wreckless

Building a rig for my bro, and since he wants instant speeds / load times, i told him wait till ssd's come down in price and for now get one of the following:

WD 640GB Caviar Black
WD 750GB Caviar Black
WD 1TB Caviar Black

the thing is, they are all around the same price.. but i remember hearing when i did my research for my rig below was that the 640gb are actually the fastest? is this true, or are all 3 the same in terms of windows app speed.

also, while waiting for ssd, if he still wants instant, should he get a vraptor for now? or is the vraptor not noticeably faster than a regular caviar black?

last thing, if you know a new 640gb-1tb drive that is faster than the caviar blacks let me know!!!

Thanks!

Cryptedvick

they are about the same speed ... get the 1TB.

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Deano12345

Samsung F3 1TB will beat WD 1TB and be a little cheaper





Edit : 640Gb will feel the fastest most likley,due to the lowest response time

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Deviance

They are all about the same, might as well get the 1TB, and yes, a Vraptor will out perform any of those Caviar Blacks, noticeably.

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candy_van

OP, good plan; I'd just get the 1TB since it will just be used for storage once said SSD is acquired

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wreckless

i've heard there are newer drives for a lot less than a vraptor that are just as quick, is this true?

Deviance

I know the 2TB's are just as fast if not a bit faster than the Vraps, but I think the Vraps still hold their own in smaller space categories (less than 1TB). Stick with Candy_Van's advice, pair the 1TB WD Black with that SSD you're planning on and you'll be golden.

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zodac

Out of the 3 drives, the 1TB is slightly faster than the 640GB (334GB on 3 platters vs 320GB on 2 platters for the 640GB). But the Samsung F3 1TB would be faster than them all. If possible, get that.

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I know it's just one review- but bit-tech are (IMO) one of the better, unbiased, and in-depth review sites out there.
Bit tech review of Sammy F3
shows the F3 beating the VR on several tests (HDTach and FC-TestMP3/ISO) but lagging very slightly on Vista Bootup and Crysis load times (what they call "real world performance");
and performing "meh- not so well" on IOmeter.
From theirConclusion and Analysis...
Unfortunately, I don't think it's available in CA just yet (at least I couldn't find it @ NE.ca or NCIX
Cheers & GL

[Edit] BTW the F3 is on 2x 500GB platters

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