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Need help picking a Harddrive!!!

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budget is $65max
I don't need anything bigger than 500GB
Here are 2 drives i have chosen... i can't decide between them???
Whichever one is more reliable and faster overall....from the specs they seem to be the exact same..

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - $57
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822136073

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - $55
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822152181

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The Spinpoint F3 is faster, that's all I know. Does the Caviar Black cost much more than those? I'd get the WD Black even if I needed to opt for a smaller capacity model.

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