750gb Seagate Vs WD

[bbq]

750gb 7200.11 Vs 750gb GreenPower which one is better in performance people?

Thank you

[Warren G]

teh seagate since its 7200rpm i believe. However the 640gb WD should be faster than both since its only 2 platters.

[bbq]

teh seagate since its 7200rpm i believe. However the 640gb WD should be faster than both since its only 2 platters.

do we have 750gb or 1terabyte version with 2 platters ?

[Warren G]

3 platter 1tb WD drives just came out. there are no 2 platter 1tb drives I believe.

[bbq]

we have 2 models of 1Tb drive

WD10EVCS and WD10EACS which one is 3 platters?
anyway none of them is faster than wd 640Gb version right?

[Randyman...]

Where are the >1TB drives? :)

PS - I'm happy with my 750GB 7200.11's in RAID-5...

[Krypto]

There is a particular Seagate 750GB that has 32MB Cache. I would prefer that over the 16

[bbq]

I've heard that cache isn't that important that is why reviewers don't mention about cache.

[Warren G]

we have 2 models of 1Tb drive

WD10EVCS and WD10EACS which one is 3 platters?
anyway none of them is faster than wd 640Gb version right?

none of those are 3 platters. I can't recall the model # of the 3 platter 1tb WD harddrives. I know Samsungs are the F1 green models. And yes none of them is faster than the wd640gb

As far as cache goes, I believe it applies to transferring large files.

[silencer51]

It goes like this:

WD640 > Seagate 750-1TB > WD 1TB (5400rpm)

The 7200.11 750GB drive with 32mb cache is blazingly fast but you have to be careful when shopping online for it, some are made in China and some in Thailand. The Chinese drives are mostly DOA or clicking :(

[Warren G]

Heres a great article on benching a 8mb and 16mb cache harddrive:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/understanding-hard-drive-performance,1557-14.html

in conclusion, there is no significant improvement with bigger cache.

[Krypto]

Heres a great article on benching a 8mb and 16mb cache harddrive:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/understanding-hard-drive-performance,1557-14.html

in conclusion, there is no significant improvement with bigger cache.

I beg to differ.....

Cache is the buffer memory between the controller and the Hard Drive. The more cache it has the faster data fetching or accessing on the Hard Drive will be.

Think of the same concept with CPUs. Hence why we go for the higher on die cache processors.

[tuskenraider]

I beg to differ.....

Cache is the buffer memory between the controller and the Hard Drive. The more cache it has the faster data fetching or accessing on the Hard Drive will be.

Think of the same concept with CPUs. Hence why we go for the higher on die cache processors.That's all great theory, but in the end, it matters which drive is fastest as a total package and I don't see any 32MB cache drives tops in performance.

[bbq]

That's all great theory, but in the end, it matters which drive is fastest as a total package and I don't see any 32MB cache drives tops in performance.

yup, i agree.