Will I notice any real improvement?

[jalpaugh1978]

I have this hdd right now: WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16Mb http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136074

I'm thinking of getting this one:SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD502HJ 500GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152181

Will I notice any big difference in my system's performance?


System specs:

Q9550
EVGA 750i SLI FTW
2X GTX 260
4GB G.Skill Pi DDR2 800
750w PC P&C PSU

 

[masterasia]

Yes, you will gain a few seconds on boot and when your programs load.
It's an awesome drive. I have 4 of them.
The always sell out fast on Newegg and ZipZoomFly.

 

[marcellis22]

Will you notice? None of us have a clue... Are your eyes open or closed? I'm sure typing your resume to sell fries at McDonald's will be about the same...


Computer with mouse and keyboard... "masterasia"

 

[henrystrawn]

marcellis22 Really.....? If you don't have anything nice to say........How old are you 5? REALLY?

 

[jalpaugh1978]

The purpose of the forum is to provide advice. If you don't care for my question, then don't post.

Anyways, I went ahead and ordered one off Newegg today and when it gets here i'll take out my WD 320 probably sell it on ebay. Thanks masterasia for the response thanks henrystrawn

 

[mikey5802]

I'd suggest you get a drive with a little larger cache size (32 mb), but I see you've already ordered...

Here's a list of 7200 RPB, 32 mb cache drives...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150014+1035507776+1035424340&QksAutoSuggestion=&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Configurator=&Subcategory=14&description=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=

The WD 640 GB comes very highly recommended and the SpinPoints are gainly in popularity as well.

Good luck

 

[masterasia]

I'd suggest you get a drive with a little larger cache size (32 mb), but I see you've already ordered...

Here's a list of 7200 RPB, 32 mb cache drives...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150014+1035507776+1035424340&QksAutoSuggestion=&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Configurator=&Subcategory=14&description=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=

The WD 640 GB comes very highly recommended and the SpinPoints are gainly in popularity as well.

Good luck

Yes, the WD Black is an awesome drive. I have 10 of them right now. But now that I have discovered the Samsung F3 500GB, I've been buying those. The F3 is a dense single 500GB platter which makes loading a lot faster. The benchmarks have shown this drive to out perform the WD 640 Blacks. The newer batches of the WD Blues have been known to have a single 500GB platter as well, but I'm not sure about the bench marks on those. The only thing that sucks about the Spinpoints is the 3 year warranty vs WD's 5 year warranty.

Cache does help, but denser platters help more.

 

[jalpaugh1978]

I'm still thinking about whether to keep my WD 320, but I'm leaning towards selling it so I can start building up a little more cash for another 4gb set of my memory. Having a backup would be nice though.

 

[jalpaugh1978]

I'd suggest you get a drive with a little larger cache size (32 mb), but I see you've already ordered...

Here's a list of 7200 RPB, 32 mb cache drives...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150014+1035507776+1035424340&QksAutoSuggestion=&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Configurator=&Subcategory=14&description=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=

The WD 640 GB comes very highly recommended and the SpinPoints are gainly in popularity as well.

Good luck

I know all about the WD Blacks and how great they are. Almost pulled the trigger on one on Newegg during the Black Friday sale a few months back. The only reason I didn't was because christmas was right around the corner and the kiddies come first. I'm glad I didn't because it gave me a chance to find out about the Spinpoints here on Tom's. It had been awhile since i visited the forum and was kinda out of the loop on things. Thanks for the info everyone...

 

[jitpublisher]

I don't know about all this drive hype, when people say "big" difference, I think sometimes "big" is a little overstated. A 3 second faster boot time is not "big" in my book. If you can cut boot time in half, now that is big.
I bought a 1 TB black drive, and a 640gig black drive because everyone talked about how fast they were. My old Seagate 320 gig 16meg cache drive I had in first place was faster "feeling" than than either of the new WD drives.
So, if you need the space, the Samsung is a nice drive. But unless you have are still using an old ATA 100 IDE drive, I am saying you are not going to notice a heck of a lot of difference.

 

[henrystrawn]

I am one of those WD cavier black buyers. To me, it really isn't about the actual performance increase, it's about getting the best performance for my usually very limited budget. To "reward" manufacturers for allowing the design to include those extras, rather than just being as good as the next guy.

 

[jalpaugh1978]

I am one of those WD cavier black buyers. To me, it really isn't about the actual performance increase, it's about getting the best performance for my usually very limited budget. To "reward" manufacturers for allowing the design to include those extras, rather than just being as good as the next guy.

I know what you mean about a 'limited budget". It took me a while to save to build my current computer and the only reason I was able to get the Samsung is because I sold my old DFI Ultra-D board(got $85 for it off Ebay last week). I spent part of it on my sons B-day present and the rest on the drive. The WD 320 I have is a hold over from the pc I had before this on so I figured wth,might as well get a new one. i usually have to sell something in order to upgrade it. Sold off my golf clubs and my Xbox 360 to build this comp, so yeah I know all about budgets.

 

[henrystrawn]

jalpaugh1978

I noticed you are running the same processor. Are you running yours overclocked? I was just curious, because I have been real happy with this upgrade from a E6850 that I haven't had the heart to sell. I have noticed a big jump in 3D mental ray render times. I run this 24/7 it seems to be a good moderate OC.


Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R rev 2.0 F12
Q9550 @ 3.6 (424x8.5) voltage [Auto]
AC Freezer Pro 7 rev 1
8 GB G. Skil DDR2 64005-5-5-15 2.0v
XFX HD5770
Avermedia G2 Combo TV Tuner
WD 1 TB Cavier Black
WD 320 Cavier Blue
BFG 650 watt PS
Enermax Chakra Case

 

[jalpaugh1978]

jalpaugh1978

I noticed you are running the same processor. Are you running yours overclocked? I was just curious, because I have been real happy with this upgrade from a E6850 that I haven't had the heart to sell. I have noticed a big jump in 3D mental ray render times. I run this 24/7 it seems to be a good moderate OC.

Currently, no. I'm running everything at stock. I have played with overclocking and got mine up to 3.6 as well. Didn't really see reason to keep the o/c atm with everything running fast enough for me already. I do plan on eventually o/c'ing for 24/7 use, but not until I really need it. Before this I had an Athlon X2 4800+ AM2 cpu, so yeah I notice a lot of difference when I got my Q9550....a lot