Best hard drive

zapgod · 5 Aug 2009 at 03:29

im looking to choose a hard drive for my new computer i mean even a 320 gb would be enough but since i have 50 quid i can spend my max of 50 to buy the hard drive i can.

any ideas on which hard drive it might be? to be honest i prefer speed to amount of gb's. and i mainly play games on my pc(well im going to once i get it)

jak731 · 5 Aug 2009 at 03:42

the seagate barracuda .12 range is a good place to start, but they may be soon superseeded by the samsung f3

zapgod · 5 Aug 2009 at 03:43

cant wait for soon

ordering this week hopefully

btw can u give me any specific links? i have nooo ideaaa about hard drives, no idea how much the cache has to be 16MB or 32MB no idea about average seek time :X all i know is the gigabytes

hp7909 · 5 Aug 2009 at 04:18

Get either a Samsung F1 or WD Black

BeeP · 5 Aug 2009 at 09:36

Sammy F1 for me, out of stock atm though.

As HP7909 Said the WD Blacks are great so how about :-

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-245-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940

500gb for about £50 inc delivery.

stainless · 5 Aug 2009 at 14:36

For gaming, using WD VelociRaptor is an excellent choice

miniyazz · 5 Aug 2009 at 17:56

stainless said:
For gaming, using WD VelociRaptor is an excellent choice

Because you can get those for less than £50? :confused:

Alexrose1uk · 5 Aug 2009 at 17:59

If you really want the best; then you're looking SSDs/Raptors however these are hugely expensive, and far more than your budget. Samsung F1/Western Digital Blacks and Seagate .12s are probably the best 'normal range' drives atm. I dont think you'll be dissapointed with any of them.