Recommend a hard drive

dikinher · 05-07-09, 11:48 PM

I am looking to buying 2 new hard drives for Raid. What is the best out there at a reasonable price? I've seen Caviar Black, Caviar SE16 and Seagate Baracuda 7200.12.

What do you guys think?

**john19055** · 05-08-09, 12:37 AM

IMO I think the Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB Hard Drives with 32mb of cache is very good .they have good read and write speeds.I have two of them in a Raid-0 set-up and have not had any problems.I hear the new Seagate 7200.12 with it 500gig platters is supposed to be good. But IMO any of the Western Digital Caviar Black would be a good choice.

**sillyeagle** · 05-08-09, 12:47 AM

$60 buys you the FASTEST 7200 RPM drive on the market, and in fact the Seagate Beracuda 500GB 7200.12 actually has a FASTER sustained read than BOTH the RaptorX and VelociRaptor.

I own one for my OS drive and it's not only totally silent, but only half the thickness of a standard drive. My Raptor which is my FSX drive annoys the **** out of me. Too damn loud.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148377

Seagate 7200.12 = 108MB/s average read.

RaptorX 10,000 = 72MB/s average read

VelociRaptor 10,000 = 103MBs/s average read

dikinher · 05-08-09, 03:49 PM

Just ordered 2 Western Digitals Caviar SE16 640gbs. Based on reviews, it's the better buy(pricing/performance) out of the Barracudas and Caviar Blacks.

j0j081 · 05-08-09, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by john19055

IMO I think the Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB Hard Drives with 32mb of cache is very good .they have good read and write speeds.I have two of them in a Raid-0 set-up and have not had any problems.I hear the new Seagate 7200.12 with it 500gig platters is supposed to be good. But IMO any of the Western Digital Caviar Black would be a good choice.

that's what I use and love it. the price isn't much more than the regular version either.

**john19055** · 05-09-09, 05:11 AM

with HD Tune ,I have my two Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB set up in a Raid-0 and get pretty good read and writes .My Burst rate does'nt seem right .

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wolfgar · 05-11-09, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by john19055

IMO I think the Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB Hard Drives with 32mb of cache is very good .they have good read and write speeds.I have two of them in a Raid-0 set-up and have not had any problems.I hear the new Seagate 7200.12 with it 500gig platters is supposed to be good. But IMO any of the Western Digital Caviar Black would be a good choice.

The Caviar blacks are NOT recommended/warranted for RAID (according to WD)

For RAID they recommend ONLY the enterprise line of their HDD's.

PS: I have 2 of the 1TB Cavair blacks (not raid).

logan · 05-11-09, 01:08 PM

I have 2 WD1001FALS in a software (md) RAID5 along with a ST31000340AS. Unlike the Seagate drives (started with 2), the WD's have been rock solid. A third Black arrived today and I'll be using it for backups. When I'm ready to rotate my backups after 6 months, I'll pick up a fourth.

3ware usually recommends enterprise grade drives, like the RE3 from WD and the ES.2 from Seagate. They've got a drive compatibility list up, but last I looked the WD1001FALS wasn't on it. I came across a message board post a few months ago that had 8*WD1001FALS working fine on a 3ware 9650SE-8LP.

05-07-09, 11:48 PM	#1
dikinher Grab em! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Fullerton, CA. Posts: 744	Recommend a hard drive I am looking to buying 2 new hard drives for Raid. What is the best out there at a reasonable price? I've seen Caviar Black, Caviar SE16 and Seagate Baracuda 7200.12. What do you guys think? __________________ Windows 7 Pro 64 OS * i7 2600K @4.5Ghz * ASUS P8P67 PRO (B3) * 4GB G.Skill Ripjaws X * EVGA GTX 670 FTW Edition * Cooler Master HAF 932

05-08-09, 12:37 AM	#2
john19055 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: GREENVILLE,TX Posts: 3,851	Re: Recommend a hard drive IMO I think the Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB Hard Drives with 32mb of cache is very good .they have good read and write speeds.I have two of them in a Raid-0 set-up and have not had any problems.I hear the new Seagate 7200.12 with it 500gig platters is supposed to be good. But IMO any of the Western Digital Caviar Black would be a good choice. __________________ Intel i7-3820+Corsair H-100+ASROCK X79-Extreme4+16gigs G.Skill PC1600DDR3+2-ASUS DirectCU II GTX-670 in SLI+Crucial 256g-SSD+2- Samsung 1-TB+2-WesternDigtial 640g+LG-12x Blu-Ray Burner+1100w CoolerMaster+Antec-P280 case+50" Plasma PM6700+Logitech Mouse+Keyboard+Pioneer VSX-1020+Polk Audio Speakers

05-08-09, 12:47 AM	#3
sillyeagle sillyego Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: USA Posts: 5,385	Re: Recommend a hard drive $60 buys you the FASTEST 7200 RPM drive on the market, and in fact the Seagate Beracuda 500GB 7200.12 actually has a FASTER sustained read than BOTH the RaptorX and VelociRaptor. I own one for my OS drive and it's not only totally silent, but only half the thickness of a standard drive. My Raptor which is my FSX drive annoys the ** out of me. Too damn loud. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148377 Seagate 7200.12 = 108MB/s average read. RaptorX 10,000 = 72MB/s average read VelociRaptor 10,000 = 103MBs/s average read** __________________ Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem Quad @ 4.0GHz EVGA GTX 660 SLI @ 1046MHz OCZ Platinum CL7 6GB EVGA Intel X58 _____________ A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.

05-08-09, 03:49 PM	#4
dikinher Grab em! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Fullerton, CA. Posts: 744	Re: Recommend a hard drive Just ordered 2 Western Digitals Caviar SE16 640gbs. Based on reviews, it's the better buy(pricing/performance) out of the Barracudas and Caviar Blacks. __________________ Windows 7 Pro 64 OS * i7 2600K @4.5Ghz * ASUS P8P67 PRO (B3) * 4GB G.Skill Ripjaws X * EVGA GTX 670 FTW Edition * Cooler Master HAF 932

05-09-09, 05:11 AM	#6
john19055 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: GREENVILLE,TX Posts: 3,851	Re: Recommend a hard drive with HD Tune ,I have my two Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB set up in a Raid-0 and get pretty good read and writes .My Burst rate does'nt seem right . __________________ Intel i7-3820+Corsair H-100+ASROCK X79-Extreme4+16gigs G.Skill PC1600DDR3+2-ASUS DirectCU II GTX-670 in SLI+Crucial 256g-SSD+2- Samsung 1-TB+2-WesternDigtial 640g+LG-12x Blu-Ray Burner+1100w CoolerMaster+Antec-P280 case+50" Plasma PM6700+Logitech Mouse+Keyboard+Pioneer VSX-1020+Polk Audio Speakers

05-11-09, 01:08 PM	#8
logan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 492	Re: Recommend a hard drive I have 2 WD1001FALS in a software (md) RAID5 along with a ST31000340AS. Unlike the Seagate drives (started with 2), the WD's have been rock solid. A third Black arrived today and I'll be using it for backups. When I'm ready to rotate my backups after 6 months, I'll pick up a fourth. 3ware usually recommends enterprise grade drives, like the RE3 from WD and the ES.2 from Seagate. They've got a drive compatibility list up, but last I looked the WD1001FALS wasn't on it. I came across a message board post a few months ago that had 8*WD1001FALS working fine on a 3ware 9650SE-8LP.

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