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System Name | Sonny Boy |
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Processor | i5 11600K 4.9GHz @ 1.35 Vcore |
Motherboard | AORUS Z590 Elite AX |
Cooling | Deepcool Gammix 240mm AIO |
Memory | 4 X 8GB Teamgroup DDR4 3200MHz |
Video Card(s) | ASUS RTX 3060 Ti GDDR6X |
Storage | Adata Legend 1TB |
Display(s) | Philips 27" 4K |
Power Supply | Corsair 750W |
Mouse | Razer Basilisk |
Keyboard | Razer Huntsman V2 |
Software | Windows 11 Pro |
I have been sharing a WD Green 1TB drive between the OS installation and half of my DVD collection. Time to get a dedicated drive for the OS and apps. After doing a bunch of reading on SSD's I think that a decent one is just too expensive. Also, I'm not convinced that the reliability hit of RAID 0 would justify any performance improvement (some suggest benchmarks benefit but real life difference is not so noticeable)? Anyways, feel free to correct that if you think it is mistaken.
So now I am looking at just a budget 7200rpm drive that would fit the bill. I am in Canada so the prices listed are $CDN which, from comparing newegg.com to newegg.ca, is just the exchange rate.
So... this one? Seagate 7200.12 Barracuda 500GB 16MB cache 3 year warranty
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395
or this one? WD Caviar Black 500GB 32MB cache 5 year warranty
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320
Is the 32MB of the Caviar black and extra warranty worth $20? My gut instinct is telling me Caviar Black.... on a cracker with some vodka.... mmmm....
So now I am looking at just a budget 7200rpm drive that would fit the bill. I am in Canada so the prices listed are $CDN which, from comparing newegg.com to newegg.ca, is just the exchange rate.
So... this one? Seagate 7200.12 Barracuda 500GB 16MB cache 3 year warranty
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148395
or this one? WD Caviar Black 500GB 32MB cache 5 year warranty
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320
Is the 32MB of the Caviar black and extra warranty worth $20? My gut instinct is telling me Caviar Black.... on a cracker with some vodka.... mmmm....