Upgrade from Seagate Barracuda 7200.9

BenJ · 15 Dec 2007 at 20:14

Hey guys

I currently have a Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA 80-GB Hard Drive, 8MB Cache.

Its a year or two old now and not quite big enough for me. Im looking into buying somthing around 250-500gig and was wondering whats the best these days? I use my pc primarily for gaming and was thinking of spending up to £70?

Any suggestions, ideas e.t.c welcome

Cheers.

fobose · 16 Dec 2007 at 00:25

I'd go for the new seagate 7200.11 500GB

postmanfw · 16 Dec 2007 at 01:43

Agree with the above. Avoid the 7200.10 ones as some are rather noisey and cruchy compared to the 7200.9 ones.

BenJ · 16 Dec 2007 at 18:08

Ive read a few posts since posting mine and ive noticed quite a few people are talking about the western digital drives, would you say the seagate 7200.11 500gb would be a better choice?

jbloggs · 16 Dec 2007 at 19:06

The 500GB WD AAKS is a very good HDD, I have 2 of them, quiet and fast.

I should think you would be happy with either an AAKS or 7200.11...

BenJ · 16 Dec 2007 at 20:07

ok cheers, might go for the aaks since its cheaper