Need HDD Suggestions.

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TuxedoBond

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I am looking for a 1 TB drive for under $90 after rebate and shipping. I was told 640 GB Western Digital drives are much faster than current Western Digital 1 TB's. How much faster exactly? If that's the case then what are some of the better 640/750 GB drives? I can see RAID 5 in my future so it'd be nice to have a bigger drive to start out with, but not if the performance difference is that great.
 
WD6400AAKS are one of the more popular 640GB drives and they are on sale at the Egg for $59. Thinking of picking one up myself.
 
The 1TB Caviar Black is currently the Cadillac of WD's 7200RPM drives. It's true that a 640GB Caviar Black will outperform anything in the Caviar Blue or Green lines though.
 
I'm not sure, but aren't the 1TB and 640GB WD caviar blacks the same size.
 
If you're looking for speed I'd go with anything from the Caviar Black line, you will get more GB/$ if you get a larger drive like the 1TB.

Personally, I just set up a RAID 0 with two 640GB Black drives and it's very quick.
 
Which is quicker though, the 640GB, 750GB, or 1TB Western Digital Black drives?

What do you think of this?

SEAGATE Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 3.0 ST31000528AS SATA 3.0 Hard Drive Bulk - $77.99 after rebate.
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Special/FlyBuyDeal.jsp?intpromo=FlyBuyDeals09_HPG

Is that drive any good? How is the performance and reliability compared to the WD Black 1TB(which ZZF also have for $84.99 after rebate)?
 
Based on this review the 7200.12 is a mixed bag as far as performance is concerned, fast reads but horrible write speeds.

If your looking at those 2, the WD Black 1TB seems to be the winner.
 
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