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    Need a Hard disk drive.

    Last time i bought a HDD it was a 120gb Sata and about the biggest avilable, and i went for a samsung spinpoint as they where reported to be quietest (an issue for me).

    Now ive just about run out of space, so i so of figured i would get another?

    I there anything else i should be looking for than another seagate sata? In terms of noise/reliabilty/speed?

    This
    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131300


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    Re: Need a Hard disk drive.

    I think the best price/performance/silence drive at the moment is probably the 640GB WD AAKS drive

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    Re: Need a Hard disk drive.

    Agreed, but if you want a bit more space then the Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB drive is also a good bet.

    Especially at £70 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143288

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    Re: Need a Hard disk drive.

    Totally recommend the 640AAKS as ive only heard it 2 times in the space ive had it, all i hear is the 250AAKS(not quiet imo). Get it if you want 640gb if not then the 1tb f1 is ment to be good.
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    Re: Need a Hard disk drive.

    another vote for the f1 1tb samsung. its definitely worth it if you need loads of space. its quiet and fast, best of all it's cheap for the amount of storage you get

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    Re: Need a Hard disk drive.

    Yeah, certainly the amount of space has increased drematically.
    - When i bought the 120gb spinpoint i thought i would never fill it, and it did take several years!
    - I really dont need a TB, although it might be fun. In truth, i thin another 120gg would last a long time.



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    Re: Need a Hard disk drive.

    Price per GB you will get much better value (and performance) from a larger drive within reason obviously the largest drives still command a price premium,

    So a table, Drive Name - Capacity - Cost - Pence per GB

    Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 - 1500GB - £140 - 9.3p/GB
    Samsung Spinpoint F1 - 1000GB - £76 - 7.6p/GB
    Western Digital AAKS - 640GB - £48 - 7.5p/GB
    Samsung Spinpoint F1 - 320GB - £35 - 10.9p/GB
    Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 - 160GB - £29 - 18.1p/GB

    As the table shows the sweet spot in terms of storage capacity per pound is the 640GB to 1TB region (for the drives I have shown above, the are plenty of more expensive drives in each category).

    If you do not think you will ever fill a 640GB drive then I would go for the 320GB (Samsung F1 or WD AAKS) it will be quieter and faster than the 160GB drives. These represent much better value for money than the smaller drives.

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    Re: Need a Hard disk drive.

    Cheers everyone.
    - Just ordered a 500GB SpinPoint F1 .


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    Re: Need a Hard disk drive.

    Quote Originally Posted by Webby View Post
    Price per GB you will get much better value (and performance) from a larger drive within reason obviously the largest drives still command a price premium,

    So a table, Drive Name - Capacity - Cost - Pence per GB

    Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 - 1500GB - £140 - 9.3p/GB
    Samsung Spinpoint F1 - 1000GB - £76 - 7.6p/GB
    Western Digital AAKS - 640GB - £48 - 7.5p/GB
    Samsung Spinpoint F1 - 320GB - £35 - 10.9p/GB
    Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 - 160GB - £29 - 18.1p/GB
    If you buy it with the current deal from ebuyer it's £70 including delivery so actually 7p/GB

    Kind of irrelevant now though since he's already chosen a new disk.

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    Re: Need a Hard disk drive.

    Quote Originally Posted by Emirzan View Post
    If you buy it with the current deal from ebuyer it's £70 including delivery so actually 7p/GB

    Kind of irrelevant now though since he's already chosen a new disk.
    Yeah, its maddly cheap to the extent its almost rude not to.
    - But i just dont need a TB of additional space so i might as well stick with the 500gb at 42 quids.

    Also, will the drive some with Sata cable of some form? Molex to sata power adapter? (only have one sata power lead)


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    Re: Need a Hard disk drive.

    Nope the drive is OEM so it will come with nothing, guess you better order a SATA cable and power adapter!

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    Re: Need a Hard disk drive.

    Fair enough, i've got loads at home so i'll just get my dad to post one over.

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    Re: Need a Hard disk drive.

    It would probably be worth imaging/transferring your current drive onto the new one and using it instead as it will be substantially faster.

    You can then use the old drive as an "at hand" backup drive.
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    Re: Need a Hard disk drive.

    There have been some cheap HDDs on hotdealsuk recently, i will see if i can find them...

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    Re: Need a Hard disk drive.

    Quote Originally Posted by shaithis View Post
    It would probably be worth imaging/transferring your current drive onto the new one and using it instead as it will be substantially faster.

    You can then use the old drive as an "at hand" backup drive.
    Yeah? I guess its got twice the buffer, is there anything else that makes it faster?

    Need to do a system rebuild anyway its crying out for it, so i'll rebuild onto th new disk.



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    Re: Need a Hard disk drive.

    The data density will be higher either from more platers enabling more data to be read/written without moving the heads or higher density platers or both!

    So it will be faster, it is also a newer drive who knows what other improvements they have made!

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