I need a new hard drive...

[Matt XR]

At the moment i have a single WD Black 1tb and it is failing and very very loud.

Im looking for a replacement around 100 dollars with a 64mb cache.

 

[Onus]

How old is it? WD Black drives have five year warranties. For that reason, not just performance, I'd get another one. I run mostly WD Blacks myself, including in RAID1 arrays.

 

[Kampinkarl1]

If you aren't looking to replace it through WD, Seagate makes a great and reliable hard drive with the SV35 Enterprise series with the specs you are looking for (64mb cache, 1TB, 7200RPM). It is 75 dollars through newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148912

 

[Matt XR]

If you aren't looking to replace it through WD, Seagate makes a great and reliable hard drive with the SV35 Enterprise series with the specs you are looking for (64mb cache, 1TB, 7200RPM). It is 75 dollars through newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148912

Would this fast enough for gaming and heavy tasks? Like Streaming & Recording

 

[Kampinkarl1]

If you aren't looking to replace it through WD, Seagate makes a great and reliable hard drive with the SV35 Enterprise series with the specs you are looking for (64mb cache, 1TB, 7200RPM). It is 75 dollars through newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148912

Would this fast enough for gaming and heavy tasks? Like Streaming & Recording

I don't know about streaming and recording but it will be great for gaming and tasking.

 

[Onus]

The drive is sold by Seagate for video surveillance operation, so it is probably well-suited to streaming and recording.

 

[smitbret]

Why wouldn't you just get a normal Seagate Barracuda and save the money? They are the fastest platter drives out right now and would certainly be up to the task; certainly better for a home system than the SVxx series

 

[Onus]

WD Blacks I'm pretty sure are faster, but the difference in any case would be small. What I prefer about them is the long warranty. The SV35 does have three years though; many consumer drives only offer two years since the Thailand floods.

 

[smitbret]

WD Blacks I'm pretty sure are faster, but the difference in any case would be small. What I prefer about them is the long warranty. The SV35 does have three years though; many consumer drives only offer two years since the Thailand floods.

The newer 1TB platter Seagates eat the Blacks for lunch when it comes to speed, at 2/3 the price. The warranty is only 1 year, though.

 

[Y0GI]

"The newer 1TB platter Seagates eat the Blacks for lunch when it comes to speed, at 2/3 the price. The warranty is only 1 year, though."

I agree about the speed of the Seagate vs. WD Blacks, however in the USA the warranty on Seagate Barracuda is 2 years and on the SV35 series it is 3 years.

Yogi