New hard disk

panais · 21 Dec 2009

I will buy 2 new hard disks for D:/ and E:/
So i need some opinions.
WESTERN DIGITAL 1TB WD1002FBYS RE3 SATA2
or
WESTERN DIGITAL WD15EADS 1.5TB CAVIAR GREEN SATA2
or

SAMSUNG HD103SI ECOGREEN F2 1TB SATA2
or
SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB SATA2
or...?

Jonathan_King · 21 Dec 2009

Do you need 1.5TB, or is 1 enough?

panais · 21 Dec 2009

Jonathan_King said:

Do you need 1.5TB, or is 1 enough?

1tb is enough but 1.5tb is good also.

Jonathan_King · 21 Dec 2009

I recommend buying the 1TB HD. Storage will only get cheaper as time goes on. Of course, it is always a good idea to have a little more storage than you think your could use; something will always come up, and you will be wishing you had a little more.

panais · 22 Dec 2009

Jonathan_King said:

I recommend buying the 1TB HD. Storage will only get cheaper as time goes on. Of course, it is always a good idea to have a little more storage than you think your could use; something will always come up, and you will be wishing you had a little more.

Witch one is faster/better?
WESTERN DIGITAL 1TB WD1002FBYS RE3 SATA2
or
WESTERN DIGITAL WD15EADS 1.5TB CAVIAR GREEN SATA2
or

SAMSUNG HD103SI ECOGREEN F2 1TB SATA2
or
SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB SATA2

aem · 22 Dec 2009

If you need 1TB, more than likely you'll need more so get 1.5TB and the fact that you won't ever get the full 1TB (rather something like 970GB or so) :) Go Seagate.

Jonathan_King · 22 Dec 2009

SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB SATA2

and

WESTERN DIGITAL 1TB WD1002FBYS RE3 SATA2

are 7200 RPM, and because the spin rate is not mentioned in the others, I would suspect that they are 5200 or 5400.