Fastest none SSD drive ?

nightrider1470 · 3 Jul 2011 at 22:57

Only need about 120GB-250GB

?

Justintime · 3 Jul 2011 at 22:59

I'll go out on a rotten limb and say a VelociRaptor, not kept up much with mechancial hdds as all i buy them for is for storage and things may have changed

Surveyor · 3 Jul 2011 at 23:00

Capacity?

2.5" or 3.5"?

Price?

Surveyor · 3 Jul 2011 at 23:04

Justintime said:
I'll go out on a rotten limb and say a VelociRaptor, not kept up much with mechancial hdds as all i buy them for is for storage and things may have changed

Not really much better than a good 7,200RPM drive and the Raptor costs a lot more:

VelociRaptor 600GB Incompressible Sequential Speeds

Jon1818 · 3 Jul 2011 at 23:05

Velociraptor probably, also sata 3 western digital caviar blacks are pretty nippy!

Surveyor · 3 Jul 2011 at 23:09

Jon1818 said:
Velociraptor probably, also sata 3 western digital caviar blacks are pretty nippy!

The SATA 3 part is irrelevant.

They'd be just as fast if they were SATA2.

The Samsung F3 is as fast as a WD black. It's SATA2 and costs a lot less.

panyan · 3 Jul 2011 at 23:34

Surveyor said:
Samsung F3 is as fast as a WD black

WOW - thats VERY impressive - i didnt know that

Surveyor · 3 Jul 2011 at 23:40

panyan said:
WOW - thats VERY impressive - i didnt know that

It's true.

And a 1TB F3 is £30 cheaper than a 1TB WD Black.

spleenharvester · 3 Jul 2011 at 23:40

WD Blacks are slightly faster IIRC, someone correct me if I'm wrong. Not that it'd be noticeable in real world use but

Personally if you have the money, I'd pay the premium to get the WDB for noise/reliability's sake; the F3 is a great drive but the WDB just has the edge.

I'd recommend http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-354-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=940

InfiniteNoise · 4 Jul 2011 at 00:38

Seagate Momentus XT?

Quite fast if you open the same software often.

Randomface74 · 4 Jul 2011 at 00:51

oliver2601 · 5 Jul 2011 at 07:37

You're wasting your time with the Caviar Black. Bought one, didn't see any difference between other brands. Maybe have a look at the hybrids drives? (not sure how they perform

Schizo · 5 Jul 2011 at 07:55

billysielu said:
F3

SeeKified · 5 Jul 2011 at 08:53

Another vote for the Samsung F3. Put one in a friend's newbuild not long ago and it's quite quick. Blacks and Raptors aren't worth the money, might as well just add a little more and get an SSD then.

Hagar · 5 Jul 2011 at 13:36

Partition a big disk to the size you need. For an OS 250Gb is probably ample.

adam_castell · 5 Jul 2011 at 14:36

what about the hybrid drives??

OLDPHART · 5 Jul 2011 at 22:16

Hi, have a look at one of these a Hybrid > Seagate Momentus XT 500GB/320GB/250GB > Hybrid SATA-II 2.5" 7200RPM 32MB. They are a lot faster than a normal sata HD.

z0mbi3 · 6 Jul 2011 at 11:56

OLDPHART said:
Hi, have a look at one of these a Hybrid > Seagate Momentus XT 500GB/320GB/250GB > Hybrid SATA-II 2.5" 7200RPM 32MB. They are a lot faster than a normal sata HD.

Only for 4 gig worth of data that you access repetitively. Better to just get the fastest totally mechanical drive until the tech matures & reduces in price.

Loque · 11 Jul 2011 at 10:31

I can vouch for the Seagate XT drives. Bought a 250G for £50 and its faster than any raptor i've owned. Win7 boots up in less than 20 seconds, from switching on.