Here , 2 hd's which one do you prefer ?

[vict0r]

would you rather go with a WD RE2 hdd or that new Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB ...

don't look at the GB but lets say both at around same size ...

which one would be better?


other suggestions, maybe a better hdd in that price range $130, would be good too..

thanks

 

[xxEIEIOxx]

would you rather go with a WD RE2 hdd or that new Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB ...

don't look at the GB but lets say both at around same size ...

which one would be better?


other suggestions, maybe a better hdd in that price range $130, would be good too..

thanks

Get the new Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB. No other suggestions in the price range.

 

[[LYL]Homer]

WD6400AAKS 640G

 

[vict0r]

alright .. its better than the RE2 drives?

 

[defy]

WD6400AAKS 640G

2 platters of goodness. Got 2 of them coming my way from UPS

 

[pug71]

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB

 

[xxEIEIOxx]

alright .. its better than the RE2 drives?

Yes, they are better. They are newer and have a higher platter density.

 

[vict0r]

thank you very much folks !!

 

[Ockie]

I'm with the 640 aswel.

 

[defy]

Grab it off newegg for cheap - just remember that it's oem so you have to have your own sata cable. (Hopefully you have a few spare from a motherboard or something)

 

[vict0r]

yup

this is going to be for my new build

 

[defy]

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[Monkey God]

loving the WD6400 so far.

 

[troisanh]

640aaks but if raid get the RE2.

 

[RAMBO29]

+1 for caviar.never used it yet,but heard good about them.

 

[knob]

Just bought a WD6400AAKS off the egg a couple days ago - can't wait to try it out.

 

[Gravestone Doji]

OP said don't look at the GB but lets say both at around same size ...

So in this regard, what about the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB or 750GB w/32MB Cache? I'm thinking the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 models are still faster than the Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB drive.

 

[defy]

WD6400AAKS is faster than the 7200.11 series.

It's faster than most if not all the drives in this price range, until the Samsung 320gb/platters come out. There's a chance those may be faster or include more cache.

http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/14380
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3269