new Harddrive for Steam

smogsy · 3 Jul 2011 at 11:20

currently have a WD Caviar 640GB just for Steam.

22 games installed of 80 with only 300GB left.

thinking of getting a 1TB-2TB drive

Anyone recommend me one for around £80

i'm thinking of getting the Samsung F1 got one in my Mac & it was great.

Surveyor · 3 Jul 2011 at 11:26

Samsung F1 is old and quite slow for a 7,200 RPM drive.

1TB:

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM £39.98 TWO

Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM £43.99

2TB:

Samsung SpinPoint F4 EcoGreen 2TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM £53.99 TWO

A bit slower at 5,400rpm but no slouch.

Jordan97 · 3 Jul 2011 at 11:37

Or the 2TB WD Caviar Green:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-374-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1955

Or a 3TB version if you wanted to go for it. Over your budget though at £124.99:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-376-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1955

Surveyor · 3 Jul 2011 at 11:45

Jordan97 said:
Or the 2TB WD Caviar Green:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-374-WD&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1955

Don't take it personally but as far as I can see that offers no benefit over the Samsung F4 and costs £15.99 more.

Jordan97 · 3 Jul 2011 at 11:48

Do they not run at 7,200RPM?

Surveyor · 3 Jul 2011 at 11:58

Jordan97 said:
Do they not run at 7,200RPM?

No.

That's why it's a Green drive.

It's the same drive as this one but with a SATA3 interface which makes no difference whatsoever.

cyber69 · 3 Jul 2011 at 20:23

I've just moved my steam folder from an SSD to a Samsung 2TB f4 and can't really tell the difference when loading games.