Caviar Blue versus Spinpoint

[Riddleofsteel]

I have a samsung spinpoint 500gb drive that I actually bought open-box from newegg almost 3 years ago. I was curious about replacing it with a caviar blue 640gb drive, but I want to know, is the samsung faster than the caviar blue? Anyone know how many platters the samsung has? Here's the product info:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152052

Thanks for any help.

 

[Oline61]

I believe that the Samsung has 3 x 167 GB platters. The Western Digital will be faster.

 

[epimetheus]

The WD Caviar Blue 640GB is a damn fast drive. I gotta think it would be faster than any 3 year old drive. These days the WD6400AAKS is about the best all purpose HD out there.

 

[Riddleofsteel]

Is the blue caviar model good to put two of in RAID 0 for game installs, or is it capacity overkill? I suppose more is better...

 

[Oline61]

Is the blue caviar model good to put two of in RAID 0 for game installs, or is it capacity overkill? I suppose more is better...

You'll have trouble filling that half way up with games. It's fast enough that you're not likely to notice a difference between a single drive and two in raid 0 for games.