Windows 7 - Which drive is best for W7 Pro installation

trinaz · 03-12-2010

Have the following drives available for my desktop Windows 7 Pro installation. Which would be the better of the two for performance...if it matters ?

Seagate Barracuda 640GB 7200.11 Drive , or
MaXLine Pro (Seagate) 500GB 7H500F0

The only real difference other than capacity I can see is the Barracuda has a 32mg buffer while the MaxLine has 16mg buffer.

Would this difference alone make the Barracuda the better choice and/or have a noticeable performance improvement in Windows 7 ?

Thanks

**pebbly** · 03-12-2010

i would go with the maxline the seagate version 7200 i think has an high failure rate someone will correct me if im wrong

trinaz · 03-12-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by pebbly

i would go with the maxline the seagate version 7200 i think has an high failure rate someone will correct me if im wrong

Opps...should have mentioned this is a "factory refurbished" with the firmware update applied ?

**pebbly** · 03-12-2010

Quote: Originally Posted by trinaz

Quote: Originally Posted by pebbly

i would go with the maxline the seagate version 7200 i think has an high failure rate someone will correct me if im wrong

Opps...should have mentioned this is a "factory refurbished" with the firmware update applied ?

ok sorry about that, then definately go with the 7200, faster data transfer

**Jonathan_King** · 03-12-2010

Both drives are 7200 RPM, so it shouldn't really matter.

I'd go with the 32 MB cache one for the OS drive. Hopefully that will speed things up for you slightly.

Other than that, I'd say take your pick.

**pebbly** · 03-12-2010

thank for the added input JK