Which to pick?

[Ritsugamesh]

Trying to decide on a second HDD for my system, will most likely be installing games/ storing and streaming hd movies and the like.

I've brought it down to two different HDD's:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-082-SA&tool=3

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-324-WD&groupid=1657&catid=1660&subcat=1665


Which one would you guys recommend? I hear good things about Western Digital, but I have a great relationship with Samsung products, including my current Samsung HDD, all work flawlessly.

Will I get better performance out of the Western digital HDD or should I pot for the Samsung?

Thanks in advance guys!

Regards,
Paul Smith.

 

[humax]

Samsung SpinPoint F3 gets my vote

 

[cmndr_andi]

The Samsung F3 is much faster than the WD Green. The F3 is made for maximum speed, while the Green aims for power efficiency, quietness and value.

A WD drive with performance comparable to the F3 is this WD Black 1TB. A very nice drive and comes with a 5 year warranty (albeit a bit more expensive).

 

[jbloggs]

Samsung SpinPoint F3 - Good performance, runs pretty cool and quiet, good for OS, running games from etc...

Western Digital Caviar Green - Quiet, cool, low power usage, but not great performance...no real use to put OS on, use for storage, also if I was buying a "green" HDD, I would buy the Samsung EcoGreen F2...

 

[Ritsugamesh]

Thanks guys, I was leaning towards the Western Digital, but all that dynamic spin speed and not being able to find it's seek time kind of put me off a little, going to go with the trusty Samsung. =)

Thanks again.