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I am looking for an additional Hard Drive for me current rig. Western digital has recently launched its 2GB version of Cavier Black WD2001FASS
It looks promising with 64MB buffer and dual core. I am impressed with it.

If perfomance is a consideration, is it really worth to spend money on this drive? If its too much expenstive, what else can you guys suggest apart from this?

Thanks in Advance
 
Honestly, i don't think it has a niche. OS Drive performance with Media Drive capacity while at a serious price premium. If you need the space (or have limited SATA ports), then go for it. If your 640GB drive is enough for you, why not get a $300 SSD (or you could do an 80GB G2 + 1TB Caviar black for like $325 if you need more space.

Personally, I'm not wasting my money on any new drives (and I have a really shitty 7200.10 :/) until 6Gbps hits an AMD or Intel Chipset (Q1-Q2 2010)
 
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For most a fast storage drive isn't necessary. For a performance drive 2TB isn't usually necessary. I have a 1TB Black now just collecting dust, because I don't need it as an OS drive anymore and its loud for a storage drive. My 1.5TB GP is so much quieter and cooler.

There are better options out there like SSD for OS or RAID for storage w/performance.
 
60g vertex or 80g x25-m should be sufficient for OS and few games, other crap on storage drive.
 
With SSDs, you have to learn to install the game and play it. Then copy the save game file, and delete the game when you're done. It's the only way to not sell a kidney.
 
Daemas said:
With SSDs, you have to learn to install the game and play it. Then copy the save game file, and delete the game when you're done. It's the only way to not sell a kidney.
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actually only install the games your going to play regulerly to the SSD's install anything you might play every once in awhile to a normal HDD. thats the best way to do things.
 
Wildace said:
actually only install the games your going to play regulerly to the SSD's install anything you might play every once in awhile to a normal HDD. thats the best way to do things.
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It wasn't clear in my post but I meant after you beat it, or something to that effect (if it's a single-player game that is).
 
Daemas said:
Honestly, i don't think it has a niche. OS Drive performance with Media Drive capacity while at a serious price premium. If you need the space (or have limited SATA ports), then go for it. If your 640GB drive is enough for you, why not get a $300 SSD (or you could do an 80GB G2 + 1TB Caviar black for like $325 if you need more space.

Personally, I'm not wasting my money on any new drives (and I have a really shitty 7200.10 :/) until 6Gbps hits an AMD or Intel Chipset (Q1-Q2 2010)
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Unless you store DVD-R images (and lots of them!) on your hard drive (or you have WHS), there is little need (or use) for anything larger than 1 TB.

I can't honestly recommend SSD due to their tall prices and low capacities compared to larger-cache SATA hard drives (not just WD's Caviar Black, but even the Caviar Blue 640 GB SATA drive, despite the seemingly-paltry 16 MB buffer).

I'd instead recommend 640 GB Caviar Blue (boot and apps) and 1 TB Caviar Black (storage). Not only are they less expensive, the 640 GB Blue has a *faster* transfer rate than even the 1 TB Black, despite having only half the onboard cache. Even better, the pair aren't even $200 from the Egg.

Quite frankly, Windows 7 on my system boots up darn quickly, and that is despite my Maxtor DiamondMax 20 GB SATA drive (from 2004, with only 8 MB of onboard cache, and an SATA-150 interface). The reason I'm looking to upgrade to a newer drive is *capacity*, not because I need necessarily any more speed. The Caviar Black 1 TB is on my radar due to massive price cuts, especially at MicroCenter. (Also, it will likely be transferrable to my next build, as the Maxtor came from the previous one.)
 
I already have 2 Hard Drives
1) WD Cavier Blue 640GM and 2) WD Cavier Blue 750GB

Yes I do store a lot of images of the DVD, plus bulk of music and movies. Despite having 1.4 TB (Approx) within couple of months I will start running short of space
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PGHammer said:
Unless you store DVD-R images (and lots of them!) on your hard drive (or you have WHS), there is little need (or use) for anything larger than 1 TB.
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"Nobody will ever need more than 640k"

Yea, I've got around 2 TB of random data sitting on my main box and my HTPC has close to 4TB worth of media and is rapidly running out of room.
 
maverick786us said:
I am looking for an additional Hard Drive for me current rig. Western digital has recently launched its 2GB version of Cavier Black WD2001FASS
It looks promising with 64MB buffer and dual core. I am impressed with it.

If perfomance is a consideration, is it really worth to spend money on this drive? If its too much expenstive, what else can you guys suggest apart from this?

Thanks in Advance
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Depends on price. But that all depends on your budget.

It ought to be one of the fastest, if not the fastest desktop drive due to the high density platters. According to the spec sheet, 4 platters, which means 500GB per platter. Beats the 640GB drive's 320GB platters... In sustained transfer speed will probably outrun even a VelociRapter as IIRC (and I may not) the 640GB Black already did.
 
Hamish Campbell said:
"Nobody will ever need more than 640k"

Yea, I've got around 2 TB of random data sitting on my main box and my HTPC has close to 4TB worth of media and is rapidly running out of room.
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Where do you back up all this data??

Menelmarar said:
Depends on price. But that all depends on your budget.

It ought to be one of the fastest, if not the fastest desktop drive due to the high density platters. According to the spec sheet, 4 platters, which means 500GB per platter. Beats the 640GB drive's 320GB platters... In sustained transfer speed will probably outrun even a VelociRapter as IIRC (and I may not) the 640GB Black already did.
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Apart from all this it has dual core processor. Anyways I have time, so I will wait for its price to decline else I will get the green drive
 
maverick786us said:
Where do you back up all this data??
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Anything important (lots of huge .pdf and .psd and .dwg files for work) are backed up remotely to my companies servers.

My HTPC is one failed hard drive away from giving me a pretty sucky day. I've filled it with five 1TB WD black drives though, and they are still running strong. If one did fail, there's nothing on that box that I would really care about losing.

I will say that WD black drives are kind of louder than most. My HTPC sits inside a pretty sturdy wooden entertainment center though, so if I've got the doors closed I can't hear them. I don't know how loud the 2TB version is, but if sound is a consideration for you it's something to think about.
 
What is your time-frame? I have not seen 2TG WD 7200rpm actually available for ordering .. although maybe I've just missed it.
Do you have room and SATA connector(s) available in your system? You might be able to just add 1TB drive(s) as need arises.
FWIW, I've got a couple of Seagate 2TB 5900rpm drives as storage, and these things are actually pretty fast - especially on outer tracks.
 
troisanh said:
SSD if you want speed and/or WD green 2T if you want storage.
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+1. The Green drives are ideal for storage. If you're looking for an OS drive, then the Black 2TB might be a good choice. However, I'm assuming it's going to retail around $300 upon release so it might be more logical to get a SSD for OS/main apps and a Green drive to use as storage.
 
Hamish Campbell said:
"Nobody will ever need more than 640k"

Yea, I've got around 2 TB of random data sitting on my main box and my HTPC has close to 4TB worth of media and is rapidly running out of room.
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Your usage is covered by my *exception* category (video downloads, especially DVD/BD rips, are serious space-eaters). That is why it makes sense to have a *dedicated storage box* (either NAS or a dedicated server) for such files (which is also why I mentioned Windows Home Server for the home media server/storage role) as opposed to using space on your daily PC.
 
Hamish Campbell said:
Anything important (lots of huge .pdf and .psd and .dwg files for work) are backed up remotely to my companies servers.

My HTPC is one failed hard drive away from giving me a pretty sucky day. I've filled it with five 1TB WD black drives though, and they are still running strong. If one did fail, there's nothing on that box that I would really care about losing.

I will say that WD black drives are kind of louder than most. My HTPC sits inside a pretty sturdy wooden entertainment center though, so if I've got the doors closed I can't hear them. I don't know how loud the 2TB version is, but if sound is a consideration for you it's something to think about.
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Unfortunately we are not allowed to keep our personal data in office servers, so the only option I have is large storage at home
 
maverick786us said:
Unfortunately we are not allowed to keep our personal data in office servers, so the only option I have is large storage at home
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Technically all that data belongs to my company. I just do a lot of work from home. I end up keeping a ton of older file versions around though because it's easier than having to ftp it all again every time I need to check something.

I use my example though to show that there are home users who have a legitimate need for a ton of local storage without even considering media files.
 
Can you guys suggest me external storage, which is economical and reliable? I think WDs 2.5 inch Passport drive looks OK, but the latest launched has a maximum space of 1TB. Whats your suggestion on that?
 
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