Which hard drive should I get?

[NarcoticHobo]

Western Digital 74 gig raptor: price 177 (I know there is a rebate but i can't order it yet.)

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=22-144-160&depa=1

or

the seagate 7200.8 w/ 16mb buffer and NCQ and 200GB storage space, I can't find a price on it but should be cheaper if anything.

Going in a system mainly for gaming so only two major considerations, if the Raptor comes out with NCQ I will definitely get it, but if not I am leaning towards the seagate.

What I am wondering aside from which you think I should get is if you think games will start supporting NCQ, because if so the seagate could prove to be substantially faster than the raptor.

 

[AristoV300]

I would say the 74 raptor unless you have a board that can take advantage of the ncq hd.

 

[NarcoticHobo]

Well I would obviously have a board to take advantage of the NCQ or this would be a pointless question, I'll be getting a nforce 4 soon 🙂

 

[NarcoticHobo]

Any ideas...

 

[CraigRT]

I'd go w/the Seagate personally..

 

[pukemon]

If you're looking to build a quieter PC, the Seagate drive is much more likely to be quieter.

 

[pukemon]

Wow I just noticed that CraigRT and I joined on the same day and he has 40x the posts as I do.. Daaaaaaayum...

 

[stevty2889]

I'd go with the seagate.