Hello, I would also like to add, make sure you have a good power supply. We recently have had a client here and he was running a raid on a 450 watt Power supply of questionable quality. I told him if that many hard drives where damaged in that time frame, I would replace the power supply.
I gave him suggestions and he looked at me like I was from another planet or a ghost. I just told him the most important component in the computer is the power supply and a crappy power supply means a crappy computer. I gave him an example of, I have a PC Power and Cooling Silent 750 in my computer that has been in the computer for over 3 years and not one drive has failed due to severe damage or power problems. One has been replaced due to bad sectors and sluggish performance. He just said that was a good investment. 2 hours later I get a call from same client and give him recommendations and where he can get the power supplies. Looks like Newegg is getting more business, LOL. So remember get a good power supply, just about everyone of us preach about it here, so do it :) Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of maccrawj > Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 9:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] HDD Choices > > Thanks all, as I thought "pick one, any one" in this category. > > > Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: > > Have tried the wd and seagate. > > > > The wd runs a tad bit cooler. > > > > On Nov 14, 2009 9:34 PM, "maccrawj" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Figuring I've been wasting money on 7200RPM drives for mass storage > so > > looking @ 5900RPM ones as fast enough to serve my media share while > running > > cooler. > > > > 3 drives, all same basic specs & price, any real reason to pick one > over the > > others? > > > > SAMSUNG EcoGreen F2 HD154UI 1.5TB > > Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EADS 1.5TB > > Seagate Barracuda LP ST31500541AS 1.5TB > >
