Hard drive choice please help.

[Mahbub]

I am a gamer. I am upgrading storage. I have 3 options -

1)two 2tb wd blue 5400rpm 

 

2)1tb black 7200rpm amd 2tb blue 5400rpm

 

3) two 1tb black 7200rpm

 

which combo should i take?

 

[xentropa]

First choice.

[Mahbub]

7 minutes ago, xentropa said:

First choice.

 Heard that games have advantage from 7200 rpm i was going for the black to store steam games. Also i have a choice to take gold 1tb but the TDLR thingy is risky. Also is a 5400rpm good for games. Lemme remind you the blue i take about here is 5400 not the 7200

[xentropa]

Any chance to get an ssd for games?

[dragoon20005]

if budget allows

 

try to get a 250 to 500 GB SSD  for the important games

 

 

for longer term storage,

 

you can go for the WD Blue or the Seagate 2TB HDD

[EG!]

17 minutes ago, Mahbub said:

1)two 2tb wd blue 5400rpm 

2)1tb black 7200rpm amd 2tb blue 5400rpm

3) two 1tb black 7200rpm

I'd take option 4) an ssd for OS and some games and a 2TB 7200RPM drive

[Mahbub]

20 minutes ago, xentropa said:

Any chance to get an ssd for games?

Already have 2 250 gb ssd with importamt games. So now should i go for the black or blue. ? Blues are 5400. 

[Mahbub]

20 minutes ago, EG! said:

I'd take option 4) an ssd for OS and some games and a 2TB 7200RPM drive

Already have two ssd. Now meed one for bulk storage amd one for games. Which should i take for that among these three

[EG!]

3 minutes ago, Mahbub said:

Already have 2 250 gb ssd with importamt games. So now should i go for the black or blue. ? Blues are 5400. 

I'd take the 7200RPM ones over 5400RPM.

[Mahbub]

17 minutes ago, EG! said:

I'd take the 7200RPM ones over 5400RPM.

 

17 minutes ago, EG! said:

I'd take the 7200RPM ones over 5400RPM.

Okk so the 1tb 7200 for games and is the 5400 okk for bulk storage. Also i see that the 7200 has just a 3mbps advantage over the 5400. So whats the bi advantage if its just 3 mbps? 

[EG!]

21 minutes ago, Mahbub said:

 

Okk so the 1tb 7200 for games and is the 5400 okk for bulk storage. Also i see that the 7200 has just a 3mbps advantage over the 5400. So whats the bi advantage if its just 3 mbps? 

It actually depends on what you want but 3mbps is 0.375MB/s in reading and writing so moving and copying files on the 7200RPM drive will be a little faster.

On the other hand the 5400s will draw less power and gve less heat off.

Your load times in games probs are marginally better on a 7200rpm HDD.

[Mahbub]

3 minutes ago, EG! said:

It actually depends on what you want but 3mbps is 0.375MB/s in reading and writing so moving and copying files on the 7200RPM drive will be a little faster.

On the other hand the 5400s will draw less power and gve less heat off.

Your load times in games probs are marginally better on a 7200rpm HDD.

Is it worth then taking a 7200 1tb over 5400 2tb for storinf games ?

[EG!]

9 minutes ago, Mahbub said:

Is it worth then taking a 7200 1tb over 5400 2tb for storinf games ?

Depends on the price difference if it's almost the same i'd always go for 7200 (unless it's a laptop) if the price difference is alot then go for the 5400 and buy more games

[Mahbub]

1 minute ago, EG! said:

Depends on the price difference if it's almost the same i'd always go for 7200 (unless it's a laptop) if the price difference is alot then go for the 5400 and buy more games

Nah not a lot 25 dollars here. I was going for gold then learnt it has tdlr etc which can cause shit when used in non raid emvironment. So i guess then i am going for 1tb 7200 black for steam  amd 2tb 5400 blue for mass storage

[Apepa]

You can easily transfer Steam game installs to and from your SSD if the load times are too much.