2 WD hardrives whats the diff?

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The top one (WD2500YS) is an older design with a lower data density on the platters and hence will be slightly slower than the AAKS one.

Personally I wouldn't buy either but go with the newer Seagate 7200.10. It's not only cheaper but quite a bit quicker than either of the WDs due to it using a single 250Gb platter.
 
rpstewart said:
The top one (WD2500YS) is an older design with a lower data density on the platters and hence will be slightly slower than the AAKS one.

Personally I wouldn't buy either but go with the newer Seagate 7200.10. It's not only cheaper but quite a bit quicker than either of the WDs due to it using a single 250Gb platter.
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Im not really specced up on these lol. I am looking for one that is 7200RPM, has 16MB of cache (thats what i got now) and between 100-160GB. Just seems you cant get 16mb cache with the smaller drives now?
 
Cache size is far from the most important variable to consider when picking an HDD. Once you get to 8Mb there's very little difference in performance from greater cache sizes. You're better off looking for the drive which is going to give the best sustained transfer rates and if you're only looking for a small drive then the single platter designs are the ones to go for. Of these the 7200.10 I linked to above has the highest data density and hence the best sustained transfer rate.
 
rpstewart said:
The top one (WD2500YS) is an older design with a lower data density on the platters and hence will be slightly slower than the AAKS one.

Personally I wouldn't buy either but go with the newer Seagate 7200.10. It's not only cheaper but quite a bit quicker than either of the WDs due to it using a single 250Gb platter.
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that sseagates the older the new ones are the .11's
 
thefishdude said:
that sseagates the older the new ones are the .11's
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Not quite. For some reason Seagate decided to use the 250Gb platter destined for the 7200.11 range in a drive in the 7200.10 range. It makes no sense to me because a) you need to check the model number or the physical dimensions to ensure you get a single platter one and b) they've made the fastest SATA drive available and have hidden it in an old model range.
 
Right im going to go for a 160GB instead as ive only used 60GB on this one. Could you make any suggestions to the best 160GB drives? What have u guys got? :rolleyes:
 
If you've got your heart set on a 160Gb drive then the WD AAJS is the one to go with however I'm going to stick with my original advice and say buy the 250Gb Seagate 7200.10. It's only £10 more and in terms of sustained transfer it is the fastest SATA drive available.
 
rpstewart said:
If you've got your heart set on a 160Gb drive then the WD AAJS is the one to go with however I'm going to stick with my original advice and say buy the 250Gb Seagate 7200.10. It's only £10 more and in terms of sustained transfer it is the fastest SATA drive available.
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Cheers for you help m8, im a little unexperianced with these. If its the fastest sata avail and you feel its the best ill go with that. It is quiet too yeah?

Was looking at raptors but price put me off lol :D
 
samzetec-s said:
If its the fastest sata avail and you feel its the best ill go with that.
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Raptors are the best, but they're not worth the money in terms of performance and the noise is terrible!

Go for the HDD's recommended, I have 2 in a RAID 0 and they are amazing....and quiet too! ;)
 
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