Going to buy this drive TONIGHT unless you say no

[Game Over]

So now looking at this hybrid drive, plan on using it both for gaming and storage, 2tb at a good price. Will hold off a couple hours if anyone has a better suggestion or can tell me why maybe this would not be a good buy?

Most of you are more PC tech minded than I, so value your opinions.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178380

 

[maniac]

lets say that both of my seagate drives died within the last 6 months, try looking for some western digital drives...

 

[MadShadow]

I have no personal experience, but I've heard many complaints about failures.

 

[barnsley]

Not worth it unless you're on a strict budget.
Personally I've had better experience with Seagate then WD. IMO Toshiba are the best though they basically make the same 3.5' as WD.

 

[Feronix]

Yeah, I personally wouldn't really advise you to buy a Seagate drive. Personally, I use WD Caviar Blues in almost every personal/client build. The 1TB one is cheap, 7200RPM, 64MB Cache, so plenty fast.

Hitachi are also a pretty good brand, although I think WD bought them a while ago anyway.

Better off just buying a regular HDD and a small SSD that you can then set up for caching.

 

[Excalabur50]

As has been said an ssd with a WD drive is the way to go

 

[Game Over]

Yeah, I personally wouldn't really advise you to buy a Seagate drive. Personally, I use WD Caviar Blues in almost every personal/client build. The 1TB one is cheap, 7200RPM, 64MB Cache, so plenty fast.

Hitachi are also a pretty good brand, although I think WD bought them a while ago anyway.

Better off just buying a regular HDD and a small SSD that you can then set up for caching.

Ok, so how about one of these, dropping down to a 1tb which will be enough for now.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236625

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339

I am thinking either one would be good? If so, is the black worth the little extra cost?

As long as its something dependable, going to start doing more Video editing and the such and I hate only being able to work on one project at a time because I do not have enough disc space. Currently working with like 270 gigs total on my machine, even just 1tb would make a huge difference.
I do already have a small SSD that I run my OS on along with my programs that count like Photoshop, Zbrush, Aftereffects. Then a small HDD that I use for storage and to DL my renders and videos too. But need another drive for more storage and still good enough to run some games and stuff on so I do not have to take up what little is left on my SSD.

 

[Excalabur50]

Go the black it's worth the extra 32 bucks and it has a five year warranty instead of two

 

[Game Over]

Bit the bullet, went ahead and ordered the Black, only $20 more. now fingers crossed and hoping I get one of the good working ones.

Thanks for the Help guys.