Dual HDD's

Manakore

Manakore

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Ok, this will be my first computer build. I want two HDD's, one for gaming and one for everything else. What HDD's would you guys recommend for this build? Is 7500rpm fine or 10000rpm a must? Thanks in advance.

(The games I will be playing include: SCII, Diablo III, and possibly Crysis 2 etc.)
 
voyagerfan99 said:
Totally up to you and how much space you think you need.
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Well the 640 for gaming would have SCII/Diablo II and maybe one or two more games eventually and windows 7.

The 1 TB would have windows 7, itunes (3500+ songs), saved files for school, etc.
 
Spinpoint F3 1TBs are heaps cheap now-a-days and perform just as well (if not better in some tests) as the Caviar Blacks. In comparison to drives I've had in the past, they are very quiet.
Is there any particular reason why you want two separate drives instead of just one?


Also, just something I found amusing; On Newegg, the WD Black is priced at $90 for 1TB, but they also offer a 20 pack of the same model hard drive for $1900. That's right, you can buy 20 at the discounted price of $95 each.
 
Manakore said:
Well the 640 for gaming would have SCII/Diablo II and maybe one or two more games eventually and windows 7.

The 1 TB would have windows 7, itunes (3500+ songs), saved files for school, etc.
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So you plan on dual-booting two Windows 7's?
 
I recommend SEAGATE hard disk drives.

And I strongly do NOT recommend WD (Western Digital) hard disk drives lol!!!One day you will find out why if you buy it xD
 
S.T.A.R.S. said:
I recommend SEAGATE hard disk drives.

And I strongly do NOT recommend WD (Western Digital) hard disk drives lol!!!One day you will find out why if you buy it xD
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You say this even though the general consensus is that WD drives are more reliable than Seagate. The 7200.12 Seagate drives are good drives, but not really near the Caviar Black.
 
Manakore said:
I want two HDD's
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voyagerfan99 said:
Caviar Black's are a must. Newegg is even having a sale on them! Just choose what size you want! And yes, 7200RPM drives are fine.
http://promotions.newegg.com/wd/black2011/index.html?cm_sp=homepage_topv1-_-wd/black2011-_-http%3a%2f%2fpromotions.newegg.com%2fwd%2fblack2011%2f980x130.jpg
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I'd probly get the WDB 500gb single platter w/6.0 and 32mb cashe for the system drive if the mb supports 6.0, and a WDB or F3 for the rest. WD makes very good hdd's and have the longest warranty. I have one that's 10+ yrs old and still works fine. F3 is fast and reliable as well.

EDIT: my bad, WD doesn't make a single platter 500gb. Seagate does. Still one of the best drives tho.
 
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S.T.A.R.S. said:
And I strongly do NOT recommend WD (Western Digital) hard disk drives lol!!!One day you will find out why if you buy it xD
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Back your statement up. Caviar Back's come with 5 year warranty's and are excellent drives!
 
voyagerfan99 said:
Back your statement up. Caviar Back's come with 5 year warranty's and are excellent drives!
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5 years later...

CLICK!CLICK!CLICK!CLICK!CLICK!
Owner of the HDD: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

LoL I am just kidding xD
Yes they are good HDDs.

chamgamer said:
I would suggest you to have a 1Tb HDD, here's the good example of HDD.
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Oh noooo not the WD HDD lol.Every single IDE/PATA and SATA WD HDD I had died xD
You know what?If you ask me SSD HDDs are the best!The hell with all this mechanical crapy parts in the HDDs.Sooner or later you will hear "click...click...click" no matter if its Seagate,WD,Hitachi,Samsung,Toshiba blablabla...Of course maybe you won't.Maybe I was SO BAD luck that all my WD HDDs got to that "click" crap xD.





Hehe cheers mate!
 
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I would go with the Caviar Blacks, and I would go 1TB on each, you may want to use RAID in the future, and 1TB already isn't that expensive.
 
I am also a WD guy. I used to use Maxtor (everyone I had died within 18 months). My WD's are still going strong. Some will die, some won't. Another thing that I do is no longer partition the drive into more than one partition. Maybe me just being paranoid, but I think it helps the longevity. I am sure Seagate drive are fine drives. I am just partial to WD.
 
If you get five years out of a computer part I say you got a good part. If it lasts longer than five years it is a great part.

Anyone own the Samsung F4 hard drives? I just bought a 320 gigabyte Samsung F4 drive about a month ago. So far I like it a lot.
 
Manakore said:
Ok, this will be my first computer build. I want two HDD's, one for gaming and one for everything else. What HDD's would you guys recommend for this build? Is 7500rpm fine or 10000rpm a must? Thanks in advance.

(The games I will be playing include: SCII, Diablo III, and possibly Crysis 2 etc.)
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It is unfortunate to see such prestigous posters arguing mute points, that have no factual basis. There is zero given evidence that one hard drive lasts longer than the other, statistically. Your fanboy ranting, and terrible WD or Seagate marketing attempts are rediculous; I should mark this all as spam, for it seems that the fanboys are trying to sell the OP a hard drive! If your hard drive was due for error, it was most likely from user error; constantly fidgeting with the hard drive, or moving it about. Or, more likely, you've never even owned a WD or Seagate, and still talk smack about it, and just say it died.

As for the OP, I would find a hard drive that suits your needs. Look at the rotation of the drive, or RPM's, the cache, and the warranty. The reviews are pointless, as fanboys often go on there and pollute the reviews. I have owned all hard drives, and I commonly go with Hitachi, but not always, because they generally are cheaper in price per GB, and do the job well. Forget about warranties, that's what they like to market with. Warranties..lolz!

The other option would be the next improvement in human's technological advancement: the SSD drive. If you haven't checked these drives out, you're definitely missing something interesting, and worth while.

http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=636&name=SSD
 
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I only read about half the posts in this thread but I thought I'd throw in my two cents

I personally use exclusively WD drives, and for gaming I'd definitely use Caviar black

I'd also say go as large as you can afford, the per gb prices generally go down as size goes up and as long as the drive doesn't get knocked around (as no HDD should) there's no downside to having too much space!
 
Manakore said:
Well the 640 for gaming would have SCII/Diablo II and maybe one or two more games eventually and windows 7.

The 1 TB would have windows 7, itunes (3500+ songs), saved files for school, etc.
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I don't see the need in dual booting windows 7 twice. You could have your OS and saved files on one drive and your games on the other. Also look into how much space each game uses I'm almost certain you will have enough space with a 250gb drive. for better game play you might want an SSD or a drive at 7200 RPM. The 1Tb drive will be more then enough for typical school work.

A rule of to figure out drive capacities. Take the amount of data you currently have and multiply it by 3. This will help determine what storage capacity you are looking for.
 
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