HD Sizes, Platter Confirguration, Performance

realmike15

realmike15

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i'm still waiting on IBM SSD's to come down, but for the time being i'd like to know which drives offer the best performance but are also almost silent. (not interested in 10,000rpm drives, too noisy)

the 250GB drives in my sig below are 2-3 years old, compared to recent drives their performance is falling behind, and they can be noisy during peak usage.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136010

the 1TB drives in my sig were purchased just a week ago, compared to my other drives they are very quiet, performance is not an issue as they are just storage drives.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136317

which WD drives and sizes should i be looking at? i want quieter drives then my current 250's. what size drive offers the best density for performance? for example i know my green uses 3 platters, so i can't imagine the density is very good on each of the platters. i know i'll be looking at the WD Black series drives... but wheres the sweet spot for 7,200RPM drives... i want Low-Noise and Performance, with maximum density. capacity is not much of a concern, just enough to put my OS and some programs on.
 
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Go with a seagate 7200.11 or western digital caviar black line of drives, both are excellent drives for the price, and the 7200.11 i have are very quiet. Only problem i have with seagate is that if something happens to the drives the rma process is a bitch.
 
thanks for the input.

what about platter density and the # of platters. i've heard this can affect how good a drive performs
 
mightymilk said:
thanks for the input.

what about platter density and the # of platters. i've heard this can affect how good a drive performs
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Somewhat, i think that the platter size of the 7200.11 drives is 250gb and the platter size of the western digital caviar black line is i think ~334GB. Advantage to having less platters is less chance of the read head hitting the platters, plus less strain on the hdd motor
 
The 7200.12 drives are 500gb. a platter. I would bypass the 7200.11 drives and get the .12. Seagate had alot of problems with the .11
 
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