Need a new HDD; suggestions welcome/needed

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  1. Skiddywinks

    Skiddywinks Ancient Guru

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    Hey people. Looking for a well priced, fast, 250GB-300GB (somewhere around that area) HDD for my new build. It does not have to be incredibly fast, but it has to be a good performer.

    Was looking at the Seagate Barracuda ES.2, but read a review that showed it in a not too great light.

    Any ideas guys/girls?

    I plan on buying a SSD in the future for Windows etc, so like I say, this one doesn't have to be amazing, just good.
     
  2. Sprig

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    Wouldn't it be cheaper to get a 500GB HDD? the case maybe different where you are but here the best price (price per gig) and lowest price HDD's are the 500 GB drives by WD and Seagate. I find both perform reasonably well.
     
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    Skiddywinks Ancient Guru

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    Well a 250GB ES2 is about £40 here, so if you have a decent performing HDD with more storage for a similar price, I am all ears.
     
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    meh i have Seagate Barracudas and they are very fast ...no matter what reviews say they are good hdds in my book
     
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    Thanks for the inputs guys.

    That's one other guy going for the ES2. I will have a deeper look into the Caviars as well.
     
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    http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130826

    Looks good for the price, 500GB space as well :)

    Personally, I would trust Seagate more than anyone at the moment (and nearly all the HDDs I've used in the past have been by Maxtor as well lol)
     
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  8. Skiddywinks

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    Hey damn, that does look good.

    Cheers!
     
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    thats the same one im using :)
     
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    Lol, what a coincidence then, kylzer :)

    Skiddywinks, no problem :)
     

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    a coincidence of epic proportions :D
     
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    You're kidding right? You'd turn down a 640GB drive far superior in EVERY aspect (except Seagate's warranty, yeah yeah) to that outdated 500GB because it's like 5 bucks cheaper? Did I miss something? :D
     
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    never had any problems with them plus the Seagate*DiscWizard is why i keep with it :)

    i hate fresh installs
     
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    Oh by all means, great drives. What I said was directed at Skiddy in his current situation. If one were to buy a drive TODAY and pick between the two, I just think it's a very obvious choice.
     
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    I personally use Seagate.

    I currently have in my rig, series 7200.10 and 7200.11 and they are pretty good.

    Cheers,
     

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    I know it's quite naive to say this, but in the past I have heard of and seen myself Western Digital HDDs failing often, so that's the reason I don't trust them, but whatever, that's just me ;)
     
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    I doubt I would even use 500GB, much less over 600, and the Segate has double the cache. Simple really. I only wanted 250GB or so in the first place.
     
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    I don't use a hell of a lot of my 500gb either, but it's nice to have the extra space there for when I may need it :)
     
  19. BlackZero

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    That's what I thought and now I have around a Tb and that's quickly running out :(
     
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    Honestly, me and my two brothers share this computer, and between us we don't even have 250GB of space used up.
     

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