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06-09-2008, 10:26 PM
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| Help with harddrive choice. Hello, I am in the process of researching hard drives for an upgrade of my current system. I was looking at some of the 1TB drives, but from a price to performance to GB ratio I think getting 2 500GB drive and raiding them is a better option right now. Could you guys have a look at the drives I have listed below and give me your opinions. Feel free to recommend other drives in the same price range and size if you like.Thanks. Prices in Canadian dollars. Seagate Barracuda (ST3500320AS) 7200.11 SATA NCQ 3.0Gb/s 500GB 32MB Cache (OEM) Warranty: 5 Years $83.99 Western Digital Caviar (WD5000AAKS) 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Buffer (OEM) Warranty: 3 Years $79.99 Hitachi Deskstar 500GB 3.5" SATAII 7200rpm 16MB (0A35415) Warranty: 3 Years $77.99 __________________ (Antec Sonata Plus 550) (NeoPower 550) (Asus P5K-E/WiFi-AP) (E4400 2GHz @ 3GHz 9x333) (AC Freezer Pro) (4GB DDR-2 667) (Asus Silent 8600GT) (AVerMedia TV Tuner) (WD 250GB) (LG 20X DVD Burner) (Vista Ultimate 32bit). Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!Bookmark to Slashdot!Stumble this Post!Reddit! Bookmark to Newsvine! Edit/Delete Message |
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06-10-2008, 08:23 AM
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06-10-2008, 08:49 AM
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| Re: Help with harddrive choice. I believe that the WD6400AAKS (640gB) will provide a faster sustained transfer rate than any of the drives you mentioned, as well as greater storage capacity, for just a little more money. See this thread: Question about WD Raptor Replacements Here is a link to NewEgg's page for this drive: Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives Regards, -- Al
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06-10-2008, 10:21 AM
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| Re: Help with harddrive choice. The barracuda looks like the best choice, the caches the largest out of the three for what looks like only $4.00 more. 
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06-10-2008, 11:03 PM
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| Re: Help with harddrive choice. Thanks for your replies, I also posted this on another forum and the replies there were about the same even the one about the WD 640GB. I like the Seagate and the WD 640GB, since I plan on raid with 2 drives I think I'll stick with the Seagate unless I get the WD 640GB on sale. 1TB will be more than enough for me, I have a 250GB right now that will become a XP drive in dual boot.  By the way I did not get a automatic email about people responding to the post like I usually do, and when I tried to view the board earlier today it gave a sever not found error I hope everything is OK. |
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06-17-2008, 11:01 PM
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06-18-2008, 09:25 AM
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| Re: Help with harddrive choice. Thanks ephekt, but not to worry I have backup software running all the time.  |
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