Fastest HDD

PWR_USR · 4 Oct 2009 at 12:44

Hi, anyone know what the fastest hard drive is for around £80
looking to upgrade the old crappy hard drive in my gaming pc

thanks

anti5580 · 4 Oct 2009 at 12:48

From what I've read, Samsung F1/F3 1Tb HDD's are good and fast ... they're about £60.

PWR_USR · 5 Oct 2009 at 11:27

*Don't link to competitor websites!*

Angilion · 5 Oct 2009 at 17:19

It would be a good idea to delete that link to a competitor's site. OcUK don't like anyone posting links to competitors in OcUK forums.

PWR_USR · 5 Oct 2009 at 18:27

oh :/
ok is this a good choice? i dont need to to be high capacity, just fast
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-069-SA

adbp1 · 5 Oct 2009 at 23:44

in my experience yes this is very good, had it 6 months running solid and not a glitch so far. runs a lot faster than my raptor i had.

Braka · 5 Oct 2009 at 23:47

what does the raid on that harddrive mean? that its like 2 hdds in 1? raid without the 2 hdd or something?

Nexus18 · 6 Oct 2009 at 00:28

Samsung F3's are the fastest but I think western digital is better for reliability though, this website is pretty good for hard drive reviews and comparisons etc. http://techreport.com/storage/

nikebee · 6 Oct 2009 at 09:16

Nexus18 said:
Samsung F3's are the fastest but I think western digital is better for reliability though, this website is pretty good for hard drive reviews and comparisons etc. http://techreport.com/storage/

Can't say I've ever had a Samsung Spinpoint drive fail on me in the last 6 years or so I've used them.

I wouldn't worry about reliability at all.

Fahim · 8 Oct 2009 at 10:17

I though the WD's are more reliable too.

But after purchasing 4 x 1.5TB WD to replace 4 x Samsung 1.5TB, i found out that samsung not only runs cooler, also performs faster. And samsung runs on three platters, while WD runs on four platters with a disabled one. So even on the mechanical side, samsung looks more reliable.

Guest2 · 8 Oct 2009 at 10:48

Braka said:
what does the raid on that harddrive mean? that its like 2 hdds in 1? raid without the 2 hdd or something?

Id like to know this too. Its either like you say, 2 drives built into one, or its just marketing rubbish

In the past ive always gone WD because of the customer support. Ive also got one samsung drive though and its never had any problems

LeJosh · 8 Oct 2009 at 11:16

I want to say that the hard drive with RAID my have a chip/processor in it to create a RAID array between the platters... but I'll have to look that up because that's just a guess.

Danger Phoenix · 8 Oct 2009 at 11:22

Braka said:
what does the raid on that harddrive mean? that its like 2 hdds in 1? raid without the 2 hdd or something?

No, it means that it is designed for use in RAID arrays. The drive is manufactured under tighter tolerances making it more reliable, and people tend to use it in Enterprise Servers with RAID configurations.

Performance wise there is no difference what so ever... the additional cost is due to the tigher tolerances