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...
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.
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! 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.