What Is The Best 2TB Hard Drive?

[aNINJAsquid]

Hey guys, this is my first post so sorry if im a bit of a noob.

Anyways, i have been looking at 2TB hard drives but i cant decide on what drive to get. I will be using two of the drives in RAID 1 for storing movies, pictures, music and virtual machines (i will be using a 120 gig SSD for windows 7 and programs).

Also, will i notice a difference in speed between a 5400rmp drive and a 7200rpm drive.

Thanks for reading

 

[sheroo]

If you wanna go cheap get the WD Caviar Greens. If you wanna go expensive get the Caviar Blacks. If you just need mass storage the greens are fine. If you're a speed freak get the blacks.

It all depends on what you think is value for money.

 

[aNINJAsquid]

Thanks for the reply, if i am going to be using VMs, do you recommend i get 7200rpm drives rather than the 5400rpm drives?

 

[sheroo]

I've just found this (don't know how reliable it is)

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/VMPerformanceChecklistBeforeYouComplainThatYourVirtualMachineIsSlow.aspx

He says that the number one bottle neck for VM is the disk.

 

[yggdrasil]

If you wanna go cheap get the WD Caviar Greens. If you wanna go expensive get the Caviar Blacks. If you just need mass storage the greens are fine. If you're a speed freak get the blacks.

It all depends on what you think is value for money.

+1

One thing to is

Greens have 3 years warranty

and Blacks have 5 years warranty.

 

[Excalabur50]

Hitachi have some 7200rpm sata 6 gb/s hdd's that are supposed to be good

 

[o0bananaman0o]

samsung f4 2tb?

its the densest ∴ lower power consumption, noise and heat.

benchmarks:

http://www.harddrive...end_drives.html

samsung f4 2tb HD204UI = 837

Caviar black 2tb WD2001FASS = 841

Caviar green 2tb WD20EARS = 665

 

[sheroo]

There's a new Caviar Black with a 6gb interface as well WD2002FAEX.

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2tb-western-digital-wd2002faex-7200rpm-64mbsata-6gb-s-35

 

[sg12004]

i will only get samsung drives its the only make of drive that hasent faild on me yet

 

[aNINJAsquid]

Thanks for all the advice guys.

I think now i will get two Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB drives in RAID 1 for media (the 2TB WD Blacks are a little out of my price range considering i need two drives). Ill then put the VMs on that RAID array and see what the performance is like and if necessary, purchase smaller, faster drive for the VMs.

Once again, thanks for ll the advice. I'll be sure to come to these forums again.

 

[superlattice09]

Thanks for all the advice guys.

I think now i will get two Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB drives in RAID 1 for media (the 2TB WD Blacks are a little out of my price range considering i need two drives). Ill then put the VMs on that RAID array and see what the performance is like and if necessary, purchase smaller, faster drive for the VMs.

Once again, thanks for ll the advice. I'll be sure to come to these forums again.

good choice. come back with a review of your own.