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Hi guys, I'm building a budget rig for my friend for everyday tasks, the only 'speciality' he needs to fulfil is secure storage of hundreds of music tracks because he is a party/function DJ.
Which of the below would you recommend for an everyday build as the OS drive, I was thinking WD Caviar Green because it's got a power saving function and that might be beneficial with it just being a general-use computer. Once they come back down in price later in the year I was going to suggest he gets a second 500G or 1TB drive for his music storage, then he has more security should he get a virus or something.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** £64.79
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £63.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
I know 1TB drives aren't a lot more expensive than 500GB but I would suggest to him to get a second drive for music storage once they come down in price, that's why I'm not suggesting to him to get a 1TB drive from the off.
The rest of the config is i3/H61/4GB DDR3/450w PSU
Which would you recommend?
Which of the below would you recommend for an everyday build as the OS drive, I was thinking WD Caviar Green because it's got a power saving function and that might be beneficial with it just being a general-use computer. Once they come back down in price later in the year I was going to suggest he gets a second 500G or 1TB drive for his music storage, then he has more security should he get a virus or something.
YOUR BASKET
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** £64.79
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX) £63.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £61.99
I know 1TB drives aren't a lot more expensive than 500GB but I would suggest to him to get a second drive for music storage once they come down in price, that's why I'm not suggesting to him to get a 1TB drive from the off.
The rest of the config is i3/H61/4GB DDR3/450w PSU
Which would you recommend?