sortedford Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 I was just going to go buy a couple of Spinpoint TB's from ebuyer, but there all out of stock, so i was looking at a 2tb Hitachi: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/171763Anyone got any experience with these as i've not had an Hitachi branded one before. Or would i be better with one of these?http://www.ebuyer.com/product/166989 Samsung ECO green F2 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/149459 Seagate 1.5TB The 1.5's seem alot cheaper than the 2's so could be a good option for me to allow me to buy another at a later date, but what are the ECO's? and would i notice the difference between a 5900 and a 7200? its likely to have pictures, and maybe some games like the Sims? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Wouldn't notice much difference between 5400 and 7200rpm. If you want speed go for an SSD (solid state drive) but they are expensive!.Out of your choice, I'd go for the Samsung, purely for brand reasons (although I've not heard a bad thing about a Hitachi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 The green drives are slow. There is a big difference between 5400 and 7200 rpm in real world performance. Unless you have a specific requirement for a certain size drive, just buy whatever is cheapest per gigabyte of storage. Most likely 500gb or 1000gb drives fit the bill. I have a load of 500's to shift if you need a few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCCORNY11 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 The green drives are slow. There is a big difference between 5400 and 7200 rpm in real world performance. Unless you have a specific requirement for a certain size drive, just buy whatever is cheapest per gigabyte of storage. Most likely 500gb or 1000gb drives fit the bill. I have a load of 500's to shift if you need a few much for a 500gb drive? if its sata i have a pal who could do with a couple! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 The green drives are slow. There is a big difference between 5400 and 7200 rpm in real world performance. Unless you have a specific requirement for a certain size drive, just buy whatever is cheapest per gigabyte of storage. Most likely 500gb or 1000gb drives fit the bill. I have a load of 500's to shift if you need a few much for a 500gb drive? if its sata i have a pal who could do with a couple! I'm thinking along the lines of £35 each, posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCCORNY11 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 The green drives are slow. There is a big difference between 5400 and 7200 rpm in real world performance. Unless you have a specific requirement for a certain size drive, just buy whatever is cheapest per gigabyte of storage. Most likely 500gb or 1000gb drives fit the bill. I have a load of 500's to shift if you need a few much for a 500gb drive? if its sata i have a pal who could do with a couple! I'm thinking along the lines of £35 each, posted.sounds good to me ill see what he says about that! make and model are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwwd Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 The green drives are slow. There is a big difference between 5400 and 7200 rpm in real world performance. Unless you have a specific requirement for a certain size drive, just buy whatever is cheapest per gigabyte of storage. Most likely 500gb or 1000gb drives fit the bill. I have a load of 500's to shift if you need a few Would these do for a secondary HD on my PC? Do I need to check the spec of my machine or is it just plug and play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithyandco Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 I'm thinking along the lines of £35 each, posted.Do a little internet research £35 inc VAT delivered is the average price for a branded 500GB 7200RPM 16-32MB Cache SATA 3.0GB/s drive brand new with 1-3years warranty.Used/No warranty = £20 adverage Are these some sort of special 10,000rpm drives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 sounds good to me ill see what he says about that! make and model are they?Western Digital 'RE' drives (the expensive ones) Do I need to check the spec of my machine or is it just plug and play? If your PC has SATA ports they'll work. If not, you can buy SATA cards that slot in your PC for a fiver on ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithyandco Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 The green drives are slow. There is a big difference between 5400 and 7200 rpm in real world performance. Unless you have a specific requirement for a certain size drive, just buy whatever is cheapest per gigabyte of storage. Most likely 500gb or 1000gb drives fit the bill. I have a load of 500's to shift if you need a few Would these do for a secondary HD on my PC? Do I need to check the spec of my machine or is it just plug and play?If you have SATA and PATA ports (Both compatible with generic Windows drivers) on your motherboard then it will be a case of plug and play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 The green drives are slow. There is a big difference between 5400 and 7200 rpm in real world performance. Unless you have a specific requirement for a certain size drive, just buy whatever is cheapest per gigabyte of storage. Most likely 500gb or 1000gb drives fit the bill. I have a load of 500's to shift if you need a few much for a 500gb drive? if its sata i have a pal who could do with a couple! I'm thinking along the lines of £35 each, posted. wouldnt buy any HDD's off stu, he'll sucker you in and then not sell them to you at the last minute. dont think ive forgotten sunshine. im kidding of course. depending on what you need them for, the sammy eco greens are excellent drives. i bought 2x1Tb's for backup storage (therefore the slower speeds arent a problem for me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 The green drives are slow. There is a big difference between 5400 and 7200 rpm in real world performance. I disagree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 The green drives are slow. There is a big difference between 5400 and 7200 rpm in real world performance. I disagree I guess it must then depend on what 'real world' you live in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 I guess so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveB Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 There is a big difference between 5400 - 7200 spindle speed drives, but whether you notice or not depends on what kind of task you are doing. Everyday stuff you probably will only notice a difference while the machine is booting up - just wait until you try copying an uncompressed video file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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