If you are into gaming or backing up large volumes of data, having a fast desktop hard disk really makes a difference. Speed without capacity means nothing as you have to constantly swap hard disks during backup. This is where the dilemma comes in, is 7200rpm faster than 10,000rpm?
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As shown in the table below, the Seagate Barracuda outperformed the 10,000 rpm Western Digital VelociRaptor. Not to mention the capacity of the Seagate hard disk is 3TB. RPM is one of the many factors in speed, there is cache and build quality too.
| Capacity | RPM | R/W | Score (Higher Better) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD6000HLHX | 600 GB | 10,000 | 6 Gbit/s | 547 |
Seagate Barracuda | 3 TB | 7200 | 6 Gbit/s | 492 |
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD3000HLFS | 300 GB | 10,000 | 3 Gbit/s | 465 |
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 | 3 TB | 7200 | 6 Gbit/s | 436 |
Western Digital RE4 WD2003FYYS | 2 TB | 7200 | 3 Gbit/s | 429 |
Western Digital Caviar Black WD2001FASS | 2 TB | 7200 | 3 Gbit/s | 428 |
Seagate Barracuda XT | 3 TB | 7200 | 6 Gbit/s | 419 |
Samsung Spinpoint F3R HD103SJ | 1 TB | 7200 | 3 Gbit/s | 405 |
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C | 1 TB | 7200 | 3 Gbit/s | 400 |
Seagate Constellation ES | 2 TB | 7200 | 3 Gbit/s | 391 |
Western Digital bought Hitachi hard drive division at the end of 2011.
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Segate or WD for external hard disk 1TB?
Which 3TB. WD Caviar Green or Seagate Barracuda is the fastest withh the largest cache?
WD and Seagate would be the only 3.5” hard drive manufacturers… toshiba is too small and will have to either close shop or sell their HD division to either one of them.
Which Internall HDD is better Seagate or WD? i need it for my server for 24/7
what is the 3.5 hard disk power consumption? and dimension?
Which would be better as a scratch disk?
i think WD is better for backup for its quality and reliability
WD is better for backup