Help - can't decide on a 500GB hard drive?
Guys, I need some help in deciding which hard drive to go for. The drive will mainly to used to store dvd archives and videos. I cannot decide where to make the compromise, noise or warranty??
The drives in question are :
500 Gb Samsung HD501LJ Spinpoint T, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms, NCQ
500 Gb Western Digital WD5000AAKS Caviar SE16, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms
500 Gb Seagate ST3500630AS Barracuda 7200.10, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ
The Samsung and Western Digital have three years warranty, whereas the seagate has 5 years.
Silly question, is NCQ essential??
Any help will be appreciated??
thanks.