Wd OR Seagate

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bigwooly

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I’m looking for a new main drive for my home gaming system and i'm looking at either the
WD6401AALS 640GB

or

ST3640323AS 640GB

is this just a manufacturers preference or would there be one of the two that would perform better? Is there another choice in the same price range that would trump both of these? I am looking to spend under $90.00 and get at least 500g of storage.
 
The WD is faster, the Segate I'd trust more

but it's close both ways, the WD is reliable, and the Seagate is fast.. but that's my feel for this
 
For those drives, I'd suggest the western digital. For everything else, seagate.
 
Hm... I have to look into the performance increase of 32MB cache over 16MB, but the WD6400AAKS is nearly as fast as a VRaptor, so the Caviar Black (AALS) can't be any slower than the AAKS. Seagate is a bit late to the party, so their batches of drives are newer -- not sure if that affects your decision or not. Personally, I stay away from the first few batches... I give it like 3-6mo first, lol.
 
Both of the two drives listed in the OP have the SAME warranty (5 years).
 
Greggy_D said:
Both of the two drives listed in the OP have the SAME warranty (5 years).
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Oh nice, WD extended the warranty to 5yrs for the Caviar Black lineup... they have a non-raptor/non-enterprise drive with a 5yr warranty to compete with seagate... finally!
 
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