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segate barracuda

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WD Black or Seagate Barracuda.

 

WD Black is faster, more expensive, louder, and comes with a 5 year warranty I believe.

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$50? Depends what you're looking for really.

 

Large files (sequential R/W) performance: Barracuda

Small files (4k R/W), closer to real life loads imo: WD Blue

Price/GB: Hitachi Deskstar 7k1000 

 

Depends what you're using it for really. If speed is a must then I'd recommend the WD Blue (or a black if they're within the budget), if you aren't too concerned about speed then I'd recommend the Deskstar or the Ultrastar for a little bit more. Why's there no recommendation for the barracuda? Don't worry I'm not going to scream about failure rates, it's just I wont recommend something unless I'd be prepared to buy it myself.

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What is the best 1tb HDD I can buy? (around $50)

 

Hey Knaj,
 
As @TheMcSame pointed out, it really depends on what you are looking for in a drive and what it's usage will be. 
From the WD consumer line I could suggest checking out WD Blue, WD Black and WD Green:
 
WD Blue is your regular everyday drive that is most commonly used for regular computing, light gaming and workloads and combined with SSD. It is fully capable to run most games as well as many programs for editing or programming. Its capacity goes up to 1TB. http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=pPxy4o
 
WD Black is the performance drive in WD's consumer line. It is the fastest among them and has good features such as a built-in dual-core CPU that makes the drive great for multitasking. It is designed for heavy gaming, big workloads and intensive file usage. It has a llong, 5-year limited warranty and its mostly used in gaming computers or editing machines. http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=jv72wo
 
WD Green is your energy-efficient drive that works cool, quiet and saves a lot of power. It is designed for backups and secondary storage. Its features allow it to be a great choice for quiet backup builds or for archiving. It is mostly chosen for massive media storage (up to 6TB) in builds that have another drive for the OS and active programs and games. http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=wChpmU
 
Feel free to ask if you happen to have more questions. :)
 
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