Hard Drive Gaming Performance

[GwarGor]

I'm about to get a new drive and want to know what the best drive would be for gaming. I want to get a 250g or 320g drive and want to know what the best SATA 3.0Gb/s(7200rpm) one is. I've read about this, but want to hear all opinions from this forum. I want to get a 320g drive, but would go for a 250g if the performance was a lot better. I've been using WD drives for 17 years and have only had 1 go bad out of 100s, so I'm leaning that way, but I want the best performing drive for this build. Thanks for any and all responses.

 

[Stupac]

I got a Seagate Barracuda 320gb 7200.10 with the new perpendicular recording. It was $84.99 shipped at newegg last week. This drive (or different capacity Barracuda) should be in your top 2-3 for sure.

Or this one: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s

 

[amdfan25]

Thanks for the info Stupac, needed a hard drive for my new system. I've heard nothing but reviews about the performance about the 320GB 7200.10.

 

[Anarchist4000]

The best drives for gaming aren't going to be the 250+gb drives so it's sort of a trade off. A raptor would be the best possible solution for gaming but the 7200.10 series works great for storing data and is still good at gaming.

 

[unhappy_mage]

The Hitachi T7K500s are top of the line right now for 7200rpm performance on the desktop. Take a look at the StorageReview website for more details.