Segate 7200.10 500GB

Craig321 · 9 Jun 2007 at 01:20

I just wondered how noisy these drives are? Do you still get the different motors, one noisy & one quiet?

Thanks,
Craig.

Craig321 · 9 Jun 2007 at 19:53

JackRegan said:
I've got 2 in RAID 1 with what looks like the clear glue and they are VERY Loud, but quick.

Luck of the draw I think as I had 2 x 320Gb Seagates before and they were whisper quiet.

Jack

Loud in what way? Seeking or spinning?

Thanks,
Craig.

Craig321 · 9 Jun 2007 at 22:46

jbloggs said:
What about the Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS which is faster and quieter than the Seagate 7200.10s.

Oh, I wondered why everyone was 'specing' people those WD drives

Are there any HD Tach comparisons between the Seagate 7200.10 and the WD drives?

Which is faster out of these two?:

500 Gb Western Digital WD5000AAKS Caviar SE16
500 Gb Seagate ST3500630AS Barracuda 7200.10

A review said the following:

If you are looking for a very quiet and thermally advantaged high capacity drive then the Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS should be on your short list. The drive also offered very good game play performance and was able to make a strong showing in the general business application benchmarks.

If you are looking for a drive that offers slightly better overall performance and excels in most desktop and multimedia applications while offering competitive acoustics then the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB drive should be at the top of your list.

Thanks,
Craig.

Craig321 · 10 Jun 2007 at 00:36

jbloggs said:
Have a look at Post #51 (Seagate 500GB) and Post #55 (WD 500GB).

I have 2 x WD 500 AAKSs, in HDTach they give an Average read of 71.6MB/s, also have 2 x 320GB 7200.10s, in HDTach they give an Average read of 66.3MB/s, I would also think that there would be no difference in Average read values between the 320GB and 500GB 7200.10s.

Seagate have a 5 year warranty and WD a 3 year.

Nice, thanks for that.

Seeing as they do have a higher read rate & a lot of people have been recommending them recently I think I might go for one

It's a shame the WD only has 3 years warranty instead of Seagates 5

Thanks for the help everyone!
Craig.