Don't forget about noise as a consideration... The faster they spin, the louder
they generally get as well!! Also, just because they spin faster doesn't always
equate to faster response times. Other factors can come into play like the
number of platters, the size of the cache, etc...
For what it is worth, Maximum PC's current Best of the Best pick is the
Hitachi Deskstar 7K500. It is also the drive they used (x 5) in their Dream
Machine 2005. I don't know if you need 500 GB or want to pay $500 a
piece though. :)
At 02:43 PM 8/15/2005 -0700, James Maki typed:
>Seagate -- 5 year warranty is a plus
>10000rpm -- expensive and limited to Western Digital Raptors
>
>I have purchased them all (in PATA format, at least) in the past few years
>and have only had one hiccup with a Western Digital 120 GB PATA that
>"crashed" (BSOD) but was resurrected with their diagnostic tools (I assume a
>bad sector in a critical area). I have two 37 GB 10000 rpm Raptors that are
>nice, but cost $115 each when I purchased about 2 years ago. I recently
>purchased two Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 250GB Serial ATA II 7200RPM Hard Drive
>w/8MB Buffer for about the same price as the Raptors. These are SATA II
>drives and in an informal speed test, found them slightly faster than the
>Raptors. I purchased a Deskstar many years ago when 14.5 GB was large. They
>were manufactured by IBM and it is still in use.
>
>So the question may boil down to (as most do), what are your expectations
>and needs. Fast or big (or a compromise for both)?
>
>HTH,
>
>Jim Maki
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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Green
>>
>> Is there any reason to prefer or disparage Seagate or
>> Western Digital
>> or Maxtor (all >100gB SATA)?
>>
>> Is there any reason to prefer or disparage 7200 rpm or 10000 rpm?
>>
>> Any other recommendations?
>>
>> TX
>>
>> Jim
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