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    WD Scorpio Black vs Hitachi 7k320

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by a7x2thedeath, Aug 21, 2008.

  1. Han Bao Quan

    Han Bao Quan The Assassin

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    What do you guys about the deal $140 for the Seagate 320Gb 7200.3?
     
    Han Bao Quan, Aug 24, 2008
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  2. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Pretty good !! (Retail or OEM ??)
    Where from ??

    (It was available cheap at zipzoomfly, but out of stock now !!)
     
    Andy, Aug 24, 2008
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  3. Phil

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    Great to know Tom's finally benchmarked the new drives. But you were probably looking at synthetic benchmarks. In the Tomshardware charts there are a couple non synthetic benchmarks. Win XP startup, workstation, fileserver and webserver. Imo the Seagate 7200.3 isn't a very good performer.
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    Link: http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/...=2037,2040,1917,2039,1891,2041,2025,1905,2027

    At that price it's not bad. Although I did see the 7K320 for $149 or $159 after rebates. 7k200 is usually <$100.
     
    Phil, Aug 25, 2008
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  4. Han Bao Quan

    Han Bao Quan The Assassin

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    Yeah, however what caught my attention is that the seagate tops out at most of the benchmarks, which makes me think in real-world performance they'll be very similar to each other.
    Beside, what do you think about the deal I got?
     
    Han Bao Quan, Aug 25, 2008
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  5. Phil

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    True, it will be hard to notice these differences without a stopwatch.

    At $140 it's a nice deal.
     
    Phil, Aug 25, 2008
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  6. Han Bao Quan

    Han Bao Quan The Assassin

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    I'll run some benchmark when I get it, then we can compare with the benchmark of the WD.
     
    Han Bao Quan, Aug 25, 2008
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  7. ramgen

    ramgen -- Morgan Stanley --

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    Another reason to prefer Seagate is that they offer 5 year warranty whereas both the Hitachi and WD offer 3 year warranties.

    (Well, this may not be valid for all... In fact who is using a hdd for 3 years nowadays?)
     
    ramgen, Aug 25, 2008
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  8. Han Bao Quan

    Han Bao Quan The Assassin

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    Many people.....
     
    Han Bao Quan, Aug 25, 2008
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  9. Jamaicanyouth

    Jamaicanyouth Notebook Evangelist

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    Jamaicanyouth, Aug 25, 2008
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  10. Han Bao Quan

    Han Bao Quan The Assassin

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    Out of stock, sorry mate.
     
    Han Bao Quan, Aug 25, 2008
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  11. mtbush

    mtbush Notebook Consultant

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    mtbush, Aug 25, 2008
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  12. Jamaicanyouth

    Jamaicanyouth Notebook Evangelist

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    Oh I was just informing you guys, I have my WD drive.
     
    Jamaicanyouth, Aug 25, 2008
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  13. commander

    commander Notebook Consultant

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    Hi guys,
    I bought 7k320, and I don't like its vibration. Is WD vibrate-free? Thanks
     
    commander, Sep 24, 2008
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  14. SoundsGood

    SoundsGood Notebook Virtuoso

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    Try using the computer on your lap. See if you like it any better. ;)
     
    SoundsGood, Sep 24, 2008
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  15. K-TRON

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

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    I can guarantee their is no difference in vibration from another manufacturer drive. Reason being both use the same motor, and the same discs. The reason people notice differences and some do not notice any vibrations, is dependent upon the harddrive caddy not the physical drive.
    If your harddrive has no rubber insulation/grommets on the drive edges or on the screws, than the drives vibrations will be picked up easier. If you have rubber in the harddrive caddy, the vibrations will be partly absorbed, and run quieter.
    I have no vibration issues on my 7K320's. One of my systems has rubber shock absorbers on the drive caddy, my e1505 does not have rubber grommets, and I dont have any vibrations on my e1505 either.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Sep 24, 2008
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  16. goofball

    goofball Notebook Deity

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    WD Black are 5 year warranty.

    Seagate 320GB 7200.3 should be closer to $100. I can get them locally for $99, a bit more for the one with G protection. Recently, the WD 320GB black was on sale for $90. Very tempting.
     
    goofball, Sep 24, 2008
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  17. zero7404

    zero7404 Notebook Deity

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    still running smooth with my wd black 320's in raid 0....

    i even shut down my machine several times due to windows freezing, they didn't have any issues or bad sectors appear or anything.

    nice drives.
     
    zero7404, Sep 24, 2008
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  18. Michel.K

    Michel.K 167WAISIQ

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    I just bought the WD3200BEKT and i love it :) Only "bad" thing is that it sounds a lill more than my previous hdd (not any disturbing thou), thou my previous was an 160GB 4200rpm fujitsu. And the difference is day and night as the fuji was @ 21ms and 25-30MB/s R/W... and the WD does 70-85MB/s R/W with ~14ms average seek hehe.
     
    Michel.K, Sep 26, 2008
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