hoofhearted4 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 ok so even though i prolly wont be building a PC this summer, i still got a question. this is the HDD i was gunna get: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697 this one seems better:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145475 am i missing something? excluding price and the 1tb difference, is there anything else? i noticed the second one doesnt list its RPMs, where as the first one is 7200. also they are both bare drive...but what does that mean? thanks for teaching me :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilneko Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Hard drives are commodity items so I'd go for the 2TB for sure. The reason its rotation speed isn't listed is because apparently it dynamically adjusts based on demand. Assuming its maximum is 7200, which is pretty standard for a desktop drive, this may mean no actual difference in performance. A little googling will probably turn up a site that has a review and lists its max rotation speed. If you stick your OS on it, it's always going to be active unless you're away from your computer (and even then it'll be active for a while) so it should always be running max speed. If you just use it as a pure data drive, then it'll be a bit of an annoyance occasionally when you have to wait for it to spin up. I have an external drive that I archive anime on that does that. Pretty annoying when I pause a movie, then come back and unpause and the video hangs for several seconds while the drive spins back up. Once it spins up though it's fine, one of my fastest externals actually (USB anyway, the Firewire drive still kicks its ass). "Bare" means you'll get just the drive. No box, no cables, no manual, just the drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortrix927 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Out of those two, I'd go with the Hitachi. Not only does it have twice the capacity, but it also has a full year longer on the warranty. Other than that, these items appear to be statistically identical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik005 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 There is only one 2tb high-performance drive you should get, the WD caviar black. expensive but very very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3C14R Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 (edited) Note that the Seagate is a 7200rpm drive while the Hitachi is 5400rpm. Other than the difference in Capacity, the speed difference is hardly noticeable by the average consumer since the transfer speeds are the same. The Hitachi drive will seek data slower than the Seagate but for the price of 2tb, the Hitachi is better value. I'd go for the Deskstar as storage > speed. Edited June 21, 2011 by N3C14R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoofhearted4 Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 how do you know that the Hitachi is only a 5400 rpm? did it say it somewhere? i am quite blind lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilneko Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Found it. This large pdf is the full manual, and lists the speed as 5940 RPM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3C14R Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 (edited) Found it. This large pdf is the full manual, and lists the speed as 5940 RPM.Quickly googled the drive again, I think your right. Some sources say it's 5400, 5940 or 5944 rpm. :confused: But the Seagate is 7200rpm for sure. I've been using 3 of them for the past 5 years and they're great. :) Edited June 22, 2011 by N3C14R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoofhearted4 Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 so seagate or hitachi? i mean so i really need the extra terabyte? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilneko Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 I'd go with the 2TB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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