Western digital 16mb vs seagate 16mb??

salami1212 · 13 Jul 2006 at 20:18

I know theres probly not a lot in it, but they are both 250gb, and 16mb cache. But the wd is like £10 cheaper. So which ones quieter and which ones faster?
cheers

james.miller · 13 Jul 2006 at 20:24

the segate barracuda 10's are the best value drives you can buy bar none. best warrenty, fastest (not inc raptors and such), and very quiet.

salami1212 · 13 Jul 2006 at 22:05

how is it faster, they are both 250gb sata 2 16mb cache

would i notice the differnce and is it worth £6?

james.miller · 13 Jul 2006 at 22:08

there's a lot more to a drive than the cache lol. seek speeds and sustained transfer rates are what make or break the drives speed, and thanks to the new perpendicual storage methods, the 'cuda 10's average 10mb/sec faster than any of the competition right now. They are untouchable, trust me and yes, its definately worth it

salami1212 · 13 Jul 2006 at 22:09

thanks

ByteJuggler · 14 Jul 2006 at 13:53

james.miller said:
there's a lot more to a drive than the cache lol. seek speeds and sustained transfer rates are what make or break the drives speed, and thanks to the new perpendicual storage methods, the 'cuda 10's average 10mb/sec faster than any of the competition right now. They are untouchable, trust me and yes, its definately worth it

+1

Hell, +10

humax · 14 Jul 2006 at 18:42

another vote for the segate barracuda 10

e36Adz · 15 Jul 2006 at 02:04

Seagate > WD > Maxtor

kimandsally · 15 Jul 2006 at 14:25

You might find this review interesting:

http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q2/barracuda-7200.10/index.x?pg=1