Hi,
I am seeking advice on upgrading my storage drives. The criteria I inputted on Newegg led me to Seagate hard drives. I would like to know if 3TB is a good way to go over 2TB, and if running two of them in Raid 0 is a wise choice. If there are better internal hard drives with similar value out there, I do appreciate the input
Below are the criteria I entered, which pointed to Seagate drives:
Capacity: 3TB
Cache: 64MB
RPM: 7200 RPM
Interface: SATA 6.0GB/s
The three options were as below, though I am really not sure the difference between them, so am choosing based on price, to opt for 2 of the ST3000DM001 in raid 0.
Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $149.99
Seagate Barracuda STBD3000100 3TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
$179.99
Seagate SV35.5 ST3000VX000 3TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
$199.99
Hope 2 of these will be a good choice for my current setup, which should be outlined below.
Appreciate all input, comments and feedback! Thanks!
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System Specs
System Specs Yes
Motherboard ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3
Processor Intel® Core™ i7-2700K / Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 LG
Memory G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR Sniper SE 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 1.5V Memory Kit
Video Card(s) Two SLI - EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Fermi 772MHZ 3GB GDDR5 2xDVI Mini-HDMI PCI-E Video Card
Hard Drive(s) Drive #1 - KINGSTON HyperX SSD SH100S3120G (111 GB) Drive #2 - SAMSUNG HD320KJ (298 GB) Drive #3 - SAMSUNG HD320KJ (298 GB) Drive #4 - SeagateExternal (2794 GB)
Optical Drive(s) DVD/RE:\ HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH10L ATA Device
Case Silverstone RV03B-W Raven 3 Black ATX Gaming Case 7X5.25 4X3.5INT 2X2.5INT (please don't buy this)
Power Supply Corsair Professional Series™ Gold AX1200 — 80 PLUS® Gold Certified Fully-Modular Power S
Sound Card None
Monitor Three of Dell U2410 + XFX Fxtristand Triple LCD Display Monitor Stand - Supports 3 LCD Monitor 17-24
Operating System Windows 7 Professional, also have Laptop: MSI GT70, with 2 64GB SSD Raid 0, GTX 675M, Blueray Burner
I am seeking advice on upgrading my storage drives. The criteria I inputted on Newegg led me to Seagate hard drives. I would like to know if 3TB is a good way to go over 2TB, and if running two of them in Raid 0 is a wise choice. If there are better internal hard drives with similar value out there, I do appreciate the input
Below are the criteria I entered, which pointed to Seagate drives:
Capacity: 3TB
Cache: 64MB
RPM: 7200 RPM
Interface: SATA 6.0GB/s
The three options were as below, though I am really not sure the difference between them, so am choosing based on price, to opt for 2 of the ST3000DM001 in raid 0.
Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $149.99
Seagate Barracuda STBD3000100 3TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
$179.99
Seagate SV35.5 ST3000VX000 3TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
$199.99
Hope 2 of these will be a good choice for my current setup, which should be outlined below.
Appreciate all input, comments and feedback! Thanks!
------
System Specs
System Specs Yes
Motherboard ASRock Z68 Extreme7 Gen3
Processor Intel® Core™ i7-2700K / Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 AM3 LG
Memory G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-8GBSR Sniper SE 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 1.5V Memory Kit
Video Card(s) Two SLI - EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Fermi 772MHZ 3GB GDDR5 2xDVI Mini-HDMI PCI-E Video Card
Hard Drive(s) Drive #1 - KINGSTON HyperX SSD SH100S3120G (111 GB) Drive #2 - SAMSUNG HD320KJ (298 GB) Drive #3 - SAMSUNG HD320KJ (298 GB) Drive #4 - SeagateExternal (2794 GB)
Optical Drive(s) DVD/RE:\ HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH10L ATA Device
Case Silverstone RV03B-W Raven 3 Black ATX Gaming Case 7X5.25 4X3.5INT 2X2.5INT (please don't buy this)
Power Supply Corsair Professional Series™ Gold AX1200 — 80 PLUS® Gold Certified Fully-Modular Power S
Sound Card None
Monitor Three of Dell U2410 + XFX Fxtristand Triple LCD Display Monitor Stand - Supports 3 LCD Monitor 17-24
Operating System Windows 7 Professional, also have Laptop: MSI GT70, with 2 64GB SSD Raid 0, GTX 675M, Blueray Burner