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Disk drive recommendation
I have a five-year-old HP desktop (i7-930 @ 2.8 GHz, 8 GB RAM, Windows 7).
The original 1.5 TB drive died two years ago, and the 1 TB replacement (WD1002FAEX) seems to be a slower drive. I want to buy a faster one to replace it.
The motherboard SATA interface is listed as 3 GB/s (4 ports available).
How can I judge the speed of the existing drive, and how can I determine that of a potential replacement?