seagate es.2 hdd for desktops?

[looney]

I'm wondering if it is possible to use seagate es drives on normal desktops for gaming and general use, or are they just for servers?

thanks

[Agent]

The SATA version will work in desktops fine

[SiM]

But I read somewhere, for desktops they are not worth the extra cost...

[looney]

Oh really?

What about the firmware thing, they are orientated towards servers arent they, what if it doesnt work?

[Agent]

But I read somewhere, for desktops they are not worth the extra cost...

That depends on what you pay for them and what you use them for.
'worth it' is relative

Oh really?

What about the firmware thing, they are orientated towards servers arent they, what if it doesnt work?

The firmware is at the drive level. There is no question about it 'working'

[looney]

Theres a Seagate ST3250310NS 250GB Hard Drive 7200rpm SATAII *32MB Cache* - OEM for sale at £48.

Should I go for it?

If you say it will work on a desktop environment, (which you seem confident on ) then would be worth it?


Thanks a lot for the help

[Ommid]

what is the benefit of such a drive to you?

[looney]

what is the benefit of such a drive to you?

erm thats sort of what i want to know, it was recommended by people on another forum and scored some tasty results on a test.

and considering the hard drive i want for my build is only like a few quid cheaper, i thought i might aswell go for this one as it has a higher cache and is much faster which will improve system performance.

my only concern was that its a server orientated drive and whether it would work as a main drive on a desktop rig.

[arthurleung]

500 GB Western Digital WD5000AAKS Caviar SE16, SATA II, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.9 ms £43.99 £51.69

Why not get a drive double in size for 4 quids extra.

Server drives work fine on a desktop, may be 1~2% slower than desktop drive in single-user usage, you're not gonna notice it.

[looney]

dont need the space, i barely use 80gb, so im looking for performance over size really, minimum 250gb

[SiM]

Get the 320gb single platter drives then... they have the best performance for SATA 2, 7200rpm drives at the moment...

[looney]

Get the 320gb single platter drives then... they have the best performance for SATA 2, 7200rpm drives at the moment...

any links? not sure of any :unsure:

[SiM]

The seagate one looks good:



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Or RAID 0 over 4 drives

[looney]

The seagate one looks good:



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Or RAID 0 over 4 drives

thats really good, i think its more thhen the es.2 drive.

is that your own drive?

is it this one: BARRACUDA 7200.11 320GB 16MB - SATA/300 8.5MS 7200RPM IN - Ebuyer

[SiM]

thats really good, i think its more thhen the es.2 drive.

is that your own drive?

Unfortunately, its not

is it this one: BARRACUDA 7200.11 320GB 16MB - SATA/300 8.5MS 7200RPM IN - Ebuyer

That's the one
Its the ST3320613AS

[looney]

Unfortunately, its not


That's the one
Its the ST3320613AS

lol, cheers mate, this one looks good