Best value hard drives for Video and game setup - Help please

SuperJ · 8 Oct 2007 at 13:35

Hi

My 6300 Core Duo based system is currently stored on a single 160Gb SATA drive. 60Gb for OS and 100Gb for Storage.

I want to improve my video editing power and storage, so want to move to a multi drive setup, using seperate disks for capture and rendering.

My solution so far is to save the 160Gb drive for OS purely and buy a couple of other drive for the storage bit.

I am aiming for around £50 a drive, so can anyone recommend the best value drive?

Also, are prices stable or should I hold off for price drops

J

semi-pro waster · 8 Oct 2007 at 14:00

Hard drive prices tend to be relatively stable, there haven't been any particularly huge increases in performance or capacity recently and there isn't likely to be any in the immediate future that I know of.

Western Digital AAKS drives or Seagate 7200.10 drives if speed is a primary aim, Samsung drives are usually quite good for quietness. This is a very general overview though.

thefishdude · 8 Oct 2007 at 14:30

£50 a drive i would be looking at this the wd 320gb aaks series
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-130-WD&tool=3

one reveiw sais he even took back his seagate 7200.10 as it dint compare to this

SuperJ · 8 Oct 2007 at 17:10

What are Maxtor like?

Mr Jack · 8 Oct 2007 at 17:14

I'm very pleased with the 7200.10s I've got; very quiet.

MumboJumbo · 8 Oct 2007 at 18:06

my maxtor drive has already died once and sometimes makes nasty noises. Id stay away from them next time. Samsung and western digital for my vote.

semi-pro waster · 8 Oct 2007 at 18:13

Maxtor appear to have had a bit of a dodgy spell* but they have been owned by Seagate for a while now so that might be passed, I haven't heard anything much recently about them either good or bad.

*I own 3 Maxtors from the same sort of time and they are all still working as far as I know, 2 are currently not connected because I don't really need them.