Build Advice Best storage device 1T~2T up to date?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Siwini, 30 Oct 2010.

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Witch one would you take?

  1. SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200

    23 vote(s)
    62.2%
  2. Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 7200 RPM

    5 vote(s)
    13.5%
  3. SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 2TB 5400 RPM

    9 vote(s)
    24.3%
  1. Siwini

    Siwini What is 4+no.5?

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    What’s the best storage device 1T~2T up to date? Do Cache 64MB vs 32 make a huge difference? Got suggestions? Let me know your thoughts!
     
  2. The_Beast

    The_Beast I like wood ಠ_ಠ

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    I've had good luck with the F3EG drive from Samsung, WD also makes a nice drive. I don't think chache is going to be a huge issue considering that the drive is mainly for storage.
     
  3. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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    It depends what you mean by storage. If you mean it generically, as in "Hard drive that included boot partition" then the F3. If you mean literally as a second storage drive then the F4 5400rpm.
     
  4. Ending Credits

    Ending Credits Bunned

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    The F3 is pretty cheap right now so you could get two for just a little more than a 2TB drive and two drives are generally better than one.
     
  5. Siwini

    Siwini What is 4+no.5?

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    Will they run a little quicker in raid, if I get2xf3?
     
  6. The_Beast

    The_Beast I like wood ಠ_ಠ

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    You don't need speed in a storage drive. So what are your true intentions for this drive, speed or space?
     
  7. wyx087

    wyx087 Homeworld 3 is happening!!

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    fastest drive for applications/games: WD 2TB Black
    best price/performance: Samsung 1TB F3
    best storage drive out of those: Samsung 2TB F4
     
  8. Siwini

    Siwini What is 4+no.5?

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    Can I get both? Fast access read/write speeds lots of space and quieter than mine raptor 300
     
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  9. wyx087

    wyx087 Homeworld 3 is happening!!

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    then WD black is your choice. but price is a bit steep
     
  10. Rofl_Waffle

    Rofl_Waffle What's a Dremel?

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    Personally I think RAID with parity is definitely the way to go with storage. Things like raptors and SSDs are stupid expensive and only good for their low access time, but for storage you would be handling large files.

    3 Samsung F3 in RAID 5 would beat out a single SSD in sustained read/write speeds and have several times the drive space. For a similar price too.

    Though SSDs are still far better at loading small files like booting windows with their lack of access time.
     
  11. Siwini

    Siwini What is 4+no.5?

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  12. wyx087

    wyx087 Homeworld 3 is happening!!

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    don't know where you are coming from, (cheaper?) but putting all your data onto an unbranded hard disk drive seems very risky.

    why not go for Samsung F3 2TB? not as expensive as WD Black, but still pretty fast
     
  13. Siwini

    Siwini What is 4+no.5?

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    K I will:) Get two in raid mode?
     
  14. Pookeyhead

    Pookeyhead It's big, and it's clever.

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    Don;t forget back up. If you're using RAID0, you're at greater risk of drive failure.
     
  15. Siwini

    Siwini What is 4+no.5?

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    umm what?... drive failure.. Back up with what? You dont mean get one of tho back up programs
     
  16. Booga

    Booga Cuppa tea anyone?

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    What he means is that in raid 0 the information is shared across the 2 drives. If 1 drive fails then all data is lost. If you are running raid 0 you really should back up any media, docs or whatever you want to keep.
    Personally I'd get the 3rd drive and use that for media storage and the like.

    Note in the link below Raid 0 has a fault tolerance of 0

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID
     
  17. Siwini

    Siwini What is 4+no.5?

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    What are my chances of drive failing in raid 0 compare to normal than?
     
  18. slaw

    slaw At Argos buying "gold"

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    well you have twice the chance of your raid 0 array failing then having a single disk

    maybe get 3 disks and use raid 5? so if one fails, you can rebuild the array.

    You should always back up your data. It sounds like a waste of time, that is until you need it!
     
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  19. Fizzban

    Fizzban Man of Many Typos

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    I have 2 F3's and they do their job well. Never bothered with raid arrays as I can't afford to have several HD's with the same info on them.

    I simply back up what is important. So pictures, CV type documents (work basically) possibly some save games. Everything else no matter how gutting it is to loose can be replaced. I did recently back up my music collection as replacing 50GB's worth of mp3 would be a lengthy and irritating process.
     
  20. BRAWL

    BRAWL Dead and buried.

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    Spinpoints everytime buddy. Got 2 x 2TB versions and 1 x 1TB version in my main rig at the moment :)
     

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