I dont think there a straightforward answer to your question - your hard drive transfer rate is definatly going to be slower than your RAM access no matter what - so a faster drive can only help improve your bottleneck. Aside from the specs of the actual drive (access speed in ns, RPMs, etc.) the controller is definately an issue. SCSI being faster than IDE in general and of course multiple variations of each flavor (SCSI Ultra, Ultra 160 - ATA/DMA 66 is better than 33, etc.)
Already got a fast system? You're going to want a fast drive. Programs like Cubase rely heavily on hard drive access, so if this is going to be an audio workhorse then you'll notice the difference on a fast drive. For my machine, I got a 10,000 rpm (9 gig) SCSI drive and a 5,400 (60 gig) IDE drive. The difference in speed is really obvious, but if you a looking for some sort of speed/size/cost trade-off that may be a good way to go - keep one small fast drive for programs and a big one for storage. trust -----Original Message----- From: Hugh G. Blaze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 5:58 PM To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List Subject: [dnb-prod] Hard rive data transfer rates What's considered slow and fast - how fast is quick enough NOT to slow down a 1.4 gig P4 system? _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
