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choose the best fastest more gooder drive


 
78.6 %
      11 votes
WD6400AAKS
 
7.1 %
      1 vote
ST3320613AS
 
7.1 %
      1 vote
WD2500AAKS
 
7.1 %
      1 vote
ST3320613AS

All : 17 votes (3 blank votes)
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daye159   08-01-2008 at 04:20:03 PM

please choose the best hard drive out of these 4

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geofelt   08-01-2008 at 05:01:54 PM
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None of the above.
If you want the best and fastest, get the WD velociraptor.

Second choice is the raptor150.

Otherwise, among the 4 you listed, they will all be in the same performance class.

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daye159   08-01-2008 at 05:14:53 PM
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i should have said the best under $70 dollars or less but those velociraptors are fast but to expensive for me

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jtt283   08-01-2008 at 05:19:20 PM
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More information is needed. Environment? Usage pattern? Budget, if applicable? My answer would likely be different for a home PC vs. a corporate datacenter.
Other than unforseen replacements, I'm hoping the next drive I buy is a reasonably-priced SSD that is at least 64GB.

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jtt283   08-01-2008 at 05:20:52 PM
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In that case, I'd probably opt for WD; the newest (AAKS vs. AAJS) and biggest (320 vs. 250) I could afford.

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Shadow703793   08-01-2008 at 05:23:47 PM
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I personally own the WD 640GB AAKS drive and it works very well.

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gamerk316   08-01-2008 at 05:38:51 PM
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I run my OS on a SSD, and have 2 other 10,000 RPM drives (Raptors, not the new Velociraptors).

Unless you go for 10,000 RPM drives or a SSD, all the 7200 RPM drives give simmilar preformance.

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rubix_1011   08-01-2008 at 05:49:48 PM
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I have had a Raptor 74 for 5 years and never had a problem with it. And no, its not really that loud, unless you screw it directly to the metal HDD cage without grommets...

Those HDD screws that have the rubber o-rings were an awesome invention.

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vmardegan   08-01-2008 at 05:58:11 PM
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All the drives that you've listed are pretty similar in performance.

I personally like Western Digital more than Seagate (had less issues with WD than Seagate over many years), but this is my opinion.

If you are truly looking for performance, Velociraptors, Raptors and SSDs seems to be the way to go. But everything comes with a price.

Another option would be to get two good medium-small drives SATA2 and use RAID-0. The performance versus a single drive is significantly faster in most cases and it met my needs. However, I'm not sure how the price of two "basic" drives would stand versus a single Velociraptor/Raptor. I have had RAID-0 for many years with no issues, but I'm aware of the increased risk versus the single drive approach. That's why I always have a reliable backup solution.

Now I added a third drive to the system and changed from RAID-0 to RAID-5 (something that you can do in the future, if you are concerned as I am with your data). But even with RAID-5 I still have my backup system up and running.

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daye159   08-01-2008 at 07:02:05 PM
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u all been alot of help thanks

btw i just noticed i added ST3320613AS twice to the choices i messed up the poll :(

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