Help me in choosing better HDD among these

[ashish0417]

I want to buy a HDD, but I am low on budget so I have listed few to choose from-
1. 160 GB IDE Seagate / WD - 24$
2. 200GB IDE / PATA 3.5 HDD Western Digital 7200 rpm - 29$
3. 250GB IDE / PATA 3.5 HDD Western Digital 7200 rpm - 33$

My system specs -
c2d 2.8 ghz
2 gb ddr2 ram
Radeon hd 5670 1gb gddr5

So buying any one among these three would have any difference in gaming performance compared to WD Caviar Blue 500 GB WD5000AAKX priced at 57$.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

The hard drive you choose has very little impact on gaming performance, unless of course you choose an SSD over a conventional HDD. But if I had to choose between Seagate and WD, it would be WD every time for greater reliability. Seagate drives have given me nothing but grief.

Gaming performance is affected mainly by the capabilities of other vital parts of the system, such as the CPU and, most notably, the graphics card.