Caviar black 32mb vs caviar green 64mb

Black, but green runs cooler.

The 1TB drive will have a faster transfer rate than the 320GB, but the larger cache size isn't the reason. It'll be because each track contains more data - so at a spin rate of 120 times per second (7200rpm/60=120rps) more data goes by the read/write heads every second.

The access times between a new drive and your older drive won't be all that much different, except that the same amount of data will fit into fewer tracks so that the head will move less (assuming you don't put more data on the drive).

Regarding the 1TB green vs. black - the green drive will have slower average access times and transfer rates because of the slower RPM.

I was loocking to change it for the speed increase.. so whats your telling me is that it doesnt worth the price to change for the caviar black cause the increase is tiny..thats it?

What are you using the drive for? Movies/Music, Gaming, OS/Programs, etc... (knowing that might help point you to a good solution) And are you experiencing hang-ups today or are you just looking for something faster?

Steve

Im doing movies, music, gaming, internet, programming... and im just loocking for somthing faster..
Maybe the best thing would be to get a ssd but they are costly for their size  

ok thanks. I think i will stick with my old hdd and wait for ssd to get bigger and at lower price

i just built a computer with the caviar black and i do alot of music and gaming im very happy with it. My builder has the green and we were transfering files from it to my computer it was slower but we were using usb to. i would recommend the black.

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