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| Thread ID: 115055 | 2010-12-30 17:32:00 | HD failure | sarel (2490) | Press F1 |
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| 1165793 | 2011-01-12 02:14:00 | I'm looking at one of these : Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS 32MB 500GB SATA Hard Drive $52 Would it be OK? sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 1165794 | 2011-01-12 02:16:00 | Go for a blue or black Western Digital drive rather than a green one, or get a seagate drive. The green ones spin slower, they are more designed for external storage. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1165795 | 2011-01-12 02:18:00 | It would work OK but being the "Green" edition it does run slower than the "Blue" | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1165796 | 2011-01-12 02:22:00 | Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 32MB 500GB SATA Hard Drive [SY52868] $71.68 So this one. I see the WD is predominantly cheaper than the Seagate ones. Hey, I know b*ggerall, I don't buy HD's every day, I just want one that will be OK for my system. sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 1165797 | 2011-01-12 02:32:00 | Green are 5400 RPM quiet and efficient good for storage but it's all relative. I did use one as a system drive for quite a while, performance was still better than my seagate 7200 RPM 320G first gen sata 1 drive Blue are 7200 RPM general purpose desktop drives Black are high performance 7200 RPM drives Only real difference is faster loading times with the faster drives and differing warranties |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1165798 | 2011-01-12 02:32:00 | Where are you getting prices from? I see 500GB Seagates and WD Blue on Pricespy for under $60 | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1165799 | 2011-01-12 02:33:00 | Edit - What he said | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1165800 | 2011-01-12 02:36:00 | Yeah but I went for a bit more cache than what I currently got - 32 MB. So yes, I checked out 32Mb 500 GB HD's on Pricespy and took it from there. Is there a big difference between say 16 MB cache and 32 MB? sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 1165801 | 2011-01-12 02:41:00 | About 16MB difference :D A 32MB one should have better performance. How much better I don't know. You should be able to find some benchmarks online. By the way, I might just be paranoid but I prefer to buy my HDDs from shops that I can pick-up from. That way I know the drive has had a nice ride home, rather than being thrown around (or thrown at my door) by some idiot courier man. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1165802 | 2011-01-12 04:04:00 | Just be careful about teh WD blacks -- they have a higher failure rate then the blues and Greens. PCtek posted a link with stats a while back. The blacks are the worst for failing. personally I have had three 1TB's fail now within 6 months :mad: |
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