Western Digital Raptor vs Western Digital Caviar 16mb Cache drives - Which is better?

[Craig]

As the title of this thread says, which out of the two drives is better(faster)? I have a Raptor at the moment and it is fantastic - And with my new pc purchase coming up, was wondering if it was worth it to switch

Craig

[Fod]

you serious?

no. the raptor will be faster.

[StoneNewt]

Raptor = faster, Caviar = more storage, make up your own mind....

[Craig]

Yes I am serious From what I have been reading up the hard drives (Not just Western Digital) with 16mb of cache give the Raptor a run for its money

Craig

[Fod]

from a value point of view, yeah. i personally don't see the need in buying raptors, when you can get pretty decent performance from a pair of striped drives with a lot more space for the same kinda money.

[herulach]

Although they can quite match it for performance, they can come close especially on an ncq enabled controller (nforce4 ultra/sli intel 955 IIRC). Imo they arent worth the extra cost, for you they might be, go read up on storagereview.com. Why dont you use the raptor you already have?

[Craig]

Not just on a value point of view, check this out The raptor isnt beating the Maxline III by far!

Craig

[Edit]

Although they can quite match it for performance, they can come close especially on an ncq enabled controller (nforce4 ultra/sli intel 955 IIRC). Imo they arent worth the extra cost, for you they might be, go read up on storagereview.com. Why dont you use the raptor you already have?

Cheers for that site, I will have a look now!

I can't use the Raptor I already have as my friend is buying this PC from me - He wants the Raptor