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    Opinions Re: 640GB 5400rpm Hard Drive

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by TehSuigi, Apr 6, 2010.

  1. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hey all, looking for opinions on which to upgrade: the Seagate Momentus ST9640320AS or Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD6400BEVT.
    Both are $100 CAD at Canada Computers, so I'm just checking which one will provide superior performance (reliability is a non-issue; that's what warranties are for).

    Any HDTune screenies would be appreciated.
    Thanks!
     
    TehSuigi, Apr 6, 2010
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  2. hakira

    hakira <3 xkcd

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    Curious why you'd be looking at 5400 drives when you want performance specifically... 7200 will perform much better for a negligible cost increase. I like hitachi's personally too :p

    In any case you should look at http://diskcompare.com/ there is a crapload of info there.
     
    hakira, Apr 6, 2010
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  3. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    My priorities are capacity first, price second, performance third; given that the Seagate and Western Digital are equal in the first two, I'm concerned about the third criteria.

    And from what I can glean from HDTune and CrystalDiskMark screenshots around the place, the Western Digital WD6400BEVT beats the Seagate in access time and minimum transfer rate; it also leaves my existing WD3200BEVT in the dust.
     
    TehSuigi, Apr 6, 2010
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  4. Orinix

    Orinix Notebook Geek

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    I've always heard that the WD is really excellent. Can't say much about the Seagate. Me personally, I've always bought WD and have had no problems with performance.
     
    Orinix, Apr 6, 2010
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  5. Silvr6

    Silvr6 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have a WD 640GB in my DV7 as a storage drive, nice and fast and doesn't make much noise either, can't really go wrong with it.

    With its areal density being so high it is just about as fast as some of the smaller 7200rpm drives.

    [​IMG]
     
    Silvr6, Apr 7, 2010
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  6. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thanks for the advice, guys.
    Western Digital it is!
     
    TehSuigi, Apr 7, 2010
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  7. SoundOf1HandClapping

    SoundOf1HandClapping Was once a Forge

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    I've never had to replace a Seagate drive, but WD's replacement/RMA process is easy and pain free
     
    SoundOf1HandClapping, Apr 7, 2010
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  8. sean473

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    Why Not get 500GB Hitachi 7K500? It would blow anything into dust as far mechanical hard drives go and really its not small at 500GB! Of course if u need the space then , get the WD...
     
    sean473, Apr 7, 2010
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  9. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

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    I would prefer to have the extra 140GB instead of a faster spinner.
    I know they've probably changed from a few years ago, but I still don't have the fondest memories of my Seagate Momentus 7200.1 100GB PATA drive. It was positioned right under the palm rest of my old TravelMate 3252WXMi, and promptly scalded my wrist. ;)
     
    TehSuigi, Apr 7, 2010
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