help with fast hdd

[anton98]

recommend any fast hdd 1 tb

[Semper]

Seagate Barracuda, or WD Black.

 

WD Velociraptor also works

[Mooshi]

There isn't much fast to be had with HDDs, I stick to a standard 1TB WD Blue for mass storage that has 64mb of cache. I've heard Blacks are loud and a 10KRPM HDD like the Velociraptor, oh boy.

[TheKDub]

WD Black.

[anton98]

so this one http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236625&cm_re=WD_Black.-_-22-236-625-_-Product

[Semper]

so this one http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236625&cm_re=WD_Black.-_-22-236-625-_-Product

That is a hard drive, and it is 7200 RPM/6Gb/s

[Razor512]

The WD black drives are good, but also consider going with 2TB or higher. The higher the platter density is, the faster the linear reads are, for example the WD green 2TB has faster linear reads and writes than the 1TB WD black. I happen to have both the 1TB WD black, and the 2TB WD green as secondary drives on my main PC.

 

Here are 2 quick benchmarks done on my system. First is with 4MB (best case) reads, and the second is worst case, 4K reads

 

The effective performance is not too far off. If possible go with a non green (non low power) 2TB drive instead of 1TB, you will get better performance.

 

 

 

 

 

[anton98]

The WD black drives are good, but also consider going with 2TB or higher. The higher the platter density is, the faster the linear reads are, for example the WD green 2TB has faster linear reads and writes than the 1TB WD black. I happen to have both the 1TB WD black, and the 2TB WD green as secondary drives on my main PC.

 

Here are 2 quick benchmarks done on my system. first is with 256KB reads, and the second is worst case, 4K reads

 

The effective performance is not too far off. If possible go with a non green (non low power) 2TB drive instead of 1TB, you will get better performance.

 

so you want me to take 2 tb of black wd

[Razor512]

yep, 2TB WD black will be significantly better than the 1TB if you feel you must go with a performance oriented hard drive.

 

WD greens are pretty much 5400RPM drives, but at higher platter density, it is performing very closely to a 1TB performance oriented WD black.

 

Here is a review of the 2TB WD black http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_caviar_black_review_2tb

 

If you do not need peak performance from a HDD, then I recommend getting a cheaper non high performance HDD, and put the rest of the money towards a 128-256GB SSD.

 

Unless you are running games, or an OS from the drive, you will likely not notice a difference between a higher end HDD, and a budget one of the same capacity.

[anton98]

yep, 2TB WD black will be significantly better than the 1TB if you feel you must go with a performance oriented hard drive.

 

WD greens are pretty much 5400RPM drives, but at higher platter density, it is performing very closely to a 1TB performance oriented WD black.

 

Here is a review of the 2TB WD black http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_caviar_black_review_2tb

 

If you do not need peak performance from a HDD, then I recommend getting a cheaper non high performance HDD, and put the rest of the money towards a 128-256GB SSD

okey here check my build http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/FfmP99

[Razor512]

Seems decent, though I think there may be an 8GB gtx 980 coming out soon, e.g.,

 

it may be useful especially with some games not asking for 4-6GB of video memory.

[anton98]

so i have to install windows on my ssd so it run faster

[Razor512]

When you have an SSD, for best performance place only the OS, and installed applications on the SSD, all other bulk data such as video, music and documents, go on the HDD.

 

While you can place them on the SSD with no problem, it is simply a waste of the SSD since they really don't need high speed storage.