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tryceo   07-06-2009 at 04:56:02 PM

I am looking at the Western Digital Caviar Black series because it has 2 processors and 32MB cache.

But I want to know which version i should get. I heard that the transfer rate is different between the different amounts of GB. So if anyone can tell me which gets the best transfer rate(mb/s).

My system.
i7 920 Oced to 3.8
OCZ 1600 6gb ram
EVGA x58 3-SLI
GTX 275 x 2
Corsair HX 1000
WD 320GB 7200RPM 8mb cache

500GB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136320

640GB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136319

750GB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136283

1000GB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136284

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BoBzzz   07-06-2009 at 05:13:55 PM
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If I recall correctly, the 640GB version comes out on top because it only uses 2 platters vs the 750 and 1000 which use 3.


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Swivelguy   07-06-2009 at 11:07:16 PM
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The 500 and 750 use 250GB platters (2 and 3 of them respectively), and are slower.

The 640 and 1000 use 333GB platters (2 and 3 of them respectively), and are faster.

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aford10   07-07-2009 at 01:18:16 AM
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+1 to the 640Gb drive.

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Bronze Storage badge cjl   07-07-2009 at 04:16:19 AM
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640 or 1000. The 1000 is faster (slightly) than the 640, but both beat the 500 and 750 by a pretty big margin.

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505090   07-07-2009 at 05:35:12 AM
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the 640 is supposed to be the fastest but the difference is insignificant get the one with the amount of storage you need

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gkay09   07-07-2009 at 07:03:59 AM
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+1 for 640GB/ 1TB...

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the last resort   07-07-2009 at 07:26:11 AM
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i love my 640GB Black series. Very fast. I too recommend it.

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mindless728   07-07-2009 at 03:04:06 PM
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640GB (i have non-black editions and are very happy, they are AAKS or Blue's)

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