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AnubianSaint

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I have a homebuilt PC that typically I have had little to know problems with. But lately I seem to be experiencing less than normal performance while gaming. I have a WD10EURX-56C57YO hard drive with intellipower. I believe that this is what may be causing my issues as my computer heats up I think the intellipower may be slowing its rotations to conserve energy and slowing performance.

Mother Board: ASUS F2A85-V Pro
Hard Drive: WD10EURX-56C57YO
CPU: AMD A10-6800K
Video Card: Radeon R9 270X

I only suspect the hard drive because if I bring up my task manager my "Disk" keeps running upwards of 90% even 100% shortly after closing the program or even opening a new program. My wife runs with the same video card and plays on higher settings with no issues as well.

 
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Thats the entry level enterprise class drive (as opposed to consumer version) Its also 7200 rpm and, if its new, its probably twice the cost of the blue.
Enterprise class drives have 'stronger' parts in them (supposedly) to withstand 24/7/365 use, more robust error correction, and vibration dampening which result in a higher mean time between failures. They also are designed to work in raids (they have firmware support for raids) unlike most consumer drives. Warranty analysis doesn't show them as having any significantly less failures then consumer drivers though so if you wanted that drive then it would certainly work for you but don't expect it to be faster. The larger cache will play a small role in performance as windows will...
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You have several issues going on as I see it.
First this is a harddrive designed mostly for video surveillence systems. They are optimized for his sequential reads and writes whereas pc users are mostly in the random read & write workloads.
Second this is indeed a 5900rpm drive where pc gamers should be going with 7200rpm drives to maximize throughput.
Third, this being an intellipower drive, will spin down to conserve power, despite any setting you change in windows, which usually causes lag when the drive needs to spin back up to be accessed. Gamers usually notice this right off where as in a server or video workstation the lag is more tolerable/expected.

Lastly, this drive usually has a reduced lifespan when being used in this fashion. I would suggest you run WD's Datalifeguard's Diagnostic software and verify your drive is actually still working fine. http://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx
 
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Thank you for your response. I felt that was likely the issue so I am thinking of replacing it with this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5EM2KP4218 But I'm having a hard time telling if it is compatible with my Motherboard or if I would use the same cable to connect.

If this does not seem suitable for what I am trying to do would you have a suggestion for what I might want to use that would be a similar drive that i could use to replace my current one?
 
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Thats a SAS drive and not compatible, you need SATA 7200rpms.

These are the most common but Toshiba and Hitachi also make drives that would work if you have a preference for them.


  • Seagate 1tb st1000dm003 {also available in larger capacities} - About $50
    - Same seagate with 8GB SSD Cache 1tb - ST1000DX001 - about $70
    WD Blue 1tb WD10EZEX {does not come any larger} - about $55
    - Black 1tb WD1003FZEX {available in larger sizes} - about $70
 
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Thank you and I appreciate your help. I just have one last question because I did look into each of the ones you suggested and I like each of them, but in a separate search I came across the WD1002F9YZ which has double the memory buffer but I see in its description on TigerDirect that it says it is best for bulk storage. Now in the interest of learning something new I wanted to ask if you don't mind explaining what it is about the drive that makes it more suited to performance that the ones you suggested, or if this model would be as suitable for the job as your suggestions.
 
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Thats the entry level enterprise class drive (as opposed to consumer version) Its also 7200 rpm and, if its new, its probably twice the cost of the blue.
Enterprise class drives have 'stronger' parts in them (supposedly) to withstand 24/7/365 use, more robust error correction, and vibration dampening which result in a higher mean time between failures. They also are designed to work in raids (they have firmware support for raids) unlike most consumer drives. Warranty analysis doesn't show them as having any significantly less failures then consumer drivers though so if you wanted that drive then it would certainly work for you but don't expect it to be faster. The larger cache will play a small role in performance as windows will already cache recently used files so it will mainly affect writes and 128mb isnt all that large these days.

The fastest drive from a user standpoint would be the Seagate with the 8gb ssd cache. Like the WD Black, its using 1tb platters and break 200MB/s in sequential benchmarks. (They are even faster then the WD SE drive you inquired about in that respect) But it really shines in booting windows!
The longest lasting may be the WD Black, they have an excellent reputation for longevity.

 
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