slow hard drive

chronic86 · 28 Oct 2008 at 00:12

hey guys,

been looking in to why my pc is feeling sluggish when opening games and transfering files i decided to benchmark my hard drive, i'm not to good with hard drive benchmarks and some what dont understand them, was hoping some 1 could tell me if it could be the cause to my system feeling sluggish and if so what hard drive i should buy.. thanks in advance

C64 · 28 Oct 2008 at 08:27

That is probably normal speed for that drive if you want a new one get a samsung f1 320gb will do 90mb sec average is quiet and cool.
Having said that I doubt it is your hard drive unless there's tonnes of stuff on there maybe a reformat is in order ?

hp7909 · 28 Oct 2008 at 09:11

Your HD is showing its age. Latest models are faster thanks to newer platter technology, etc like what C64 has mentioned is single-platter.

Recently carried out a HD Tune benchmark on a new 500GB HDs against a 1-year old (500GB) WD on same mobo...

Older 500GB

New 500GB

Also, located same place inside case but new one runs 10° cooler :confused:

More benchmarks here.

bledd · 28 Oct 2008 at 13:37

a new drive like a WD Blue or a Samsung F1 would breathe new life into your pc

chronic86 · 28 Oct 2008 at 14:07

thanks for the replys guys i'll get on the case i think i'll go with a wd blue then maybe upgrade to another 1 some time in *** future and run raid 0.

bledd · 28 Oct 2008 at 15:04

rough speed guide of a wd blue compared to your drive (both on the right are similar to yours)

http://www.storagereview.com/php/be...&devID_0=350&devID_1=349&devID_2=344&devCnt=3

chronic86 · 28 Oct 2008 at 18:22

thanks for that bledd, should get a nice little boost, just what i needed!!