HDD Help

[Vamilvas]

I need help picking out a new HDD
Who typically has the better reputation on HDD's seagate, wd, hitatchi...
Also whats the benefits of the HDD's cache size, should I be looking for more or less?

I'm thinking about getting two of these for raid 0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148451

Thanks in advance!

 

[The_Other_One]

All drives have their good and bad series. Seagate's was their 7200.11's, Western Digital's their Green series (Blue's not doing great either ). Hitachi's good. I'm actually running one now as my primary drive, though their past is a little sketchy.

Personally, if I had to get a drive right now, I'd either get a Seagate 7200.12 or a Western Digital Black.

As for the drive you listed; that's a fine drive, but don't get it for RAID. For less money you can get a single, larger drive. Two drives give a greater chance of failure (in RAID 0) plus performance increases are quite minor. The only time I'd really suggest RAID 0 is if you're getting two very large or very high-performance drives.

Oh yeah and you asked about cache. Basically it just stores frequently accessed data. The more the better, but it's not always a sure sign of drive performance.