Overlooked HDD

[New2me]

I have been reading here that a lot of poeple overlook getting a good Hdd, opting to upgrade system speed in other areas (CPU RAM mobo).

A few months ago when upgrading from a Pentium 333Mhz :D, the Hdd i chose was the WD 400BB.
40Gb is enough for me at present (most of my programs are on CDs) but what i'm not sure about is, should i get the WD 800Jb purely from a performance point of view?

IE what is the performance diff (% and real-life) between BB and JB drives? Or should i just wait for the next generation of Hdds?

I usually upgrade my PC every 1.5 to 2 years....... basically for the bigger performance Jump. But if this Hdd will improve overall performance, I'll get one. I use the PC mainly for entertainment (music, games) as well as study (University).

Thanks.

[CrashOveride]

I had a pretty decent jump in preformance when loading games and such, but it wasn't necassary. If you need the space go for it otherwise I would stick with what you have for a while.

[Yodums]

What kind of programs do you use? Do they depend on the HDD e.g. Rendering.

If not, then, there would be no reason to upgrade to a bigger size, and just for 8mb cache.

[New2me]

Originally posted by CrashOveride
I had a pretty decent jump in preformance when loading games and such, but it wasn't necassary. If you need the space go for it otherwise I would stick with what you have for a while.


That's what I'll do, thanks.


Originally posted by Yodums
What kind of programs do you use? Do they depend on the HDD e.g. Rendering.

If not, then, there would be no reason to upgrade to a bigger size, and just for 8mb cache.

I'm not using 3d max or anything that requires rendering etc, I use my system for Uni (programming, networking) as well as games, mp3s etc.

Thanks.

[Carnil]

If the hard drive is slowing down your rendering speed, you either are badly in need of installing more memory, or your scenes are so simple they're being rendered in realtime.