[saadkhan]

Which one should I go for?

Samsung F3 (HD103SJ) 1TB Sata II 3.0gb/s 32MB cache (The fastest 7200rpm drive there was up to a few months ago)

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173804

or the newer Western Digital Black (WD6402AAEX) 640GB Sata III 6.0gb/s 64MB cache (performance worth the price/gb?)

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/198228

Are there any other newer and faster HDD's out there (not SSDs, can't afford them yet). My Budget is up-to £70 ($100).

Thanks

P.S. I'll also get a Asus U3S6 Usb 3.0 Sata III adapter if the later drive is considerably faster.

 

[kRze.baLLiN!]

Best bang for the buck are the Samsung F3 or the WD Blacks, sata II. If you have to buy a SATA III drive, you'll have to buy the adapter for it to get it to its full potental, and thats more $$$.

 

[saadkhan]

Will it be noticeably faster though (with the adapter)?

 

[letsgetiton]

I'd go with the WD they will make SATA III MBs some day. But it will be good for a upgrade once they do come out.

 

[saadkhan]

Not thinking on upgrading my MB anytime soon

 

[Danny Boy]

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Originally Posted by letsgetiton I'd go with the WD they will make SATA III MBs some day. But it will be good for a upgrade once they do come out.

there are already a couple sata 3 mb's on newegg....

 

[SyncMaster753]

sata 3 is only really necessary SSD's,

If your motherboard doesn't support it, i'd just get sata II hdd's. The difference in mechanical drives is negligible

 

[saadkhan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SyncMaster753 sata 3 is only really necessary SSD's, If your motherboard doesn't support it, i'd just get sata II hdd's. The difference in mechanical drives is negligible

Thanks, that's helped me make my decision.

 

[DuckieHo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by kRze.baLLiN! Best bang for the buck are the Samsung F3 or the WD Blacks, sata II. If you have to buy a SATA III drive, you'll have to buy the adapter for it to get it to its full potental, and thats more $$$.

No... you won't get any real benefit with a SATA 6Gbps HDD.. so you can continue to use your SATA 3Gbps controller. You might see a slight increase in burst rate... but that's not really important.

 

[HuffPCair]

F3 I will never use another HDD. Best 1tb drives I have ever owned. They are amazing at performance and the noise level is super low.

 

[saadkhan]

Thanks

 

[CravinR1]

never mind I was wrong

 

[spinejam]

 

[LiLChris]

Quote:

Originally Posted by SyncMaster753 sata 3 is only really necessary SSD's, If your motherboard doesn't support it, i'd just get sata II hdd's. The difference in mechanical drives is negligible

jumping in here...should i bother getting a SATA III adapter since i do have a SSD?

 

[quentin]

Quote:

Originally Posted by LiLChris jumping in here...should i bother getting a SATA III adapter since i do have a SSD?

No, unless you have the Crucial C300. Assuming you're talking about your x-25, it's controller was designed on Sata 3gbps, you wouldn't see any benefit if you were to put it on a Sata 6gbps adapter. All consumer SSDs approach the limits of Sata 3gbps but they aren't quite limited by it yet (with the exception of course being the C300); soon we'll see more consumer SSDs with Sata 6 capable speeds, but right now there's only one. Top of the lines hard drives barely max out Sata 1.5, only kissing Sata 3gbps when conditions are perfect.

 

[eflyguy]

F3.

There is no benefit to SATA III at the moment, as no current hard drive technology (even SSD) exceeds the capability of SATA II.
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