives (so, in this case, 3 TB), but will have redundancy so if 1 drive fails you don't loose any data
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well I was looing at getting 4 7200.12 320gigs because I have a 7200.10 320gig, and its alittle bit to small and I think 4t would way to much. but also I have to watch my price on HD. I am putting my OS on a SSD. also should i use the windows 7 raid controllers or should i look for something else?
Anyone else want to vote. and should i use the windows 7 raid controllers or should i look for something else? this will be my first Raid set up.
Ok which of this will give me the most speed and performance? Here(compare)?

Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB
Western Digital Caviar Black WD7501AALS 750GB
Caviar Black 640GB has proven to be the best and the fastest HDDs out there.

but if you buy soon,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-283-_-Product

the 750GB is on sale! might be the 2nd fastest
OK wasnt sure with the 750 saying something about High Performance Electronics Architecture Dual processor - Twice the processing power to maximize performance, but wasnt sure if the 640 had the same thing or not. I really havent worked about HD speed or performance other then it worked when plugged in until this system I am ordering.
Thanks you.
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OK wasnt sure with the 750 saying something about High Performance Electronics Architecture Dual processor - Twice the processing power to maximize performance, but wasnt sure if the 640 had the same thing or not. I really havent worked about HD speed or performance other then it worked when plugged in until this system I am ordering.
Thanks you.
All the new wd blacks have this dual processor thing including the 640. It is a great drive.
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OK wasnt sure with the 750 saying something about High Performance Electronics Architecture Dual processor - Twice the processing power to maximize performance, but wasnt sure if the 640 had the same thing or not. I really havent worked about HD speed or performance other then it worked when plugged in until this system I am ordering.
Thanks you.

the 640 AAKS (Blue) doesn't, but the AALS (Black) does.
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As an owner of a Seagate 7200.12 drive, I would highly recommend it due to its single platter configuration. In RAID 0 that should further increase the performance of a very fast drive. WD Blacks are OK, but they've been around for a while. Why not try something new?
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