New OS Boot Disk

Lee · 27 Dec 2010 at 10:46

Hi, can anyone recommend a SATA HDD (1TB +) to be used as the primary OS boot disk ?

A2BDriver · 27 Dec 2010 at 13:39

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279 is a popular choice among others.

if its just for the OS have you thought of getting an ssd? plus a hard drive for all the other stuff would be the best solution. But it all depends on how much you would like to spend.

Lee · 27 Dec 2010 at 15:45

Thanks A2BDriver. I'd thought about the SSD route, but I don't view tham as good value at the moment. In a couple of years when they are more mainstream, the price should come down. I'll probably upgrade when I have my next rig upgrade.

I also need the extra storage.

six-leaf · 28 Dec 2010 at 01:28

WD caviar black tend to be some of the fastest drives you can buy, at any capacity (excluding raptors/SSDs)

jamesfreddie · 16 Jan 2011 at 17:32

WD Cavair Black

KIA · 16 Jan 2011 at 19:27

Srsly making a mistake not going the SSD route.

Purgatory · 17 Jan 2011 at 01:13

As an OS Drive this one "Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache"... I have the 2TB one its very fast, read some reviews on the internet

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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=hd-336-wd&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/2tb-hdd-7200,2430-12.html

Lee · 17 Jan 2011 at 07:57

Thanks Purgatory, what's the noise like from that drive ?

Ch3m1c4L · 17 Jan 2011 at 12:06

Spinpoints are the way forward, although the lower spin up/seek time of the seagates might be better since its for os use.

Purgatory · 17 Jan 2011 at 22:56

Lee said:
Thanks Purgatory, what's the noise like from that drive ?

Only time I hear it is when it parks the heads on shut down, it's noise level is no higher then any other 7200k drive in my opinion and a lot quieter then the Hitachi Deskstars which chirp all the time :rolleyes:

... It's a great drive and when I imaged over my OS to it from the old Seagate 7200.12 I realised it was faster at startup and the programs opened up a lot quicker while using the pc. So really can't complain with it so far..

DIABLO · 17 Jan 2011 at 23:12

Another vote for the Spinpoint.

THE_EGG · 18 Jan 2011 at 21:57

Had too many Samsung Spinpoints fail on me so yet another vote for the Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB drive.