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December 6, 2013 7:02:31 AM

I have 60 dollars to spend on a hard drive for a gaming computer im building. Could someone put a link to a reliable hard drive I would like for it to be at least 500gb.

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December 6, 2013 7:28:56 AM

Well there are 3 choices you can look into for the budget you have for a decent hard drive

1. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

this is a toshiba drive which runs at 7200 RPM and has a cache memory of 32MB, uses the 6Gb/s interface
its a decent drive and is a solid buy for the budget for speed.

2. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA24G...

Although its not the best out there, the WD Caviar Green is a good hard drive.
like most it runs at 7200 RPM and does the job more or less

3. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

This one id recommend in case you need a lot of storage but in reality isnt all that fast.
1 TB of storage but not too good when it comes down to speed.

For speed: go for the Toshiba and it will load your games pretty well
For quality : go for the WD Caviar Green as it is one good overall HDD built to last
For storage : There is nothing better than the Seagate at the given price point
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December 6, 2013 9:47:38 AM

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.13 @ OutletPC)
Total: $58.13
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-06 12:47 EST-0500)
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December 6, 2013 7:39:37 PM

The seagate st1000dm003 is about the only option you have. The toshiba drive dont have very good reviews.

Dont worry about it being slow, is faster than a WD black, just not sure if its faster than the new fzex -series blacks
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