Which Hard Drive Should I Get?

[eits]

Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

or

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

i can't decide... i've had crappy hard drives from both companies, so i'm not really biased one way or the other. i want something that is quiet, fast, and reliable.

MOD EDIT: Ever hear of the Memory and Storage category? - Zap

 

[DaveSimmons]

I've been using a WD 640 GB in my gaming system since July, no complaints.

The platters are denser on the 640 than the 500 and so performance is a little better.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
The platters are denser on the 640 than the 500 and so performance is a little better.

:thumbsup:

 

[s44]

if you're sticking with 500, Hitachi

 

[yh125d]

640gb Black edition for like $10 more

 

[corkyg]

This one!

WD640

 

[disports]

or even the WD6400AAKS ($68.99 on zipzoomfly.com)

 

[CoinOperatedBoy]

Originally posted by: smithrwon
or even the WD6400AAKS ($68.99 on zipzoomfly.com)

The WD64001AALS Caviar Black is a better performer, but that's a decent price for a good drive.

 

[Jeff7181]

Or if you don't care about performance that much, look at Western Digital's "Green" drives. They seem to use the least power when idle compared to other drives in the same class.

 

[TemjinGold]

Originally posted by: corkyg
This one!

WD640

+1 for that one as well. Unless the extra ~$10 will break the bank, it should be a no-brainer.

 

[Denithor]

WD6401AALS - Caviar Black 640GB - 32MB cache - $80
WD6400AAKS - Caviar Blue 640GB - 16MB cache - $75
WD6400AACS - Caviar Green 640GB - 16MB cache - $70

In order of decreasing cost & performance. Only go for the last if you really want to save a trickle of energy every month, the Black and Blue drives outperform the Green by a pretty good margin.

 

[eits]

i got the blue. based on what i've read in these forums, i won't notice a difference between the 16mb buffer and the 32mb buffer

 

[BlueAcolyte]

640GB drive of some brand.

 

[Skott]

Concerning that Seagate drive (which is considered a very good hdd) some people were experiencing clicking noises when they first launched. Not sure if they still have that problem or not though.

 

[eli2k]

I bought that seagate retail (same model) two months ago. Today I put it into hibernate, brought it back out 5min later, it was a goner; couldn't even detect it from BIOS.