Gaming with HDs (RAID vs HDx2 content sep)

[sjsn]

Hello!

I'm not familiar with RAIDing HDs... My set up right now is:

Maxtor 7200RPM 80GB HD - Contains - OS, APPs, DLs, Page file
WD RAPTOR 10,000RPM 74GB HD - Contains - Games


I keep my OS separate from my Gaming software... I understand with RAIDing you have two identical HDs that mirror each other, is this faster than my setup, and why??

 

[Nodsu]

It is faster because data is read from both hard drives simultaneously.

Mind you, two normal hard drives in RAID vs a single Raptor gives you very mixed results with RAID winning some and Raptor winning others. You could mirror or stripe two Raptors of course