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bolaber   10-21-2009 at 05:29:14 PM

I recently bought a new computer to put together myself and along with it I got an Intel X-25 SSD. There was something wrong with my SSD as it was only detected half the time. When I returned it, newegg say it is already sold out thus they went ahead and refund me the money as opposed to sending it back to me. I was looking for a suggestion on what is a better HDD because certain things of the SSD kinda scares me.


I noticed that most people suggest the:

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal

but arent there faster HDD's? What about the 10,000 RPM or the 15,000 RPM?


Budget: under $250
Usage: 40% gaming 40% videos (loaded from hdd) 20% word processing


Message edited by bolaber on 10-21-2009 at 06:01:53 PM
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Bronze Storage badge r_manic   10-22-2009 at 11:45:45 AM

Well, definitely not faster than your SSD. You may also want to look into Caviar Blacks from WD. AFAIK the 1TB variant is within your budget.

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zipzoomflyhigh   10-22-2009 at 04:52:21 PM

Who suggested a 16mb F3??

I'd suggest a 32mb Western Digital Black. You'll get slightly faster speeds with a 10K and the 15k are just too expensive.

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blackened144   10-22-2009 at 04:54:47 PM

The VelociRaptor falls in your price range too. I would still stick with SSD though. Just because yours had issues doesnt mean its still not a good option. I have 2 30gb Vertex's in raid0 and have had absolutely no issues with them whatsoever and my system has never been faster or more responsive.

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