Give me a hand! Which HD choose?

[pidr1nhu]

Hi there,
I am looking for a new hard disk and I would like some help here:

Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM 16MB SATA 1.5Gb/s 6L300S0

Technical specifiations
Serie DiamondMax 10
Capacity 300GB
RPM 7200 rpm
Cache 16 MB
Interface Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s
Search time 9 ms
Another 150 MB/s

Seagate 300GB 7200 RPM 8MB SATA 1.5Gb/s ST3300831AS

Technical specifiations
Serie Barracuda 7200.8 SATA
Capacity 300GB
RPM 7200 rpm
Cache 8 MB
Interface Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s
Search time 8 ms

Western Digital 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB SATA 1.5Gb/s WD2500JD

Technical specifiations
Serie WD Caviar SE
Capacity 250GB
RPM 7200 rpm
Cache 8 MB
Interface Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s
Search time 8.9 ms
Another 150 MB/s

SAMSUNG 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB SATA 3.0Gb/s SP2504C

Technical specifiations
Serie SpinPoint P120 SATA Series
Capacity 250GB
RPM 7200 rpm
Cache 8 MB
Interface Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
Search time 8.9 ms

Samsung 300GB 7200 RPM 8MB SATA 3.0Gb/s HD300LJ

Technical specifiations
Serie SpinPoint T133 SATA Series
Capacity 300GB
RPM 7200 rpm
Cache 8 MB
Interface Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
Search time 8.9 ms

Seagate 300GB 7200 RPM 16MB SATA 3.0Gb/s ST3300622AS

Technical specifiations
Serie Barracuda 7200.9 SATA
Capacity 300GB
RPM 7200 rpm
Cache 16 MB
Interface Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
Search time 8 ms
Another 300 MB/s

Seagate 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB SATA 3.0Gb/s ST3320620AS

Technical specifiations
Série Barracuda 7200.10 SATA
Capacity 320GB
RPM 7200 rpm
Cache 16 MB
Interface Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
Search time 8.5 ms
Another 300 MB/s

Western Digital 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB SATA 3.0Gb/s WD2500JS

Technical specifiations
Serie WD Caviar SE
Capacity 250GB
RPM 7200 rpm
Cache 8 MB
Interface Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
Search time 8.9 ms
Another 300 MB/s

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB SATA 3.0Gb/s WD2500KS

Technical specifiations
Serie Caviar SE16
Capacity 250GB
RPM 7200 rpm
Cache 16 MB
Interface Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s
Search time 8.9ms

 

[sieistganzfett]

http://www23.tomshardware.com/storage.html to compare some of those you listed.

what is most important to you though? space? speed? warranty length? affordabiltity as in cost per gigabyte? are you keeping this purchase below a certain price? after looking through your lengthy list, its very difficult saying what to buy since i have no idea what prices your looking at for example. i would pick something that had a lot of space and only choose those 16MB cache. the drive i desire about a year from now or whenever the price is around 100 dollars is the WD5000YS, it has a warranty Length of Five years, 16MB cache, 7200rpm, etc. i havent bought it though. from what i understand with SATA, the speeds are down-compatible, so the sataII drives will work with sata I (1.5Gps). I never done it personally though.

 

[moosey]

don't buy maxtor

 

[cubby1223]

If it were me, I'd take the Samsung because they're quieter & run at a cooler temperature.

 

[pidr1nhu]

hey i would like to thank you for this support.

 

[doze]

I prefer Western Digital or Seagate brands and if this will be your main drive then go with a 16MB

If this drive will be used for basic file storage get the largest capacity and cheapest.

 

[marulee]

Seagate 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB SATA 3.0Gb/s ST3320620AS

Edit: For your reference I used all the brands more 10 times. HD price does not really matter.

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: marulee
Seagate 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB SATA 3.0Gb/s ST3320620AS

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