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I have not had good experience with WD Blue or for that matter Seagate, I would instead get the WD black. WD Blue did save battery so if you work away from a plugin point and keep backups ... go...
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004MME0N0/
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Oh I just noticed. Very close in name. Now I don't feel as bad. :-)
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never buy a seagate hard drive. Pure garbage. You will get the beeping of death after a few months use.
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Dammit! I just bought the 500GB for $50 on newegg like 2 days ago. Oh well...
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OK, this is a lot of info. But I'm only considering two drives.
The 7200 750GB Seagate Momentrus and the 5400 1TB WD Blue. Assuming the same price, is there any reason to go with the lower...
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In for twenty. *beep* *beep* *beep*
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Just picked up two of them. Thanks!
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Isn't SSD the future ?!?
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Advice please. For a primary hard drive, assuming both drives are the same price, would you go with this Seagate or this WD Blue 1TB drive - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005L2O3C8
Even though...
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I don't use the computer this is going into for anything serious anymore. I moved that mostly do the Macs. The heaviest use this laptop gets anymore is ripping CDs and DVDs, and then copying them to...
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Damn it, just received the two WD black for $69 each I bought a few days ago. Prices keep getting lower by the day. Who knows what we'll see on Fri/Mon... ;-)
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If you need 1TB of capacity, you only have one choice. If you don't, this will be a little faster. Higher density is faster for sequential read, but real-world perception is a matter of random reads....
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I think that was a hybrid SSD/HD. This is just a mechanical hard drive.
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NewEgg has a Scorpio black 7200RPM for $69, but I chose Seagate after reading reviews for WD.
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https://slickdeals.net/f/5520400-TigerDirect-com-Black-Friday-750GB-Seagate-ST9750420AS-Momentus-2-5-Laptop-Hard-Drive-54-99
This same drive is going to be $5 cheaper on BF.
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I also thought this was the XT version for a moment.
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Yup. SSD is the future, but 750GB ssd costs a lot of money.
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Then I would recommend go with best GB/$ and highest capacity you can get.
Also depending on I/O of motherboard you are using - SATA II (3Gb) / III(6Gb) will give you a boost or not. Both drives...
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Good deal, into my PS3 with this one.
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Short answer no.
Speed - Yes and no depending on what benchmark you look at but very close from your usage profile