Seagate vs Hitachi

Vertigo

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As usual when new drives are released, all I can find is reviews of the largest model which, in the case of the 7200.10, is the 750GB monster.

What I want to know is how much faster would a 250GB 7200.10 drive be compared to a 250GB T7K250.

Basically I need some new discs and today I rather impulsively ordered a couple of 250GB T7K250s as I've had good experiences with these.

I'm now wondering whether I did the right thing or whether I should have gone with the 7200.10s. Despite perpendicular technology, the 250GB model still only has 125GB/platter density so I can't see it being much faster than the Hitachi, although the 16MB buffer would help out a bit. For this reason I'm thinking the 320GB model would be a better bet as it has 160GB/platter. Thing is if I did this I'd end up forking out another 20 quid per drive plus delivery and the cost of returning the Hitachis.

Is it worth it or should I stick with the Hitachis?

These are to run on a DFI NF4 SLI-D board which does support 3GB/s SATA-2 I believe.
 
Vertigo1:

If you look at This thread, you will see an HDTach bench for the 320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10, which gives an impressive Average read of 68.2MB/s.

I have the Hitachi 250GB T7K250 Deskstar and get an Average read in HDTach of 56.1MB/s, so even though the Deskstar is considered a quick HDD, the 320GB Barracuda is, I think, is quite something, with that Average read figure, so yes, I think it is worth it. :)
 
Well there's no doubt it's quicker but I reckon it'll cost me around £60 all-in to switch to the Seagates, although I would be getting 640GB instead of 500GB.

The big question is, is the performance improvement over the Hitachi worth the cost?
 
Vertigo1 said:
Well there's no doubt it's quicker but I reckon it'll cost me around £60 all-in to switch to the Seagates, although I would be getting 640GB instead of 500GB.

The big question is, is the performance improvement over the Hitachi worth the cost?
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Is £60 for quicker drives worth it to you? it wouldnt be to me, I'd stick with the deskstars tbh.
 
I'm erring in the same direction tbh. I don't need the extra space and £60 for a 10-20% performance improvement just isn't worth it. I'm coming from 2 year old WD ATA drives so the Desktars will be plenty fast enough I think.
 
Not too fussed about the warranty as I tend to replace drives after 2-3 years anyway.

After 3 years the same model of drive will cost a fraction of what it does now anyway and tbh I'm more worried about losing data than the drive.
 
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