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Gamer's choice for a HDD?

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Hi!

What would be the "Gamer's Choice for a hard drive" for under ~ $120 (80€) budget?

I've read Tom's charts and other reviews but it's a little hard to find out. SSDs and VelociRaptors seem to be the best options BUT the price is too high for me...

What about these:

- WD Caviar Black 1TB (WD1001FALS)
- WD Caviar Black 640GB (WD6401AALS)
- Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB (HD103UJ)

WD has 5 years and Samsung 3 years warranty and many have had bad experiences with those SpinPoint F1 HDDs...

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When I read the title of your thread, I thought: Intel's SSD --> Velociraptor 300GB--> WD C Black 1TB according to the budget. But when I read the post I see you thought the same and you're clearly leaning towards the WDC Black 1TB. I guess all you need is a little push :) ..GO FOR IT, It's a good and tried HD..If your mobo supports raid 0, you may want to buy 2 640GB or 500GB WD blacks and setting up a raid 0 to moderately enhance the read and/or write performance.

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Seagate 1 TB 7200.12 is a two platter drive so it should be a little faster than the WD FALS.

And the firmware problem is supposed to be fixed. :)

Reply to jsc

jsc wrote :

Seagate 1 TB 7200.12 is a two platter drive so it should be a little faster than the WD FALS.

And the firmware problem is supposed to be fixed. :)



Hey, thanks a lot jsc :D! Should have analyzed "Tom's 2009 3.5” Desktop Hard Drive Charts Benchmarks" more specifically. It's seems to be a good option and price is better than WD Caviar Black, too.

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