Best 500GB hdd

djisas · Aug 30, 2010, 02:06 PM

Ok, here's a question for the masses:

Which is the best overall 500GB drive, speed is preferred, it's for an OS + gaming drive...
Been using Seagate for ages and even had one of the infamous 7200.11 drives die one me (t'was a raido setup with 2 single plate 320Gb disks), been slowly moving to the WD camp but they are on average 10€ more expensive or worse for 1TB drives (up to 20€ difference), but i feel they are more stable, i also have a 500GB seagate single plate on the 7200.12 generation as the Bt workhorse and it works fine...

So my doubt really is between a new 7200.12 or a nice WD black 12€ more expensive...

Cant find on the net any decent hdd roundup with recent drives, it seems hardware sites dont play much with them, it would be nice if TPU did some hdd charts using new drives including ssd's...

Mussels · Aug 30, 2010, 02:10 PM

samsung F3's are my favourite, they're up there with performance but unlike the other brands they stay very quiet as well.

Radical_Edward · Aug 30, 2010, 02:14 PM

I love my WD Blue 500GB. Once I got all the settings done right it's been nice and quiet ever since.

djisas · Aug 30, 2010, 02:40 PM

Are those samsung single plate??

Mussels · Aug 30, 2010, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djisas

Are those samsung single plate??

dual platter i think, but they're still very quiet anyway.

DonInKansas · Aug 30, 2010, 02:46 PM

Seagate's 7200.12 500gb drives are pretty quick as well. I bought six of them for use in our office and they're quiet and reliable.

Soylent Joe · Aug 30, 2010, 02:49 PM

I don't think there is a whole lot of difference between the Sammy F3, WD Blue, and SG 7200.12 500GB drives. I recommend going for which ever one of those 3 that is the cheapest and has the best warranty.

djisas · Aug 30, 2010, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mussels

dual platter i think, but they're still very quiet anyway.

I thought so, new drives carry 32MB buffer and single plate, at least i think both Segate and WD do...

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonInKansas

Seagate's 7200.12 500gb drives are pretty quick as well. I bought six of them for use in our office and they're quiet and reliable.

I have one too actually like i mentioned, mb i should just go and buy a new one to replace the old dual plate one to increase performance, efficiency and reliability...

@ Joe: If id go WD would be the faster Black, and i think warranty wise WD is better, i think i remember contacting segate when my drive died but they didnt help at all, so i sent the drive to the store for rma and it was just a bios issue...

Hardi · Aug 30, 2010, 02:54 PM

Samsung 500GB F3 is on platter.

djisas · Aug 30, 2010, 02:56 PM

Samsung drives never really atracted me, but i used hitaichi long ago, their 250GB drives where the best back then, but their drives are behind the times nowadays...

inferKNOX · Aug 30, 2010, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mussels

dual platter i think, but they're still very quiet anyway.

Nope, the F3s are 500GB per platter, so it's single platter. The F1s were 333GB or so per platter.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DonInKansas

Seagate's 7200.12 500gb drives are pretty quick as well. I bought six of them for use in our office and they're quiet and reliable.

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I bought 2 different Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB HDDs and although spin-up is quiet, read/write is like a jackhammer compared to the Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB that I had.
Also, about 3 months after getting my 2nd one, I started getting warnings from S.M.A.R.T to change it because it was becoming unstable and about to crash, so I sent it back for warranty (to Shop, not directly to Seagate) and am waiting for the new one.

I'd say undoubtedly get a Samsung Spinpoint F3 500GB. My F1 was simply excellent, and the F3s are better in every way according to all I've heard.

I'd get them in a heartbeat and sell my 7200.12s off if they were available to me, but everyone is only stocking Seagates, etc, around here...

ERazer · Aug 30, 2010, 04:04 PM

i got wd blacks and blues, black they very fast but pretty loud and the blue they okay in speed but silent, i still consider my old 7200.11 my best drive fast and silent, my 2 cents

Mussels · Aug 30, 2010, 04:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ERazer

i got wd blacks and blues, black they very fast but pretty loud and the blue they okay in speed but silent, i still consider my old 7200.11 my best drive fast and silent, my 2 cents

samsung F1's and F3's are the only modern drive as quiet (or quieter) as the old seagates

RejZoR · Aug 30, 2010, 04:07 PM

Single platter 500GB Samsung's are probably the fastest drives you can get at that size. Except Velociraptor with 600GB...

djisas · Aug 30, 2010, 04:10 PM

Interesting so many samsung supporters...

inferKNOX, it happened with me before, getting smart warning from a segate drive, dont remember if the old or new generation thought, but indeed my wd drives show better reliability stats on smart using hard drive inspector...

newtekie1 · Aug 30, 2010, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djisas

Ok, here's a question for the masses:

Which is the best overall 500GB drive, speed is preferred, it's for an OS + gaming drive...
Been using Seagate for ages and even had one of the infamous 7200.11 drives die one me (t'was a raido setup with 2 single plate 320Gb disks), been slowly moving to the WD camp but they are on average 10€ more expensive or worse for 1TB drives (up to 20€ difference), but i feel they are more stable, i also have a 500GB seagate single plate on the 7200.12 generation as the Bt workhorse and it works fine...

So my doubt really is between a new 7200.12 or a nice WD black 12€ more expensive...

Cant find on the net any decent hdd roundup with recent drives, it seems hardware sites dont play much with them, it would be nice if TPU did some hdd charts using new drives including ssd's...

IMO, brand doesn't really matter. I've found that whatever you tend to use most, is also what you seem to notice fail the most. And that makes sense really, if you've got 10 Seagate drives and only 1 WD, then you are 10 times more likely to see a Seagate drive fail. That doesn't mean WD is better.

Anyway, I say go with whichever is cheapest. Of course warranty is a concern also. I believe the WD Black drives have a 5 year warranty, at least they do in the states, while most others have a 3 year. That might be worth the extra few bucks.

Speed wise they are all going to be pretty close, the different won't really be noticeable. It might be measurable in benchmarks, but not noticeable in real world use.

djisas · Aug 30, 2010, 04:24 PM

Well i have 2 of which in my case, 2 different generation 500Gb seagate, one 640GB dual plate WD black and one 1TB green for storage, its slow seek time really pisses me of having to wait for the drive to wake up and speed is just average, but it'll do for now...

Further investigation proved that these samsung are neat drives being some of the fastest and efficient ones, with but one noticeable flaw in seek time...

Ill be further investigating and red you comments...

The WD is really the most expensive of the lot, so mb ill go with a different one...

Last year's chart from tom's harware, good numbers from both samsung and seagate with samsung being better most of the tests, WD drive looks bad in the picture, its 1TB drive, probably old model or just bad, no 500Gb WD for direct comparison...

Tom's Hardware - Benchmark h2benchw 3.12: Max Write Throughput

RejZoR · Aug 30, 2010, 04:45 PM

The more platters, the longer it takes to spin up. My WD Caviar Black 2TB (4 platters) takes forever to start from zero to 7200RPM. But once it's going, the performance is just incredible for such a massive drive.

djisas · Aug 30, 2010, 04:50 PM

I couldnt get a dual plate green, i suppose its a 3 plater one, the green only goes up to 5400rpm, also couldn't get 1TB segate dual plater, so im stuck with slow but reliable, quiet and cool drive, if only it would be faster...
New article on HDD from XBIT lab, samsung blasts competition and 7200.12 tailing it from slight behind, WD looks slower, it looks like an old generation with those speeds, the worst thing about WD is that its not easy to know which generation from its name without going to their site...

Testing here: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/sto...d-roundup.html

EDIT: Im surprised that by the end of the long battery of tests the seagate wins the day and WD dual plater black second with F3 probably 3rd, the Sg model is on average close to F3 is speed, but better in some other critical parameters, power consumption is slightly lower on read\write, while f3 is lower on idle, not that is really matters when both drives are lower than 7w max, while the wd due to faster heads is faster on sequential reads, etc only loosing when it comes to pure speed...

By the way can anyone tell me if those f3 are slim or regular size, like the seagate ones, they are quite thiner than dual platters??

OnBoard · Aug 31, 2010, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by djisas

By the way can anyone tell me if those f3 are slim or regular size, like the seagate ones, they are quite thiner than dual platters??

Normal size and I've likes Samsungs for a while now as they run so cool. 10C difference with Seagate few years back, dunno how it's currently. 23C an 26C for my drives and that's after benchmark run

Used to have a Maxtor few years back and it wan 56C (sure case was worse in airflow then too), but anyhow hated how it heated other things as well.

Another thing is seek noise, that can be horribly metallic on some drives, F1 was already quiet and F3 is even quieter, but my F1 is 2 platter, so might be that too. Oh and it doesn't hurt that Samsung is also one of the cheapest if not the cheapest out there

But all current perpendicular recording drives are fast and this second generation got even faster. WD has double the cache compared to Samsung, if I don't remember totally wrong.

Maban · Aug 31, 2010, 02:44 AM

Here's a quick comparison between the F3 and 72.12. Quick edit here. Reran for 72.12 and got 115.4MB/s Random Read. Everything else was the same.

IINexusII · Aug 31, 2010, 03:09 AM

f3's are nice and quiet. but the 1gb caviar black i had was faster

v12dock · Aug 31, 2010, 03:50 AM

I vote samsung F3 or WD caviar black

scaminatrix · Aug 31, 2010, 11:48 AM

Top one WDC Black SATA3 1TB 64 MB cache
Middle WDC Black SATA2 500GB 32 MB cache
Bottom WDC Green SATA2 500GB 8 MB cache (2 years old)

I'm sure I had over 150 MB/s read on the 1TB when I didn't have it as the OS drive...

brandonwh64 · Aug 31, 2010, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radical_Edward

I love my WD Blue 500GB. Once I got all the settings done right it's been nice and quiet ever since.

+1

Got two blues in raid 0 and they are peppy!

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djisas Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Darkness Posts: 300 (0.14/day) Thanks: 65 Thanked 324 Times in 284 Posts System Specs	Well i have 2 of which in my case, 2 different generation 500Gb seagate, one 640GB dual plate WD black and one 1TB green for storage, its slow seek time really pisses me of having to wait for the drive to wake up and speed is just average, but it'll do for now... Further investigation proved that these samsung are neat drives being some of the fastest and efficient ones, with but one noticeable flaw in seek time... Ill be further investigating and red you comments... The WD is really the most expensive of the lot, so mb ill go with a different one... Last year's chart from tom's harware, good numbers from both samsung and seagate with samsung being better most of the tests, WD drive looks bad in the picture, its 1TB drive, probably old model or just bad, no 500Gb WD for direct comparison... Tom's Hardware - Benchmark h2benchw 3.12: Max Write Throughput __________________ I am a beast forced to feed, Not on blood I have different needs. Fear and misery line my plate, Pain and suffering make it great. As for the wine to this meal, There's nothing better than the death I'll deal Last edited by djisas; Aug 30, 2010 at 04:36 PM.

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Aug 31, 2010, 02:44 AM	#21
Maban Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,919 (1.01/day) Thanks: 802 Thanked 553 Times in 361 Posts System Specs	Here's a quick comparison between the F3 and 72.12. Quick edit here. Reran for 72.12 and got 115.4MB/s Random Read. Everything else was the same. Last edited by Maban; Aug 31, 2010 at 02:51 AM.

System Name:	I Dub Thee Infinity
Processor:	Intel Core i3-2120
Motherboard:	ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution
Cooling:	Corsair H80
Memory:	2x4GB 2400 Trident X
Video Card:	EVGA GTX 680
Hard Disk:	OCZ V2 180GB, 4x HD502HJ, HD204UI, 3TB 7200.14, 250GB 5400.5, 250GB 5400.6
Optical Drive:	TSST SH-S203N
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer P243W
Case:	Cooler Master HAF X
Sound Card:	Creative X-Fi Titanium + Logitech Z506 + Turtle Beach HPA2
PSU:	Silverstone ST1000-P
Software:	Windows 7 Pro x64

Aug 31, 2010, 03:09 AM	#22
IINexusII Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: London, UK Posts: 859 (0.57/day) Thanks: 53 Thanked 174 Times in 128 Posts System Specs	f3's are nice and quiet. but the 1gb caviar black i had was faster __________________ For Sale Thread [UK]

System Name:	Fortress Black Edition
Processor:	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition
Motherboard:	Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3
Cooling:	Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 2
Memory:	Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) 30nm 1600Mhz DDR3
Video Card:	XFX HD 7950 Double Dissipation 3GB @ 900/5500Mhz
Hard Disk:	240GB Intel 520 SSD + 1TB Samsung F3
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung P2450H 24" LCD
Case:	Silverstone Fortress FT01B-W
PSU:	Corsair HX750W
Software:	Windows 7 Professional 64Bit

Aug 31, 2010, 03:50 AM	#23
v12dock Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,286 (0.80/day) Thanks: 281 Thanked 240 Times in 160 Posts System Specs	I vote samsung F3 or WD caviar black

System Name:	Compute 0 / Compute 1
Processor:	i7 720 QM / i5 750 @ 4.2GHz
Motherboard:	Toshiba knows / Gigabyte P55A-UD4P
Cooling:	Shitty laptop cooling / Noctua NH-D14
Memory:	DDR3 1066Mhz x 6GB / DDR2 1600Mhz x 4GB
Video Card:	Geforce 360M / Geforce 470
Hard Disk:	60GB SSD + 320GB HDD / 80GB SSD + 1TB HDD
Optical Drive:	Fancy BluRay Drive / DVD drive
CRT/LCD Model:	17.3" 1080P / 23" Acer 1080P
Case:	This cool looking laptop one
PSU:	Powerbrick / TX750
Software:	Windows 7 64-Bit

Aug 31, 2010, 11:48 AM	#24
scaminatrix Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: By the Channel Tunnel, Kent, England Posts: 2,432 (2.07/day) Thanks: 1,834 Thanked 802 Times in 672 Posts System Specs	Top one WDC Black SATA3 1TB 64 MB cache Middle WDC Black SATA2 500GB 32 MB cache Bottom WDC Green SATA2 500GB 8 MB cache (2 years old) I'm sure I had over 150 MB/s read on the 1TB when I didn't have it as the OS drive... __________________ MKMods Tribute Rig - the Power of the Community HeatWare Did I make the 2,000,000th post? If an 8 Core can hit 6Ghz with an H100 i'll post pictures of my hot fiance - Pestilence Every day I come to this site, I am reminded why I come to this site every day!!! - Iggster

System Name:	Benny
Processor:	Phenom II 1055t @ 3.3GHz; 300x11; 1.380v; NB 2700; HT 2400
Motherboard:	ASUS Crosshair IV Formula (2002 BIOS)
Cooling:	Thermalright TRUE 120 Black + 2 Xilence Red Wing PWM 120mm (push/pull) + polycarbonate fan holders
Memory:	8GB GeIL Ultra 2133MHZ C9 running at 1600MHz @ 7-7-7-21 1T 1.5v
Video Card:	MSI Twin Frozr II GTX470 @ Stock w/CPU fan cable-tied on, as one of the GPU fans broke.
Hard Disk:	60GB OCZ Agility3 (OS);500GB WDC Grn;4x80GB(RAID0);1x1TB WDC Blk (Backup) + Jye-Jou ST-3141SS
Optical Drive:	Optiarc SATA DVD-RWDL Bla Bla
CRT/LCD Model:	ASUS PA823Q
Case:	Silverstone Raven 2 (all cables custom sleeved with velcro mod on side panel...)
Sound Card:	X-Fi (Onboard) + Technics SA-GX530 amp powering JVC HA-RX700's with Zalman mic
PSU:	Corsair HX650W
Software:	Win7 Pro x64
Benchmarks:	I've scratched my name into all the benches in my local park. Using Corsair M90, soon to be using Lo

System Name:	The StarCrunch Defender!
Processor:	I7 2600K @ 4.5ghz 1.32V
Motherboard:	Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3
Cooling:	Corsair A70 Push/Pull
Memory:	G-Skill Ripjaws 2x4GB DDR3 1866mhz
Video Card:	Gigabyte 7970 3GB Reference Card at boost clocks
Hard Disk:	2x 500GB WD Blue Raid 0 / 1TB WD Black
Optical Drive:	Samsung DVD/R/RW SATA
CRT/LCD Model:	ViewSonic VG2227wm 1080P
Case:	NZXT Tempest 410 Elite
Sound Card:	Onboard Realtek (Azalia)
PSU:	Corsair 750TX
Software:	Windows 7 Home X64

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