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hdd - seagate barracuda or hitachi deskstar

LunaticGTX460
By LunaticGTX460
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I have

Hitachi HDS721050CLA362

and i got

seagate ST3500418AS

hitachi is ide ata

barracuda is sata 2

both have 16mb buffer

both 7200 rpm

but what is better for gaming?

load times

boot times

|| CPU Intel i7 3770K || MOBO ASRock H77M || RAM 8GB 1600mhz || HDD 1TB 7200 Sata II || SSD OCZ Agility 3 120GB || GPU EVGA GTX 670 2GB FTW (boost core 1240mhz) || CPUCooler CM 212 EVO || PSU Seasonic M12II EVO 750W || CASE NZXT Phantom V2 (Pink-lol) || H-Phones Sennheiser HD600 || Gamepad XBox 360 Wireless Controller || Mouse Logitech G102 || K-Board CM Storm Trigger (MX Black) || Monitor Dell P2414H || AV Common Sense ||

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my mistake i thought that the hitachi was ide

turn out that the hitachi is also a sata ii

and its faster

check out the comparison

http://www.testhdd.com/Hitachi-Deskstar-7K1000.C-HDS721050CLA362-hard-drive-500-GB-SATA-300-3467.html

http://www.testhdd.com/Seagate-Barracuda-7200.12-hard-drive-500-GB-SATA-300-3371.html

case closed

upgrading to ssd to boot

i have had enough with puscifering around the fact that i cant afford one yet

just gonna get some cheap ssd

|| CPU Intel i7 3770K || MOBO ASRock H77M || RAM 8GB 1600mhz || HDD 1TB 7200 Sata II || SSD OCZ Agility 3 120GB || GPU EVGA GTX 670 2GB FTW (boost core 1240mhz) || CPUCooler CM 212 EVO || PSU Seasonic M12II EVO 750W || CASE NZXT Phantom V2 (Pink-lol) || H-Phones Sennheiser HD600 || Gamepad XBox 360 Wireless Controller || Mouse Logitech G102 || K-Board CM Storm Trigger (MX Black) || Monitor Dell P2414H || AV Common Sense ||

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