Originally posted by sammorris:

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Don't worry, it's just a really inaccurate program. Well, not inaccurate, but different. I score 37MB/s with my 36.7GB Raptor, and in other programs it scores 83MB/s. Your HDD is performing well.

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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Where are you copying it from? If it's from and to the same drive, it's got to read and write at once, which for a mechanical hard drive halves the speed, if not worse. If it's to a slower drive, you could be limited by the speed of the other drive, also bear in mind HDDs slow down with how much space used up, and how fragmented they are.

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Originally posted by mrk44:

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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Where are you copying it from? If it's from and to the same drive, it's got to read and write at once, which for a mechanical hard drive halves the speed, if not worse. If it's to a slower drive, you could be limited by the speed of the other drive, also bear in mind HDDs slow down with how much space used up, and how fragmented they are.

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That would explain a lot. When I copy to the same drive, it goes at about 48-50MB/s, which sounds about right based on what you just told me. When I copy to/from my 750GB seagate barracuda, it goes at about 65-66MB/s, which I guess is also about right since the seagate is slower. I'm only using around 39gb on the veloci, so not that much, and the fragmentation is less than 1%. So yea I guess it's alright then. Thanks.

ADD: also, i want to run the benchmark in hd tune (not file benchmark, the regular one), for write speed, but it says something about i need to remove all partitions to enable writing, but I only have one partition on the drive, and its for vista.

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Originally posted by theonejrs:

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Try using an IDE drive for a week, that will get you longing for your Sata pretty quick! LOL!!
Best Regards,
Russ

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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Originally posted by theonejrs:

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Try using an IDE drive for a week, that will get you longing for your Sata pretty quick! LOL!!
Best Regards,
Russ

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Couldnt have said it better myself. I love my sata drives. My poor AAKB 500gb ide drive is ran via usb due to the fact that my burners are taking up ALL available controllers. Really doesnt bother me. Its just a storage drive. It averages 20,000Kb/s write and read. Its all the usb controller will allow, is my guess. Certainly not maxing the usb header! The header should be upwards of 40-45,000Kb/s, not sure. Never seen the benchmark on USB. Cant wait for revision 3. Should be an interesting year ahead of us. MULTIPLE new technology releases.

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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Appreciate the offer but, Its an IDE drive, for one, and it is fast enough for what I use it. I transfer music, Small video clips, etc. So for the most part, its quick enough. THANK YOU though :D Gonna have to try and run another drive though soon, just to see it cross the 2TB threshold. It wouldnt do it a few weeks ago, but That QUITE possibly could have been due to insufficient power. I suppose its also possible, that the drive I tried connecting via usb, didnt like its jumper setting or the usb-ide adapter was malfunctioning, SOMETHING along those lines anyway. :)

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Originally posted by theonejrs:

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Antec has two that I like. The first is $119.99 and the second is on sale for $174.99. The first one comes with an Earthwatts 380w and the Second a 430w. I like the airflow and they will fit right in with my sound equipment.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129034




I was interested in this one, but it only has one external 5.25" bay, where the other one has 2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129029







Perfect for my use, with well designed airflow. Bays for 2 ODDs and 2 HDDs I can finally get rid of the Tower and get some of my desktop back!

Best Regards,
Russ

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Originally posted by bigwill68:

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Originally posted by theonejrs:

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Antec has two that I like. The first is $119.99 and the second is on sale for $174.99. The first one comes with an Earthwatts 380w and the Second a 430w. I like the airflow and they will fit right in with my sound equipment.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129034




I was interested in this one, but it only has one external 5.25" bay, where the other one has 2

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129029







Perfect for my use, with well designed airflow. Bays for 2 ODDs and 2 HDDs I can finally get rid of the Tower and get some of my desktop back!

Best Regards,
Russ

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Hey Russ here's your case we talked about day b4 yesterday you like
on sale at MicroCenter less than $100 brother..If you know it or not?I don't know if you gotta Micro Center near you or not..I gotta say..i kinda like it myself:)

http://microcenter.com/single_product_re...0265324

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Originally posted by theonejrs:

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There's a MicroCenter in Tustin which is about 45 miles away!

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Originally posted by theonejrs:

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I'll be ordering one Friday! There's a MicroCenter in Tustin which is about 45 miles away! That is a great price and even if it doesn't work out for the x2 7750, when I put the 780G MB in Russell's computer, I'll use it then! That's a fantastic price man! Almost 50% off! Thanks Will! I owe you one!

Best Regards,
Russ

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Originally posted by sammorris:

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The quality of a file depends on how it is encoded, the only way a file could become impared after having been encoded is if it became corrupted, i.e. data loss. Normally, Hard disks do not have that problem unless you use an nForce 6 chipset :P

Realistically, the burn speed from an IDE or S-ATA drive should be pretty much identical as even the fastest DVD speed, 22x is only 30.5MB/s, which is far from the 50+ that even older IDE hard drives can manage. Assuming the data on the drive is contiguous, it should have no trouble keeping up.

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