Which 750GB Drive?

LegolasUK · 27 Oct 2007 at 14:08

Looking to buy a new Hard Drive and can't decide which of the following to go for:

- Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 750GB

- Western Digital Caviar SE16 750GB

Both currently about the same price, anyone help me decide?

rpstewart · 27 Oct 2007 at 14:17

The WD is the better of the two.

LegolasUK · 28 Oct 2007 at 15:16

I have a Deskstar T7K250 250GB drive at the moment, would it be better to keep that drive as it is and add the 750GB as an extra drive for storage or just copy the contents of the the existing drive to the new one and use the old 250GB for extra storage?

Kobrakai · 28 Oct 2007 at 15:17

Go with the Western Digital.

I would keep the 250GB drive for windows/applications and have the 750GB for storage.

b0rn2sk8 · 28 Oct 2007 at 19:04

Id put a fresh windows install onto the new hard disk and run all apps and games from it as the 750GB will be faster. I went from a 200 to a 500 and it was noticely faster.

Go for the WD.

clocka · 28 Oct 2007 at 19:07

yep, install windows on the 750gb, would be miles quicker.

LegolasUK · 28 Oct 2007 at 20:01

What would be the best way to parition the 750GB drive....have the OS on its own partition with apps and games on seperate partitions? or OS and Apps on one partition and games on another? and what kind of size of partition should I use for the OS?