Faster gaming hard drive?

[Obiwanshinobi900]

I have been looking for a new gaming hard drive to replace my old 8mb 70gb raptor. I found the Samsung F1 Spinpoint 750gb 32mb cache for 139 dollars:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152100
3 year warranty

or the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500gb 32mb cache for 119 dollars:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288
5 year warranty

Its going to be used mainly for gaming, I will most likely partition it for storage also.
Not sure which to go with.

 

[SockMan!]

Personally I would go for the Samsung since it's a bit more storage space for not much more money. I doubt you'll notice a performance difference between the two. Being a Samsung probably means it's a little quieter too.

 

[xxEIEIOxx]

Go with the one that you feel is the best deal. I usually go Seagate for the warranty, but I see the Samsung is larger. The Samsung seems to be hit or miss on the failures. If it is not DOA, you're probably good. Most likely not a lot of speed difference in loading games, and they will not have an effect on your framerate. Of course there is the Raptor, and RAID 0. Both are faster, but cost more, and RAID is not for everyone.

 

[robman_rob]

the new wd ones could be what you want.

 

[Farva]

Between the two, I would go with the Samsung as it is larger and from what I've read, are darn good drives.

the new wd ones could be what you want.

huh? Care to explain exactly which model you are referring to? If you are referring to the GP drives, I would avoid using that as a main drive as they are meant for storage, not performance.

 

[knob]

He's probably refering to the new 640GB AAKS drives (with the 320GB platter density)

 

[robman_rob]

He's probably refering to the new 640GB AAKS drives (with the 320GB platter density)

yup, higher density platters give more transfer rates, access times are normal though i believe.