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New Hard Drive.

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  • 01-03-2008 3:23am
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    barry181091
    Registered Users Posts: 1,617 ✭✭✭


    Hey Guys,

    Im buying a new HDD as my current 200gb sata is becoming unstable. I want a 500gb and have decided to buy it from komplett.. I have narrowed my choices to these few:

    Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM

    Samsung SpinPoint T166 500GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM

    Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB, SATA-300, 32MB, 7200RPM

    Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 500GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM

    Theres my short list :), I have read reviews of them and it is hard to choose which one is really the best, So just want some advice.

    EDIT: Just to say that I mostly use my main HDD for watching tv shows/movies/HD files, Games, and some fairly high resource software Eg Autocad.Also, a load of internet usage. Just thought that might help.
    Barry.


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    sebastianlieken
    Registered Users Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭sebastianlieken


    read this


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    RoyalMarine
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,824 ✭✭✭RoyalMarine


    Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB, SATA-300, 32MB, 7200RPM

    has 32mb the other's only have 16mb.


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    barry181091
    Registered Users Posts: 1,617 ✭✭✭barry181091


    Yeah, i know 32mb is *shold* prove to have greater preformance over 16mb dreives. But thats not the case with that samsung drive, Just read some of its reviews, Not too good.


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