The test! In order to give the Raptor a fighting chance we saw it only fair to put 2 together in a RAID 0 configuration so the data is split between them to double the read/write speed of larger files. This allows for the resources of both hard drives to be utilised fully by the operating system. So now we are ready to put them to the test. But wait, what do we put the Raptors into? You wont use £200 HDs in a £15 case with a Celeron 2.5Ghz. So we thought just to add some more spice, we would put the raptors into the best PC configuration for today, then to add a little more insanity to the whole system by water cooling it. Why not? So now lets find out what the whole system is made up of. We used 2 systems with 2 different motherboards:

So now we know the computer specs, let’s have a look inside. When the HD has the feature of showing your data lay on the platters, then it becomes a crime not to show it off, so the Thermaltake Armors with minor modifications accomodated our needs perfectly:

ATI Chipset system:

 Nvidia chipset System: