1TB hard drive suggestions?

[clayestes]

I am looking to get a new hard drive and would like some help. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated! What I am looking for is a 1TB hard drive, that also has fairly quick read/write speeds, is durable, and around 100 dollars (preferably cheaper than 100).

I was looking at this drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533

Thanks in advance!
-Clay

 

[ksham]

That is a good pick. The Western Digital Blue 1TB is $60, but the warranty time is cut in comparison to the Black edition.

 

[choucove]

WD Black drives are some of the best available right now, not just in performance but in reliability and warranty support. We use those exact hard drives in a good number of our custom builds from my office.

 

[clayestes]

That is a good pick. The Western Digital Blue 1TB is $60, but the warranty time is cut in comparison to the Black edition.

Ok, thanks for the reply! I will probably just go with the Black and spend a extra 20-30 dollars. But thank you for the quick response!

 

[clayestes]

WD Black drives are some of the best available right now, not just in performance but in reliability and warranty support. We use those exact hard drives in a good number of our custom builds from my office.

Thanks for the reply, I went to best buy to see in they had any caviar black drives in stock and I guess they don't carry them anymore. But they guy said that their new "Mainstream" drives were better. Does anyone know if this is true or should I just go with the caviar black? Thanks.

This is the drive he was talking about: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Mainstream+1TB+Internal+Serial+ATA+Hard+Drive+for+Desktops/9312067.p;jsessionid=DA0BD402BC5EB87658D427F2BC0BC904.bbolsp-app01-167?id=1219011388237&skuId=9312067&st=wd%20mainstream&cp=1&lp=6

 

[choucove]

The drive that you linked to (what they are calling the WD "Mainstream"?) is far from the WD Black drive. First, this is a SATA 3 Gbps drive, while the WD Black is a SATA 6 Gbps interface. The WD Black has 64 MB onboard cache which can make a pretty great difference in performance, and comes with a 5 year warranty versus the 2 year of the "mainstream". I would not recommend it.

 

[clayestes]

The drive that you linked to (what they are calling the WD "Mainstream"?) is far from the WD Black drive. First, this is a SATA 3 Gbps drive, while the WD Black is a SATA 6 Gbps interface. The WD Black has 64 MB onboard cache which can make a pretty great difference in performance, and comes with a 5 year warranty versus the 2 year of the "mainstream". I would not recommend it.

Ok thanks for the information!