Which would make the better storage drive?

Kantastic · Dec 3, 2009, 10:50 PM

Even though I have 600GB of room on my HDD, I don't want to slow it down as all my apps and Windows is on it so I've been looking to buy a 1TB storage only drive.

I'm stuck between the Samsung EcoGreen F2, WD Caviar Green, and Seagate 7200.12.

Which is the better drive for pure storage only?

p_o_s_pc · Dec 3, 2009, 10:51 PM

I think they are about equal so the cheaper one. I like the WD and sammy better then the seagate... So i would take the cheaper of the 2

francis511 · Dec 3, 2009, 10:56 PM

I got the Hitachi Deskstar 1tb model and it works gr8. It was the cheapest one on the website I used.

cgoodman381 · Dec 3, 2009, 11:10 PM

I don't have the 1tb WD, but I do have their 750gb and 1.5tb. Both have been very stable and run really cool. Make great storage.

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p_o_s_pc F@H&WCG addict Join Date: May 2007 Location: Newark ohio Posts: 9,916 (4.43/day) Thanks: 3,158 Thanked 2,215 Times in 1,685 Posts System Specs	I think they are about equal so the cheaper one. I like the WD and sammy better then the seagate... So i would take the cheaper of the 2 __________________ crunching for TPU on 30 CPU Threads + 688 Cuda cores More to come

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