Need help with a new harddrive please.

2009-10-16 15:02:23

#1

HellHead: The fantastic Mr. Antichrist; +336|6969|Germany

I plan on getting a new 500 GB hardrive for installing Win 7 and some storage.
Problem is I have no clue about the manufacturers and the quality they deliver
especially regarding reliability.
So guys guys lend me a quick hand and tell me which is a good drive (500 GB)
from this site

http://www.mindfactory.de/search_result … 16al95pm0o

Gracias !

2009-10-16 15:17:02

#2

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6048|Catherine Black

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info. … -SATA.html

But if you can stretch it, go for this.

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info. … -SATA.html

2009-10-16 15:18:03

#3

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6572

I'd go Western Digital. max said he's had 3 or 4 Samsung's crap out on him.

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info. … -SATA.html

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/ebug122

2009-10-16 15:18:56

#4

Microwave: _; +515|6915|Loughborough Uni / Leeds, UK

^^ I wouldn't get the Samsung F2 - it's an 'eco friendly, green drive' it spins at a lower speed therefore is slower.

2009-10-16 15:19:24

#5

Dauntless: Admin; +2,249|7002|London

ebug9 wrote:
I'd go Western Digital. max said he's had 3 or 4 Samsung's crap out on him.

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info. … -SATA.html

zactly, WD ftw

2009-10-16 15:19:30

#6

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6048|Catherine Black

ebug9 wrote:
I'd go Western Digital. max said he's had 3 or 4 Samsung's crap out on him.

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info. … -SATA.html

Here's the problem, another two people are going to come in this thread and say "Don't go WD, I've had 7 crap out on me. Pick <brand>"

Just go with what's in your budget, make sure it's got a decent warrenty, if it breaks, get a new one.

james@alienware wrote:
^^ I wouldn't get the Samsung F2 - it's an 'eco friendly, green drive' it spins at a lower speed therefore is slower.

Ah, the foreign language confuzzled me, I just typed in Samsung 1.5TB and clicked the first link >.<

Last edited by Finray (2009-10-16 15:20:41)

2009-10-16 15:20:28

#7

(T)eflon(S)hadow: R.I.P. Neda; +456|7089|Grapevine, TX

I have 5 drives all WD.
Any one will do:)

2009-10-16 15:22:21

#8

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6713|The Twilight Zone

Dauntless wrote:
ebug9 wrote:
I'd go Western Digital. max said he's had 3 or 4 Samsung's crap out on him.

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info. … -SATA.html
zactly, WD ftw

agreed

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2009-10-16 15:22:33

#9

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6572

Finray wrote:
ebug9 wrote:
I'd go Western Digital. max said he's had 3 or 4 Samsung's crap out on him.

http://www.mindfactory.de/product_info. … -SATA.html
Here's the problem, another two people are going to come in this thread and say "Don't go WD, I've had 7 crap out on me. Pick <brand>"

Just go with what's in your budget, make sure it's got a decent warrenty, if it breaks, get a new one.

james@alienware wrote:
^^ I wouldn't get the Samsung F2 - it's an 'eco friendly, green drive' it spins at a lower speed therefore is slower.
Ah, the foreign language confuzzled me, I just typed in Samsung 1.5TB and clicked the first link >.<

More reliable than Samsung judging from what I've heard from people.

Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/ebug122

2009-10-16 15:24:46

#10

Dauntless: Admin; +2,249|7002|London

Finray wrote:
james@alienware wrote:
^^ I wouldn't get the Samsung F2 - it's an 'eco friendly, green drive' it spins at a lower speed therefore is slower.
Ah, the foreign language confuzzled me, I just typed in Samsung 1.5TB and clicked the first link >.<

You probably should read what it is before you recommend something...

2009-10-16 15:25:53

#11

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6048|Catherine Black

Dauntless wrote:
Finray wrote:
james@alienware wrote:
^^ I wouldn't get the Samsung F2 - it's an 'eco friendly, green drive' it spins at a lower speed therefore is slower.
Ah, the foreign language confuzzled me, I just typed in Samsung 1.5TB and clicked the first link >.<
You probably should read what it is before you recommend something...

I was giving a quick recommendation, surely if I got it wrong someone would have corrected me, which is what happened. I admitted I was wrong, why are you posting now?

2009-10-16 15:27:04

#12

Dauntless: Admin; +2,249|7002|London

I'm sure he's capable of just looking at the hard drive section and picking one out at random but he asked for a recommendation

2009-10-16 15:28:52

#13

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6723|cuntshitlake

Samsung F1 or WD Caviar Black. Both excellent, fast drives.

Last edited by DeathUnlimited (2009-10-16 15:41:17)

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2009-10-16 15:30:53

#14

Dauntless: Admin; +2,249|7002|London

Finray wrote:
Dauntless wrote:
I'm sure he's capable of just looking at the hard drive section and picking one out at random but he asked for a recommendation
You're still posting, and I really don't see what you're trying to gain from it.

Just to give some advice for in future I guess, so next time someone asks to recommend something the person who posts will actually recommend something from either experience with it or knowledge of it.

What are you gaining from that post?

2009-10-16 15:32:22

#15

Finray: Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro; +2,629|6048|Catherine Black

Dauntless wrote:
Finray wrote:
Dauntless wrote:
I'm sure he's capable of just looking at the hard drive section and picking one out at random but he asked for a recommendation
You're still posting, and I really don't see what you're trying to gain from it.
Just to give some advice for in future I guess, so next time someone asks to recommend something the person who posts will actually recommend something from either experience with it or knowledge of it.

What are you gaining from that post?

Cool, it was never about showing me up then?

2009-10-16 15:33:17

#16

Dauntless: Admin; +2,249|7002|London

You're still posting I don't see why you are posting what are you gaining from this finray?!?!

2009-10-16 15:33:33

#17

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|6967|67.222.138.85

Dauntless wrote:
Just to give some advice for in future I guess, so next time someone asks to recommend something the person who posts will actually recommend something from either experience with it or knowledge of it.

Now chill guys.

I would get a WD Caviar Black, whatever size is in your price range.

2009-10-16 15:40:04

#18

Defiance: Member; +438|6931

Flaming_Maniac wrote:
I would get a WD Caviar Black, whatever size is in your price range.

Seconded. I've had fine experiences with all the WD drives I've used, and the TB Black drive I have now is pretty solid.

2009-10-16 15:42:30

#19

HellHead: The fantastic Mr. Antichrist; +336|6969|Germany

Ok, thanks guys, will throw out some karma in a few.

By the way, is there actually a noticeable difference between a 16 MB and 32 MB buffer size ?
Sounds so marginal to me.

2009-10-16 15:43:52

#20

get a bigger drive, cause i just got a 500 gb one and it's almost full get a 2 tera

2009-10-16 15:59:40

#21

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6713|The Twilight Zone

Kimmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:
get a bigger drive, cause i just got a 500 gb one and it's almost full get a 2 tera

I kinda wan't to limit myself to a specific size, not too big one cos the bigger the drive the more crap I have on it over time. So what I do is when the drive is almost full, I delete everything but the best movies, music, etc.

2009-10-16 16:16:52

#22

Catbox: forgiveness; +505|6976

Western Digital black series...imo I got a blue 640gb and it's great... didn't know about the black version at the time...
Here is a 640gb version for 70 bucks
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6822136319

Love is the answer

2009-10-16 16:23:59

#23

Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|6835|London

The samsung F3 is out, I just bought the 1TB and it is insanely fast.

2009-10-16 16:33:25

#24

Zimmer: Un Moderador; +1,688|7016|Scotland

james@alienware wrote:
^^ I wouldn't get the Samsung F2 - it's an 'eco friendly, green drive' it spins at a lower speed therefore is slower.

lol. Untrue.
It actually tops the charts in Read Access Time and is pretty high up most charts over at tomshardware.com

My WD is shit in comparison with my Samsung Spinpoint, but it seems the Caviar Black has changed all that and it's just as good, if not better than the new Samsungs. So go for a Samsung F3 or Caviar Black.

2009-10-16 17:19:34

#25

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6457|Winland

Zimmer wrote:
james@alienware wrote:
^^ I wouldn't get the Samsung F2 - it's an 'eco friendly, green drive' it spins at a lower speed therefore is slower.
lol. Untrue.
It actually tops the charts in Read Access Time and is pretty high up most charts over at tomshardware.com

My WD is shit in comparison with my Samsung Spinpoint, but it seems the Caviar Black has changed all that and it's just as good, if not better than the new Samsungs. So go for a Samsung F3 or Caviar Black.

My view on WD is that they aren't the fastest or most exclusive, but they'll last a lifetime. Mate of mine has a 40GB WD with over 40 000 hours of runtime behind it and not even one reallocated sector or read error as system disk in his server.

Last edited by Freezer7Pro (2009-10-16 17:20:16)

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