What should I do!? HELP.

Sh3rlock · 20 Oct 2011 at 19:35

My WD Black went down about 2 weeks ago and because im to impatient I went and purchased one of these as a get me by;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA&groupid=701&catid=14&subcat=1279

Today I received a brand new WD drive but is there really any point in swapping them back over. The Samsung is running well, loading times are just as fast as the WD when it was working and not to mention, I would have to install windows and all my games again.

So my question is, keep or sell the WD?

Emphacy · 20 Oct 2011 at 19:40

Keep it for extra storage or run it in RAID0 with the Samsung for some faster load times.

Sh3rlock · 20 Oct 2011 at 19:46

Emphacy said:
Keep it for extra storage or run it in RAID0 with the Samsung for some faster load times.

I already have a slower 1tb drive for storage and I cant be arsed with RAID!

I think the question I would like the answer too is; would I really see any difference between the two drives.

Surveyor · 20 Oct 2011 at 20:25

Arguably the Samsung is the better drive, apart from the shorter warranty:

7,200-RPM terabytes from Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, and WD face off

The way HDD prices are going your WD Black will be worth its weight in gold soon.

Levirginien · 20 Oct 2011 at 22:54

I would keep the samsung running ( have 3 similar FI very reliable silent and fast ) and save the WD just in case...