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| Thread ID: 116262 | 2011-02-24 00:33:00 | New hard drive for Media Centre | nofam (9009) | Press F1 |
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| 1181114 | 2011-02-24 00:33:00 | My 640Gb drive only has a few left, so I'm looking at a new 1.5 - 2TB one, and I want to check a few things: - Are the 'green' drives like this (www.playtech.co.nz) OK for a media centre? I'm guessing the slower platter speeds won't be an issue for media playback. - Are SATA3 drives backwards-compatible with older SATA2 mother-boards - Is Seagate still the best option? - Would there be a noticeable performance difference between a 32Mb vs 64Mb cache? TIA!! :thumbs: |
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| 1181115 | 2011-02-24 02:41:00 | Wont be a problem for playback.....but may be if you record. Especially if you have mulitple tuners. | psycik (12851) | ||
| 1181116 | 2011-02-24 12:01:00 | Thanks for the information guys. Now I know what to do. :) | henrycrock54 (16249) | ||
| 1181117 | 2011-02-24 12:05:00 | You maybe able to use a SATA 3 on a SATA 2 system. But it wont run at SATA 3 speeds (If there's a diff) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1181118 | 2011-02-24 19:59:00 | Thanks guys - found a review of the drive I linked above here (www.storagereview.com), and it seems to stack up well. There doesn't seem to be an issue with sata3 running on a sata2 MoBo other than the speed (obviously). |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 1181119 | 2011-02-24 20:20:00 | 1) Yes 2) Yes 3) No 4) No I'm a big fan of Western Digital drives though so thats why I answer No to #3. I'd go for something like this if you want Internal: www.playtech.co.nz I've got 3 of these (But in 1.5TB models): www.playtech.co.nz |
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| 1181120 | 2011-02-24 21:11:00 | I made the switch to WD as well when seagate was having frimware issues, the 2TB green drives are surprisingly quick. Much faster for example than my old 500G SATA 1 seagates. Bigger generally = faster due to data density. | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1181121 | 2011-02-24 21:55:00 | So they fixed the issues with the 2TB drives? As I understand it they were having trouble recognising a full 2tb partition when they first came along. My 1tb green feels a little slow sometimes, particularly when resuming from hibernation, but once it's up and running, it works nice and quick. And in regards to the difference between a 32mb and 64mb cache, I would guess if you used a green drive (ie WD green) you'd get a better performance boost from a 64mb cache due to the slower RPM of the drive, but if you went for a 7200 rpm drive I doubt there'd be much diff between a 32 and 64 mb cache. |
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