250gb 16mb or 160gb 8mb (will use 150gb max)

salami1212 · 14 Aug 2006 at 14:11

Which one should I get, a seagate or samsung 160gb 8mb (if so, which one is better considering the seagates £5 more) or a seagate 250gb 16mb (is this a lot more faster? and would i notice it)

cheers

semi-pro waster · 14 Aug 2006 at 15:59

If the Seagate is a 7200.10 model then I'd definitely buy it over the Samsung because it is faster and you are never likely to think "oh I could do with less space, I'm so glad I bought a small drive"

salami1212 · 14 Aug 2006 at 23:20

how is it faster. the specs are the same

Justintime · 14 Aug 2006 at 23:28

In laymans terms, thier spindle speed and cache might be the same but the technology used with the electronics/platters/heads differ slightly and the Seagate has the edge speedwise.

smids · 15 Aug 2006 at 00:07

http://www.hitachigst.com/hdd/research/recording_head/pr/PerpendicularAnimation.html

Seagate 7200.10 = perpendicular
Samsung - standard (what's it called, anyone?)

Watch the video.

Perpendicular = faster read and writes as more density of data in really simplistic terms (I think).

Messiah Khan · 15 Aug 2006 at 10:35

smids said:
(what's it called, anyone?)

Parallel recording?

smids · 15 Aug 2006 at 10:37

messiah khan said:
Parallel recording?

I was thinking that but didn't want to be the one who said it in case it was wrong!

salami1212 · 16 Aug 2006 at 15:17

just wondering, should i get a spinpoint 160mb cache and a 7600gt? or should i get the 250gb cache seagate and keep my 6800gt? as how much faster in "real world" is the 16mb 7200.10?

Cheers

taz488 · 16 Aug 2006 at 17:20

go for the 7600gt by a mile, dont get a faster hd over a miles better g card.

semi-pro waster · 16 Aug 2006 at 21:32

taz488 said:
go for the 7600gt by a mile, dont get a faster hd over a miles better g card.

When you say miles better, in what way? It is a little faster from what I have seen but not much and might overclock a little better but again not much. If changing the graphics card will cost the £5 difference then sure it is worth the upgrade but at anything around or over £20 I'd be thinking very carefully about it.

salami1212 · 17 Aug 2006 at 00:55

ok thanks.. Also, how long roughly is the seagate life span? as i dont want my data being corrupted after like a year, and say if i get the *** Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM ***, it will definitiely be the 7200.10 (faster one) right

cheers

semi-pro waster · 17 Aug 2006 at 01:10

I don't work for OcUK but as far as I know they are shipping the 7200.10s plus since that is what they advertise and will confirm with you when you place your order that is what they will be obligated to send you because you have formed a contract at that point. So simply yes you will get the 7200.10 or you can send it back.

Seagate offer a 5 year warranty I think, I don't wish to guess how long the drive will last as there are too many intangibles but unless you are very unlucky it should last out that period

SiriusB · 17 Aug 2006 at 01:43

salami1212 said:
just wondering, should i get a spinpoint 160mb cache and a 7600gt? or should i get the 250gb cache seagate and keep my 6800gt? as how much faster in "real world" is the 16mb 7200.10?

Cheers

Wow, I didn't know barracudas had 250GB caches

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SiriusB