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    Help in choosing HDD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by terminus123, Apr 20, 2009.

  1. terminus123

    terminus123 Notebook Deity

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    I do not know much about HDDs so I hope someone can educate me. I will be gaming heavily and using 3D Max, Maya, and other #d intensive software. My question is do you suggest:

    Option #1: (cheapest)
    -1.5TB SATA II 32MB cache, 7200rpm

    Option #2: (more expensive)
    -Single Hard Drive (64 GB Ritek RiDATA 2.5 inch SATA Gaming MLC Solid State Disk)
    -750GB SATA II 16MB cache 7200rpm

    Option #3: (most expensive)
    -150GB Gaming Western Digital VelociRaptor SATA II 16MB cache, 10,000rpm
    -750GB SATA II 16MB cache 7200rpm

    additionally can someone educate me about the whole Solid State thing and RPM thing?

    -thanks!
     
    terminus123, Apr 20, 2009
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  2. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What is your budget? You can probably pick a better SSD, I think that has the Jmicron controller.
     
    sgogeta4, Apr 20, 2009
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  3. Ozarka

    Ozarka Notebook Enthusiast

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    Your option 3 and most expensive option is not the best option. You will get by fine on the 1.5TB drive but if you want fast bootups loads etc then buy a Vertex or intel ssd. You can buy a cheap data storage drive if you have the need as well. I know staples was having a deal on 750GB drives for like 50 bucks
     
    Ozarka, Apr 21, 2009
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  4. terminus123

    terminus123 Notebook Deity

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    What's so special with about Velociraptor HDDs? I heard some amazing reviews about them, they even say its faster than some SSD.
     
    terminus123, Apr 21, 2009
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  5. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    10,000 RPM. Typical hard drives are either 5,400 RPM or 7,200 RPM.
     
    Mastershroom, Apr 21, 2009
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  6. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    I hope you realize all of your choices except for the SSD are desktop harddrives. They will not fit into any laptop chassis.

    You want to look for 2.5" harddrives if you are choosing a drive for your laptop

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Apr 21, 2009
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  7. Mormegil83

    Mormegil83 I Love Lamp.

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    HAHA that's exactly what i was thinking...
     
    Mormegil83, Apr 21, 2009
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    Evoss-X, Apr 21, 2009
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  9. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Samsung is a little late in the game for a 500GB 5400RPM drive...
     
    sgogeta4, Apr 21, 2009
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  10. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    That article is a bit late.
    The Samsung HM500JI has been out for nearly a month now.
    It came out before the 5K500.B

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Apr 21, 2009
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  11. surfasb

    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    I'm assuming this is for a desktop?
     
    surfasb, Apr 21, 2009
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