which 500 gig drive ?

something_totally_different · 12 Dec 2007 at 21:52

ideally i dont want to spend more than £65. currently im looking at either

500Gb Hitachi T7K500 7200rpm 16mb Cache SATA II Hard Drive
Spin Speed:7200rpm
Buffer:16Mb
Access Time :8.5msInterface
S-ATA II 3.0
Bearing Type:Fluid dynamic bearing

or

500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm S-ATAII 32mb Cache HardDrive

Spin Speed:7200rpm
Buffer:32MB
Access Time:8.5ms
Interface:SATA-II

which do you think ? feel free to suggest others too.

jbloggs · 12 Dec 2007 at 23:34

Also worth considering is the WD 500GB AAKS...probably this is what I would go for....

C64 · 13 Dec 2007 at 12:39

I'd hang on for the samsung 500gb f1 drive

milkinc13 · 13 Dec 2007 at 15:33

vote for the WD AAKS as i have 1 & it's quiet & performance is good
ou of those 2 the Barracuda does have double the cache of the Hitachi, so that may provide more performance boost in heavy usage apps

Dazza_Random · 13 Dec 2007 at 16:44

I have 3 WD 500 AAKS no probelms yet and in RAID5 soooo fast

Slackworth · 13 Dec 2007 at 17:08

C64 said:
I'd hang on for the samsung 500gb f1 drive

You'll be waiting a long time...

something_totally_different · 13 Dec 2007 at 19:23

Slackworth said:
You'll be waiting a long time...

now i see Slackworth has been registered since 2002 and he is a commisario but he only has 388 posts which tells me he never posts on anything unless he knows what he is talking about...

well mr Slackworth, what 500 gig drive gets your vote ?

Slackworth · 14 Dec 2007 at 11:07

XanderThal said:
now i see Slackworth has been registered since 2002 and he is a commisario but he only has 388 posts which tells me he never posts on anything unless he knows what he is talking about...

Many post count changes...

XanderThal said:
well mr Slackworth, what 500 gig drive gets your vote ?

WD5000AAKS or Seagate ST3500320AS. I'd take the Seagate at the moment if it was my money.

Nelly · 14 Dec 2007 at 13:35

Slackworth said:
WD5000AAKS or Seagate ST3500320AS. I'd take the Seagate at the moment if it was my money.

I cant seem to find any good comparisions, is the latest Seagate 7200.11 hard-drives faster? are they just as quiet?

Would appreciate the info.