What 2.5" Mechanical HDD

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So I am going to be ordering the rest of the parts to mvoe my system into a Lian Li q11 this week & on my list is a Mechanical drive to compliment my SSD (90gb vertex 2). Anything over about 300gb will be more then sufficient. This will be for pretty much just games (steam, games for windows & D2D). Bulk storage is done on my Server. So what is the fastest 2.5" drive that doesn't cost an arm & a leg.

In recent years I have had bad luck with WD & Seagate both, & really good luck with Samsung. So I am gravitating towards the SAMSUNG Spinpoint MP4 HM500JJ 500GB 7200 RPM. Is there anything else that I should be puting on my short list. I am not completely opposed to WD, but Seagate is a definite no go. Also I have no experience with hitachi so I don't have an opinion either way with them.
 
Either the Western Digital Caviar Black 500 or 640GB models or one of the Hitachi 7200 rpm models in the 500GB+ range should do you just fine.

If you want somewhat higher levels of performance, the Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive (500GB platters + 4GB SLC SSD) is available at most retailers for about $100 these days.
 
Joe Average said:
Either the Western Digital Caviar Black 500 or 640GB models or one of the Hitachi 7200 rpm models in the 500GB+ range should do you just fine.

If you want somewhat higher levels of performance, the Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive (500GB platters + 4GB SLC SSD) is available at most retailers for about $100 these days.
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Either the WD Black or the Hitachi are about 10 bucks more then the Samsung. Is there Performance worth the extra, Or is it like in the desktop drives where the Samsung's & the WD Blacks are fastest and about equal with everyone else behind.

And Seagate's still a No Go.. Even if I was given one for free I wouldn't put another one of there drives in ANY system.


Edit: ok nevermind the 10 dollar premium for the samsung since its cost just went up as well.. Which one is the best performer & the most reliable.
 
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well if anyone else has any input please speak up.. I will be ordering in the next 10 miniutes.
 
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