Good Evening, I basically have the following drives and am seeking your opinions:
Western Digital Raptor 150gb - WD1500ADFD
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 - HDS721010KLA330
Background:
Originally, I was going to have the Hitachi Deskstar serve as my external drive where I backup pretty much all my files, while I would serve the 150gb Raptor as my Primary drive for installing the operating system to boot-off of. (Possibly Dual-Boot). Maybe I can eliminate one and save some money. It seems most are choosing what seems to be more space/capacity vs. minimal speed-difference performance. Maybe I'll just keep two if they're both good?
Purposes:
This is kind of a side note, but in case it plays a significant factor, I primarily look forward to using either of these (or both) drives to have a good/fast/secure scratch disk. I'm constantly busied by assigned graphic design work load and use such applications as Adobe Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, I also undertake a lot of Video Production work in my freelance hours as well. I strongly feel both needs a good scratch disk whether or not I choose to have an external or primary in the end.
*Applications I work with: Adobe Flash, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Suite, Safari, Opera, Firefox, IE (cause I have to), Fetch, CuteFTP, Occasionaly ProTools, I don't play Video Games.
Decision:
But realizing and researching some benchmarks and tests between the two, I'm still having trouble on deciding what the final verdict should be. I don't have that much of a knowledge or background in this, so I'm here seeking your opinions. I am very interested and am looking forward reading your responses.
Thanks for your time, I really appreciate it.
Western Digital Raptor 150gb - WD1500ADFD
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 - HDS721010KLA330
Background:
Originally, I was going to have the Hitachi Deskstar serve as my external drive where I backup pretty much all my files, while I would serve the 150gb Raptor as my Primary drive for installing the operating system to boot-off of. (Possibly Dual-Boot). Maybe I can eliminate one and save some money. It seems most are choosing what seems to be more space/capacity vs. minimal speed-difference performance. Maybe I'll just keep two if they're both good?
Purposes:
This is kind of a side note, but in case it plays a significant factor, I primarily look forward to using either of these (or both) drives to have a good/fast/secure scratch disk. I'm constantly busied by assigned graphic design work load and use such applications as Adobe Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, I also undertake a lot of Video Production work in my freelance hours as well. I strongly feel both needs a good scratch disk whether or not I choose to have an external or primary in the end.
*Applications I work with: Adobe Flash, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Final Cut Suite, Safari, Opera, Firefox, IE (cause I have to), Fetch, CuteFTP, Occasionaly ProTools, I don't play Video Games.
Decision:
But realizing and researching some benchmarks and tests between the two, I'm still having trouble on deciding what the final verdict should be. I don't have that much of a knowledge or background in this, so I'm here seeking your opinions. I am very interested and am looking forward reading your responses.
Thanks for your time, I really appreciate it.