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Need a good/fast hard drive

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frogboy2727

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I'm looking for a 500GB - 1TB hard drive. Speed is the most important factor. Thanks ...

Al ..
 
I've been very impressed by my seagate 7200.12. I think the samsung F3 is t he fastest "standard" drive out at the moment though, so i'd probably pick one of those up.
 
For speed:

WD VelociRaptor
3.5-inch SATA Hard Drives
300 GB, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16 MB Cache, 10,000 RPM


However, I do not think that make it over 300 GB yet. I would not recommend a Samsung HD to my worst enemy. I am an IT Manager at a large organization and all of our hard drives were Samsung. I have had 1-2 fail per month only 6-months into the life of the drives.

Western Digital is what I use in all critical equipment.
 
I agree with ATITek, have had to many experiences with Samsungs dying in the past. Now that could have changed but it's kinda like my feelings with American Made cars, I will always be very apprehensive when people offer them to me or try to talk me into buying them. Also, had a paired set of WD200 enterprise drives that an old job said were "dead beyond repair," I was able to reformat and resurrect and they have been flawless for the last 5yrs now.

I also have had a WD 80gb drive for going on 10yrs now, multiple installs, machines, etc. (even turned it into a backup drive at one point) and it has NEVER hiccuped once. Just seem to have better luck with WD.

With that said, anything the is Western Digital BLACK editions (AALS versions for smaller stuff). Was able to pick up their 640gb Black drive for $49, just got a chance to install it this weekend and it was a dead drive outta the box (OEM, and this is the first dead one I have EVER recevied) but already worked with Amazon and another is one the way. Can't wait!!!
 
The WD Velociraptor is still pretty much the fastest available mechanical drive today, although many 1+ TB drives are getting very close to its' speeds (except for seek times). Anything from the WD Black line is going to be among the best available. I've never had any luck with Samsung or Seagate, only problems.

You can get a WD Caviar Black 1TB, which is pretty much one of the fastest drives around and has solid reliability, for about $100. Newegg link here, but Fry's and BestBuy also have it for like $109 if you'd rather not wait: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284
 
...and Velocity Micro replaced my busted HITACHI with a 1TB Samsung 7200rpm. DOH! I think I need to call them. It was a warranty replacement. Funny is the package came a few hours after I replied to this thread. :eek:
 
Naming any particular manufacturer as making bad drives is worthless, to say the best, without naming a particular generation of drives that you're having trouble with. Hitachi/IBM's Deskstar 75GXP line (aka the DeathStar line) had huge problems that led to many drives from that series dying off... but their other drives were still okay. Doing the same to any manufacturer is irresponsible.

I'm running 4 HD753LJs (750GB, F1), and there are about 8 more at work, and I've had no problems with any of them yet.
 
Thanks everyone, for your opinions .. I've decided to go with the 500GB Samsung F3. Now, I've got to find one.

Al ..
 
Fast indeed...

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HD103SJ - HDTune Read Speed
HD103SJ - HDTune Write Speed
HD103SJ - HDTune Random Access Read
HD103SJ - HDTune Random Access Write
 
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