So it's about time to get a larger hard disk. Will probably use this as my main system disk. Likely won't be doing any Raid setup as I've never really messed with it before. So it would probably be a single drive I'd be ordering.
Currently I'm using a WD 400GB Sata 3 drive which is great (nice and quiet too).
I'm considering these two drives:
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433
Price being the same on each, I've been looking at reviews and benchmarks. Unfortunately I seem to be finding conflicting information. Some sites seem to show the Barracuda being faster, and others show the Caviar Black as being faster.
My understanding is that the Seagate 7200.11 drives are the ones that had the Firmware issues. Supposadly the 7200.12 drives no longer are victim to this plague.
Anyone have any expert knowledge on which of these drives is the better drive performance wise? I'm sorta leaning toward the WD Caviar Black, as I've always had great luck with WD. I've had a single Seagate drive before, but their ownership in Maxtor bothers me. Every Maxtor drive I ever owned was a piece of junk, and noisy to boot.
My system is used 90% for gaming. I play Age of Conan right now, but sometimes will play Crysis, CoD, Farcry, etc depending on if I get bored. My current system specs are below in my sig.
Currently I'm using a WD 400GB Sata 3 drive which is great (nice and quiet too).
I'm considering these two drives:
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136284
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433
Price being the same on each, I've been looking at reviews and benchmarks. Unfortunately I seem to be finding conflicting information. Some sites seem to show the Barracuda being faster, and others show the Caviar Black as being faster.
My understanding is that the Seagate 7200.11 drives are the ones that had the Firmware issues. Supposadly the 7200.12 drives no longer are victim to this plague.
Anyone have any expert knowledge on which of these drives is the better drive performance wise? I'm sorta leaning toward the WD Caviar Black, as I've always had great luck with WD. I've had a single Seagate drive before, but their ownership in Maxtor bothers me. Every Maxtor drive I ever owned was a piece of junk, and noisy to boot.
My system is used 90% for gaming. I play Age of Conan right now, but sometimes will play Crysis, CoD, Farcry, etc depending on if I get bored. My current system specs are below in my sig.