which HD's make for best value (need speed/storage)

[Daveb2012]

I havent decided yet how im going to set up my OS HD's maybe a couple 74gb raptors in raid 0. What I'm really stuck on though, is which HD's I should pick up if my main concern is lots of storage. I have heard the seagate 500gbs are slow, also would it be cheaper to just get 250 gb x 2? I noticed the increment in price from 500gb->750gb seems to make it not worth it.

What would you guys recommend? I was kind of thinking of just getting 1 x 500gb for now, then maybe a 2nd for a TB down the road. I don't want a 500gb though if its going to be slow and over priced.

[nn_step]

my main concern is lots of storage.If you care about the data on your drives. Raid0 is not the way to go, Raid1, raid5, Raid6, Raid10 and raid 0+1 are all options. I would suggest one large drive over two drives in raid0 for storage. however a 3 drive raid5 setup would be a viable alternative to a single drive

[Daveb2012]

If you care about the data on your drives. Raid0 is not the way to go, Raid1, raid5, Raid6, Raid10 and raid 0+1 are all options. I would suggest one large drive over two drives in raid0 for storage. however a 3 drive raid5 setup would be a viable alternative to a single drive

No,
I don't plan on raiding my storage drives, just the drives with my OS. Probably the raptor and maybe 3 x 250gb or 1x 500gb for storage, im not sure.