I am purchasing a new HD for my son's gaming computer and I wanted to know what would be best. Should I purchase 2 320GB or 400GB or just 1 1TB or 750GB. He has a 250GB 7200RPM in it now he will use for data. Also, I noticed on the larger HD the Cache is 32MB and on the smaller ones a max of 16MB which way should I go there. I am looking at Seagate Barracuda and one Samsung spinpoint. I'm sure he would love the Solid State Drives or the raptor but the price is to high. Any suggestions would be great for this newbie
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It sounds like he will be using this current hard drive for games then? And if so, then you really do not need that big of a hard drive. I mean, i have a 500GB Samsung Spinpoint T and its really nice, and ive got about 105gigs filled on it with a ton of games. But i'd say the 400gb will be just enough, or get a 500. but theres really no need for 1tb right now, just for games imo.
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Here's a pretty decent drive for what your intended purpose is.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152100
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152100
He will be using the new HD for games he has the 250GB in his system now about 3/4 filed in 18 months. I will prob. transfer game data to the new HD
Thank you
thanks disorder I was just at there site and have it in my cart as i type
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I just tested an F1 TB drive and it averaged 88 mb/s in HD Tune. My Raptor 74GB averages 78 mb/s My Hitachi DeskStar 750GB Averages 86 mb/s. The first part of the Sammi F1 was reading well over 90 mb/s up till the first third of the drive.
I suggest partitioning your new drive so that the first third of the drive is for the OS..this will ensure fastest load times.
I suggest partitioning your new drive so that the first third of the drive is for the OS..this will ensure fastest load times.
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a samsung F1 1tb or 750gb (1 tb is better) is what you want to get.