Upgrading my system drive, need advice.

[Evil_Furby]

Right now Windows and all of my programs are installed on a Seagate 250GB SATA disk. SSD is currently way, way, out of my price range as much as I'd like to have one. I was wondering is upgrading to a WB 1TB Black with 64MB of cache would have any noticeable performance increase of my current Seagate besides the obvious capacity difference.

 

[AVT]

Unless you need the storage, save your money and buy a SSD when you can afford it.

 

[INFRNL]

I would say there would be a slight increase in performance, but not sure if you would really notice it. How old is your current drive? is it sata 1 or 2?

 

[Evil_Furby]

I would say there would be a slight increase in performance, but not sure if you would really notice it. How old is your current drive? is it sata 1 or 2?

I don't remember. Probably SATA 1.

Edit: I take it back. It's this drive. http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.j...fa74c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD&locale=en-US

 

[vjcsmoke]

Get one of these for $65. It'll be faster and significantly more spacious. Oh and while it still lasts, use this 15% off coupon code COLUMBUS15 and the price drops to $55 shipped. Can't get much cheaper than that for an upgrade.

http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php...-F3-HD103SJ-1TB-SATA2-7200rpm-32MB-Hard-Drive