Time to buy a new HD

Mac Daddy · 12th Jun 2008, 09:34 AM

Going with WD and Adrian suggested the GP series but don't have those locally. I am tired of this flaky drive in my other machine and want to move my 160G Seagate Barracuda IDE to it.

Limited budget right now and here are my choices I can pick up this weekend

Any suggestions welcome

Canada Computers - Hard Drives > Desktop Drives > 3.5" SATA Drives : Western Digital Caviar (WD6400AAKS) 640GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Buffer (OEM).

Canada Computers - Hard Drives > Desktop Drives > 3.5" SATA Drives : Western Digital Caviar (WD5000AAKS) 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Buffer (OEM).

Canada Computers - Hard Drives > Desktop Drives > 3.5" SATA Drives : Western Digital Caviar (WD3200AAKS) 320GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Buffer (OEM).

Canada Computers - Hard Drives > Desktop Drives > 3.5" SATA Drives : Western Digital Caviar (WD2500AAKS) 250GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Buffer (OEM).

Trinity · 12th Jun 2008, 09:46 AM

I own the second one on your list. Almost a year now. Not a single problem.

Adrian Wong · 12th Jun 2008, 10:14 AM

Those should all be the faster Caviar SE16 drives. The 500 GB should perform almost as well as the 750 GB I reviewed earlier.

Chai · 12th Jun 2008, 12:53 PM

Definitely the 640GB. But if you don't mind waiting a little longer, the newer SE16 is announced.

Adrian Wong · 12th Jun 2008, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chai

Definitely the 640GB. But if you don't mind waiting a little longer, the newer SE16 is announced.

Yeah, they have a SE16 Black that has two controller chips and 32MB of cache.

Max_87 · 12th Jun 2008, 02:42 PM

640GB

Lacus · 12th Jun 2008, 03:16 PM

640Gb FTW

..I own 1 of those~ Thanks to max actually.. (was a seagate fan

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Mac Daddy · 12th Jun 2008, 06:24 PM

Thanks for the feedback guys and on waiting I really can't for the new series. This 40G Maxtor is playing up again and theres not gonna be a video of me putting it in water there gonna be a video of me taking a sledge hammer to it

Anyway is it really cost effective to pay 20 dollars more for the 640G over the 500G ? I have had this 160G Seagate for a year and a half and never had it under 50G free. I don't leave games and stuff on after I finish them just keep the save dirs.

Lacus · 12th Jun 2008, 07:21 PM

Worthy i guess...The price here is almost similiar i think =/

Adrian Wong · 13th Jun 2008, 01:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

Thanks for the feedback guys and on waiting I really can't for the new series. This 40G Maxtor is playing up again and theres not gonna be a video of me putting it in water there gonna be a video of me taking a sledge hammer to it

Anyway is it really cost effective to pay 20 dollars more for the 640G over the 500G ? I have had this 160G Seagate for a year and a half and never had it under 50G free. I don't leave games and stuff on after I finish them just keep the save dirs.

If I'm not mistaken, the 640GB drive's platters have a higher areal density, so it should be faster than the 500GB. Then again, if you do not need the extra space... then you might as well just save the money.

12th Jun 2008, 09:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
Mac Daddy Pickin' Da Gitfiddle Join Date: 19 Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 2,048 Reputation: 802 Rep Power: 12	Time to buy a new HD Going with WD and Adrian suggested the GP series but don't have those locally. I am tired of this flaky drive in my other machine and want to move my 160G Seagate Barracuda IDE to it. Limited budget right now and here are my choices I can pick up this weekend Any suggestions welcome Canada Computers - Hard Drives > Desktop Drives > 3.5" SATA Drives : Western Digital Caviar (WD6400AAKS) 640GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Buffer (OEM). Canada Computers - Hard Drives > Desktop Drives > 3.5" SATA Drives : Western Digital Caviar (WD5000AAKS) 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Buffer (OEM). Canada Computers - Hard Drives > Desktop Drives > 3.5" SATA Drives : Western Digital Caviar (WD3200AAKS) 320GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Buffer (OEM). Canada Computers - Hard Drives > Desktop Drives > 3.5" SATA Drives : Western Digital Caviar (WD2500AAKS) 250GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Buffer (OEM). __________________

12th Jun 2008, 09:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
Trinity Little Kiki Join Date: 5 Jan 2003 Location: Ohio,usa Posts: 6,783 Reputation: 5297 Rep Power: 64	I own the second one on your list. Almost a year now. Not a single problem. __________________ E6600, P5B-D, 1Gbx2 Crucial PC2-8500, 7600GT, WD 500GbHDD Conroe Bay-Bee! (\__/) (-. - ) (> < )

12th Jun 2008, 10:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my ASUS F8V notebook! Posts: 30,146 Reputation: 3081 Rep Power: 67	Those should all be the faster Caviar SE16 drives. The 500 GB should perform almost as well as the 750 GB I reviewed earlier. __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? Keep Tech ARP free! Visit our sponsors! We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs

12th Jun 2008, 12:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 26,760 Reputation: 3984 Rep Power: 72	Definitely the 640GB. But if you don't mind waiting a little longer, the newer SE16 is announced. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

12th Jun 2008, 02:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
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12th Jun 2008, 03:16 PM	#7 (permalink)
Lacus Super Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 1,026 Reputation: 166 Rep Power: 3	640Gb FTW ..I own 1 of those~ Thanks to max actually.. (was a seagate fan ) __________________ GUNDAM 00[CPU=Intel Celeron Dual Core E1200 (3200Mhz)\| Mobo=Asus Rampage Maximus Formula (Rampage Bios Mod)\| GPU=Gigabyte HD4850 512MB GDDR3+T-Rad2 \| RAM=4x1gb DDR2 800Mhz Corsair XMS2 \| HDD=Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB \| Soundcard=Doom's Creative X-FI XtremeMusic \| Speakers=Creative Inspire P5800 \| PSU=Silverstone Strider ST56F \| Keyboard=Creative Prodikeys DM \| Mouse=Logitech MX518\| Casing=Lian Li PC-7YCF]

12th Jun 2008, 06:24 PM	#8 (permalink)
Mac Daddy Pickin' Da Gitfiddle Join Date: 19 Nov 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 2,048 Reputation: 802 Rep Power: 12	Thanks for the feedback guys and on waiting I really can't for the new series. This 40G Maxtor is playing up again and theres not gonna be a video of me putting it in water there gonna be a video of me taking a sledge hammer to it Anyway is it really cost effective to pay 20 dollars more for the 640G over the 500G ? I have had this 160G Seagate for a year and a half and never had it under 50G free. I don't leave games and stuff on after I finish them just keep the save dirs. __________________

12th Jun 2008, 07:21 PM	#9 (permalink)
Lacus Super Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 1,026 Reputation: 166 Rep Power: 3	Worthy i guess...The price here is almost similiar i think =/ __________________ GUNDAM 00[CPU=Intel Celeron Dual Core E1200 (3200Mhz)\| Mobo=Asus Rampage Maximus Formula (Rampage Bios Mod)\| GPU=Gigabyte HD4850 512MB GDDR3+T-Rad2 \| RAM=4x1gb DDR2 800Mhz Corsair XMS2 \| HDD=Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB \| Soundcard=Doom's Creative X-FI XtremeMusic \| Speakers=Creative Inspire P5800 \| PSU=Silverstone Strider ST56F \| Keyboard=Creative Prodikeys DM \| Mouse=Logitech MX518\| Casing=Lian Li PC-7YCF]