Which of this is a better HDD for gaming?

[superman2233]

Hi, i want to buy an HDD for gaming, and i have 3 options of 2tb for around 75 usd. Can you tell me which one of this is better?

Seagate Barracuda
Seagate Constellation
Seagate SV35

Or if you know a better HDD for gaming around 75 usd and with 2tb can you give me a link?

 

[n0ns3ns3]

first two would be fine.
They are mechanical drives, so there is not much performance difference.
Get whatever comes with better warranty at lower price.

 

[Eric McElfresh]

Any of them are fine. Here's the thing, you're looking at HDDs, any difference in performance for "gaming" will be negligible, maybe 10 or 15 MB/s so it's not really something to concern yourself over. Just figure out which one has the best life span and call it a day.

A storage device, such as the HDD, only effects load times on load screens. It has no real impact on frame rates or connectivity to the servers. If you want to see any real difference in load times, you'll have to switch to a SSD, otherwise you're not realistically going to see a difference between any HDD you pick.

My advice; just pick the one with the best warranty / life span, and get a cheap 80GB SSD on the side to use as a "cache drive" if you can't afford a large SSD.

 

[superman2233]

Any of them are fine. Here's the thing, you're looking at HDDs, any difference in performance for "gaming" will be negligible, maybe 10 or 15 MB/s so it's not really something to concern yourself over. Just figure out which one has the best life span and call it a day.

A storage device, such as the HDD, only effects load times on load screens. It has no real impact on frame rates or connectivity to the servers. If you want to see any real difference in load times, you'll have to switch to a SSD, otherwise you're not realistically going to see a difference between any HDD you pick.

My advice; just pick the one with the best warranty / life span, and get a cheap 80GB SSD on the side to use as a "cache drive" if you can't afford a large SSD.

I already have a 120gb 840 EVO SSD, only with windows intalled, but what is that "cache drive" thing?

 

[Eric McElfresh]

Any of them are fine. Here's the thing, you're looking at HDDs, any difference in performance for "gaming" will be negligible, maybe 10 or 15 MB/s so it's not really something to concern yourself over. Just figure out which one has the best life span and call it a day.

A storage device, such as the HDD, only effects load times on load screens. It has no real impact on frame rates or connectivity to the servers. If you want to see any real difference in load times, you'll have to switch to a SSD, otherwise you're not realistically going to see a difference between any HDD you pick.

My advice; just pick the one with the best warranty / life span, and get a cheap 80GB SSD on the side to use as a "cache drive" if you can't afford a large SSD.

I already have a 120gb 840 EVO SSD, only with windows intalled, but what is that "cache drive" thing?

Okay, so just to clarify, you're looking to get a HDD to use as your drive to boot OS? or will it be storage? If you're just going to use an SSD as the primary for the OS, then don't even worry about it, because the SSD won't need a cache drive. The HDD would be the only one of the two (HDD vs SSD) to gain a benefit from a cache drive.