Buying ne HD what do you reccomend

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Tinfoilrcr

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Hey Everyone-

Looking to get a second hard drive for my rig. Looking for something that is really quiet, fast, and affordable. I'm looking to spend in the neighborhood of $100-125 (although less would be preferable. Let me know what you think. Thanks!
 
wd aaks series drives, quiet, cool and fast, about 100 for 500gb version
 
axan said:
wd aaks series drives, quiet, cool and fast, about 100 for 500gb version
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I agree. I just got a WD5000AAKS and Hitachi T7K500 for about $100 each. Nice drives. 500 GB is the sweet spot in GB/$ ratio right now.
 
Tinfoilrcr said:
Would you recommend one over the other? I've been looking at both on newegg and they both look great. Thanks.
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Both drives are great IMO. The WD5000AAKS is probably the quietest hard drive I have right now (300 GB Maxline, 320 GB hitachi, 400 GB Seagate 7200.10, then the two 500s) and it is pretty fast, though I am only using the numbers from the Vista file copy window and the resource monitor when I say that, since I had to move about 300 GB of data around the past couple days.

The Hitachi T7K500 is probably a little faster than the WD5000AAKS, though I think it is a little louder than the WD5000AAKS. I bought two different models of 500 GB since I wanted a diverse set of hard drives. :p

Really, buy either, go for the WD5000AAKS is you really want silence but still want good performance. Plus it is a secondary drive so it should fit the bill, plus it was slightly cheaper than the Hitachi (bought from ZipZoomFly a several weeks ago). I will probably get additional 500 GB drives unless the 750s and TB drives come down drastically in price, and I am looking at getting more WD5000AAKS or T7K500s.
 
i have hitachi 500gb in my game machine and boatload of aaks in file server, the hitachi is a bit faster but the aaks run cooler and are quieter
 
Nobody mentions Seagate? C'mon guys... :)

The Seagate 320GB is rather quiet and good amount of space for the money. I also like the 5-year warranty of their drives.
 
The WD5000AAKS has won several awards for being so quiet. It uses less electricity and produces less heat that its counterparts. It's win win :)
 
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