Question about Raptor hard drives

[RUDEBWOY]

I have 2 hds right now 2 satas hard drive 230 gig and a 300 both maxtor..if i buy a raptor and use it as my main drive would the speed of the other 2 effect the raptors 10k rpm at all?cause i want to keep the others as slaves

Btw guys do raptor drivers use the standard sata connections?

 

[Tedster]

SATA drive speeds are independant of other sata drives. They all run on their own channels.

A fast drive will run fast, a slow drive slow.

 

[nickslick74]

Yes, Raptors use a standard SATA connector.

 

[Nodsu]

Master/slave is meaningless in the SATA world.

If you have a PCI system, then three fast drives can saturate the PCI bus, but in normal use that would be a really rare occasion.