Need 2nd internal drive for games

[Capitalist]

I built a PC recently (been a Mac guy for past 10 years) and have discovered the joy of gaming options. Since I'm now using Steam, D2D, et all now, I thought it would be best to buy a good 2nd drive for game storage. In the past 72 hours I bought Mass Effect 1+2, Fallout 3 GOTY and others, so space is flying by and I don't like filling up my main HDD too much.

Any recommendations?

Misc data:

OS: Win 7 64-bit

Main HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 500g

Budget: Prefer to stay $100 or under if possible.

Size: Sure, 2TB is optimal, but I'd give in if it meant a good increase in performance.

 

[jefe323]

I have a 1tb western digitial black and it works very well. its a bit over your $100 price range, but it is a really nice drive and i've had no problems with it yet

 

[soulbrotha80]

Here's a 1TB WD Caviar Black HDD within your budget: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284

 

[Capitalist]

Link wasn't working for me for some reason, but I found it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284&cm_re=1TB_WD_Caviar_Black_HDD-_-22-136-284-_-Product

$90 is fine. My main question is performance. Seems like this is a good way to go.

The Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB is $15 cheaper. How does it compare?

Link:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

 

[jefe323]

The spinpoint is also an excellent drive and i would find it hard to pick between it and the WD Black

 

[Capitalist]

BTW, can someone link to a SATA cable on NewEgg for this drive? Just was looking and I don't have one. Not sure what one I need.

 

[jefe323]

unless you get an OEM version of the drive, it should come with a SATA cable

 

[soulbrotha80]

If you do go with an OEM drive, here's a link to a SATA cable: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812270093

 

[Capitalist]

Yeah, both drives are bare bones. The packaged version was much more than a couple dollar cable I think.

Might try the Samsung. Tough call.

 

[jefe323]

you cant go wrong with either choice

 

[Capitalist]

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