What type of drive should I buy?

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SirSprinklez

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Looking to buy a drive around 2tb, I do a lot of gaming, a lot of work that involves Photoshop, illustrator and Dreamweaver. I'm just looking for something fast and reliable, as well as not super pricey.
 
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Curiousaboutpc

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Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200RPM Specs

320GB
7200RPM
16MB Cache
3.5″ Form Factor
Two Year Warranty
Serial ATA-600
Holding capacity: 100,000 photos/5,300 hours of music/320 hours of video/80 hours of movies

WD 1TB Blue 7200RPM Specs

1TB
7200RPM
64MB Cache
3.5″ Form Factor
Two-year limited warranty
SATA III
Lifetime Warranty
Holding capacity: 320,000 photos/16,660 hours of music/1,000 hours of video/250 hours of movies

WD Velociraptor 600GB 10000RPM Specs

600GB
10,000RPM
32MB Cache
3.5″ Form Factor
SATA III
5-Year Limited Warranty
Holding Capacity: 200,000 photos/10,000 hours of music/600 hours of video/150 hours of movies

WD Velociraptor 1TB 10000RPM Specs

1TB
10,000RPM
64MB Cache
3.5″ Form Factor
SATA III
5-Year Limited Warranty
Holding Capacity: 320,000 photos/16,660 hours of music/1,000 hours of video/250 hours of movies

 
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abeer72

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he needed ONE 2tb drive stupid.
 
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DataMedic

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Best SATA drives in my opinion are Samsung Spinpoint
http://www.esaitech.com/samsung-hd204ui-2tb-5400rpm-sata-3-5-hard-drive.html?pk_campaign=ga-pla&gclid=CPagrbybqb0CFdBqfgod06gA-A

They are a bit more expensive, but last much longer. I'm in the data recovery business and here's the breakdown of how many drives I'll get in that fail in a year:
WD - 600
Hitachi - 400
Seagate - 350
Samsung - 2

I'm not kidding. And even if they do fail, it's usually graceful and can be recovered. That's why a lot of business grade pc's use them.
 
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dashboy1998

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No need to call people stupid.

I would have to say a Seagate Barracuda 2TB is better choice than the Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB.
Note* the Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB has a failure rate of 4,87%, while the Seagate Barracuda 2TB has a failure rate of 1,12%.
Source Link: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/108284-huge-list-of-failure-rates-on-pc-components-french-but-i-translated-nearly-everything/
 
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abeer72

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don't go with anything below 7200 rpm.
anything below won't give good performance.


I mean don't you guys know about hdd's,you are talking about failure rates and you are ignoring rpm?
 
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dashboy1998

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1st off it's not you "guys" because only one person submitted a drive with 5400RPM, and he does want a reliable and fast drive.

 
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dashboy1998

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I have read it, hints why I said Seagate Barracuda 2TB since it's more reliable and cheaper than the Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 2TB.
 
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DataMedic

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Keep in mind rotational speed isn't everything speed wise on hard drives (although it helps). It's not a record player. Other factors such as number of platters/heads, prefetch buffer size, RAM type (yes hard drives have their own ram), data density, sector size, etc. all make a difference in real world usable speed.

I've seen some 5400 drives that actually perform far faster than other 7200 RPM drives.

Also not all drives age the same. WD drives ususally take the cake performance wise when they are brand new, however as they age sectors begin to become "slow reading" meaning the drive has to make several passes before it accurately reads them. That's why you never buy a refurbished HDD, much slower.
 
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