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ST32000641AS vs ST2000DM001

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Ajiki-kun

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Both are 2TB 7200RPM drives.

Taking price out of the equation, which is better? I'm actually leaning toward the ST32000641AS because it doesn't have the over-active parking heads phenomenon.

Are there any other functional differences between the two?
 
ST32000641AS = older drive, 500GB platters (total 4)
ST2000DM001 = 1TB platters (total 2)

The higher density platters make the drive significantly faster, and less platters also mean lower temps. However I'd give more weight to price and length of warranty than # of platters - that's not the most important metric especially if you're just storing large media/movie files. Example the hundreds of Hitachi drives I've owned the last 7 years are all 5-platter, pretty much never fail, and during those years I've seen the threads with people getting hung up on platter counts come and go.
 
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