C cpu_100 Honorable Jun 11, 2012 9 0 10,510 Jun 15, 2012 #1 which Hard Drive is fast western digital Caviar Green 2 TB HDD Internal Hard Drive (WD20EARX) or Seagate Barracuda 2 TB HDD Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DL003)
which Hard Drive is fast western digital Caviar Green 2 TB HDD Internal Hard Drive (WD20EARX) or Seagate Barracuda 2 TB HDD Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DL003)
X xtreme5 Distinguished Dec 7, 2011 3,278 1 21,160 Jun 15, 2012 #2 could you link them to see which one has more rpm and cache. Upvote 0 Downvote
daggs Distinguished May 12, 2009 712 0 19,010 Jun 15, 2012 #3 WD20EARX is IntelliPower, ST2000DL003 is 5900 rpm. afaik IntelliPower ranges between 5000 rpm and 5400 rpm so I think that ST2000DL003 is faster Upvote 0 Downvote
WD20EARX is IntelliPower, ST2000DL003 is 5900 rpm. afaik IntelliPower ranges between 5000 rpm and 5400 rpm so I think that ST2000DL003 is faster
J jpardo2 Honorable Jun 15, 2012 64 0 10,640 Jun 15, 2012 #4 probably wont even notice the difference, imo. large drives like that do 2 things, move slowly and store huge amounts of data. Upvote 0 Downvote
probably wont even notice the difference, imo. large drives like that do 2 things, move slowly and store huge amounts of data.
X xtreme5 Distinguished Dec 7, 2011 3,278 1 21,160 Jun 15, 2012 #5 then pick the WD it has more standard. Upvote 0 Downvote