Fastest 320/400GB?

[bigdavethehorn]

Hello all,

I'm looking for a recommendation for the fastest 320 or 400GB hard drive for the new build detailed in my sig.

I've seen the following options:

Deskstar T7K500 320GB
Spinpoint T166 320GB
Spinpoint T166 400GB
Barracuda 7200.10 320GB

I use a 320GB 7200.10 in my current system, and wondered whether any of the above are much faster.

The drive will be used partitioned then used as an OS & file drive.

 

[DrStrangeBrew]

Read, Write, Random access, overall? I would guess the SSG 400GB, or maybe the barracuda... probably just go for the best $

http://www23.tomshardware.com/storage.html

 

[bimmerboy]

Have you looked at the Samsung F1 series HD? They've 16MB cache buffer on these drives.

http://www.samsung.com/global/system/business/hdd/prdmodel/2007/11/12/181569DesktopRev4.5.6.pdf

 

[bigdavethehorn]

Read, Write, Random access, overall? I would guess the SSG 400GB, or maybe the barracuda... probably just go for the best $

http://www23.tomshardware.com/storage.html

Just looking for fastest overall, surely one of the newer generation drives is faster than my current 7200.10?

Have you looked at the Samsung F1 series HD? They've 16MB cache buffer on these drives.

I've read Tom's review of the 1TB F1 which seems to be a pretty fast drive, but I don't know whether that will continue to the lesser capacity drives, the conclusion of the article states that they intend to follow up soon and review the more mainstream offerings.

 

[KenF]

The "fastest" 320-400Gb drive -- by a wide margin -- should be the Samsung F1 340GB. Unfortunately, its release was delayed from January to late February. I doubt we will see them at Newegg before early March.