1.5tb/2tb Best Bang for the buck?

[ciku]

I'm trying to buy an internal hdd and I have been looking for deals and I see hitachi's are the cheapest... are these good? I have only use them for laptops.

[BossBorot]

1.5tb drives offer a better price per gig and thus are better "bang for the buck" drives.

Due to my file server always growing and different drives being cheaper at certain times I have quite a mix of 1.5tb drives. Out of the four 1.5tb drives currently on the market I like the Samsung F2 Eco green the best for most uses and it typically has a great price attached to it to boot.

Currently you can get one in store at Frys or Microcenter for $100 and $98 respectively. Alternatively if you buy two at newegg you get each for $100 w/ free ship before bing if you go that route.

If you have more in depth questions regarding specific drives I can give more a tailored response.

edit: what are you going to be using the drive for?

[meionm]

I was looking at 2tb western digital but on ebay. One person there has listing through auction every day and they usually end like at $165 with shipping.

[ciku]

I'm going to use it to attach to my LG Bluray BD390 Player thru usb... I was using a wd 1tb black with a nice rosewill black w/ fan enclosure but my bro ninja'd it :( he borrowed it, brought it to canada.

1.5tb drives offer a better price per gig and thus are better "bang for the buck" drives.

Due to my file server always growing and different drives being cheaper at certain times I have quite a mix of 1.5tb drives. Out of the four 1.5tb drives currently on the market I like the Samsung F2 Eco green the best for most uses and it typically has a great price attached to it to boot.

Currently you can get one in store at Frys or Microcenter for $100 and $98 respectively. Alternatively if you buy two at newegg you get each for $100 w/ free ship before bing if you go that route.

If you have more in depth questions regarding specific drives I can give more a tailored response.

edit: what are you going to be using the drive for?

I'm looking at 7200 rpms but I don't think it matters if I use a 5400 / 5900 ones...

[BossBorot]

usb will be the limiting factor not the drive itself with regards to speed. For that situation 7200rpm drives are overkill. I would go for a slower rpm drive to save power and reduce heat output

[Mr.Guvernment]

do 5400 drives realyl save that much more power and heat from 7200?


and yes, USB your only going to get maybe max around 26MB/s and that is on a good USB controller / casing.

[BossBorot]

do 5400 drives realyl save that much more power and heat from 7200?

at the 1.5tb level slower rpm drives show power savings of about 10-40% when compared to the 7200rpm alternative. Heat savings are small but noticeable when I feel my drives.

when speed isn't a concern there is no almost no reason not to get a lower rpm drive

[ciku]

well to play x264 movies thru usb is fine, I only like the driver faster when copying the movies from my pc to external hdd thru esata :)

[scoobydoo]

i just had to transfer 2tb using usb2.0->usb2.0, took me 32 hours:(

the $75-80 1tb drives that come with the free hard drive dock on newegg are a good value

i bought 2 for $150 and sold the 2 docks for $40 so average $55 each:)

[Mr.Guvernment]

well to play x264 movies thru usb is fine, I only like the driver faster when copying the movies from my pc to external hdd thru esata :)

for most yes, but USB is hitting the upper limit for any good x264 content, i have seen 28MB+ x264 content.

[MadMan007]

at the 1.5tb level slower rpm drives show power savings of about 10-40% when compared to the 7200rpm alternative. Heat savings are small but noticeable when I feel my drives.

when speed isn't a concern there is no almost no reason not to get a lower rpm drive

Percent savings sound impressive but the absolute savings are tiny at just a few watts.

[ciku]

for most yes, but USB is hitting the upper limit for any good x264 content, i have seen 28MB+ x264 content.

hmmm I don't believe so.... I am using a 240mhz tv (motion flow plus) and full 7.1 and streaming via usb 1080p with dts without any hiccups. These files are around 14-20gigs.

[ou_phidelt]

Percent savings sound impressive but the absolute savings are tiny at just a few watts.

Agreed. The percentages may be big but you'll save 10 times as much turning off a light bulb.