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Which 500GB HDD for Gaming Rig?

View Poll Results: Which 500GB HDD for Gaming Rig?
Hitachi HDP725050GLA360? 500GB 16MB Cache 0 0%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD502lJ? 500GB 16MB Cache 1 2.22%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 16MB Cache 9 20.00%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500620AS 500GB 16MB Cache 1 2.22%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 32MB Cache 4 8.89%
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 16MB Cache 2 4.44%
Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 32MB Cache 26 57.78%
Others 2 4.44%
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Old 06-02-2009, 06:26 PM   #1
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Which 500GB HDD for Gaming Rig?
Hitachi HDP725050GLA360? 500GB 16MB Cache
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD502lJ? 500GB 16MB Cache
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 16MB Cache
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500620AS 500GB 16MB Cache
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 32MB Cache
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKS 500GB 16MB Cache
Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS 500GB 32MB Cache

Which one is the fastest?
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Old 07-02-2009, 08:42 AM   #2
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the new seagate looks good...
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Old 07-02-2009, 11:44 AM   #3
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LOL... no more seagate for me...
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Old 07-02-2009, 12:40 PM   #4
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offfcourse a WD or hitachi
no no seagate for me also
my one down to RMA less than 3mths or less than 1mth
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Old 07-02-2009, 03:45 PM   #5
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500GB Hard Disk Drive Round-Up
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/627/1
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Old 23-02-2009, 07:35 AM   #6
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Seagate ST3500418AS vs ST3500320AS vs Western Digital WD5001AALS
Which one is the fastest?
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Old 23-02-2009, 08:30 AM   #7
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WD for me!
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Old 23-02-2009, 04:57 PM   #8
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Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 32MB Cache is problematic.
Refer to http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/sh....php?t=2234675
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Old 24-02-2009, 03:23 PM   #9
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buy SeaGate .. sarpork SG
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Old 24-02-2009, 03:34 PM   #10
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Old 25-02-2009, 07:35 AM   #11
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Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD502lJ 500GB has 16MB Cache
They should have tested Seagate 7200.12 & Western Digital Black
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Old 25-02-2009, 08:44 AM   #12
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Some said WD black for performances and then now got 7200.12 Seagate hm....... hard to make choices leh....... Hoping that would be another lego bricks saga.......
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Old 25-02-2009, 09:53 AM   #13
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methinks Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS = Western Digital Caviar Black WD5001AALS
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS is probably the fastest 500GB
Got to wait for more reviews.
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 is faster than 7200.11
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Old 25-02-2009, 11:03 AM   #14
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View Post adrianlee wrote:
Samsung Spinpoint F1 HD502lJ 500GB has 16MB Cache
They should have tested Seagate 7200.12 & Western Digital Black
they only test hdd<usd60
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Old 25-02-2009, 11:05 AM   #15
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why no one support Samsung F1?
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