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Just a note to people choosing large HDD's these days -- (OK I know SSD's are IN - but I'm thinking HDD for Media / shared files etc etc).
Apart from the capacity (and I'm considering > 2TB HDD's - things like 3,4,5 or even 6 TB).
The CHEAPEST one's are NOT the best value -- generally they have a small Cache and a low speed (5900 RPM seems usual on these HDD's).
Go for SATA III, at least a 64 MB Cache and AT LEAST 7200 RPM (10,000 RPM is better but these are probably out of budget).
If you buy cheaper slower HDD's with small cache sizes YOU WILL REGRET IT !!!! I'm still amazed at how many people haven't realized yet that slow HDD's can KILL a system stone dead.
Running things like servers (multi-media stuff), or VM's need DECENT HDD's unless you are a lottery winner and can afford Banks of SSD's !!!!.
Anyway just a timely warning to people who might be looking to upgrade their HDD's for larger models.
Cheers
jimbo
Just a note to people choosing large HDD's these days -- (OK I know SSD's are IN - but I'm thinking HDD for Media / shared files etc etc).
Apart from the capacity (and I'm considering > 2TB HDD's - things like 3,4,5 or even 6 TB).
The CHEAPEST one's are NOT the best value -- generally they have a small Cache and a low speed (5900 RPM seems usual on these HDD's).
Go for SATA III, at least a 64 MB Cache and AT LEAST 7200 RPM (10,000 RPM is better but these are probably out of budget).
If you buy cheaper slower HDD's with small cache sizes YOU WILL REGRET IT !!!! I'm still amazed at how many people haven't realized yet that slow HDD's can KILL a system stone dead.
Running things like servers (multi-media stuff), or VM's need DECENT HDD's unless you are a lottery winner and can afford Banks of SSD's !!!!.
Anyway just a timely warning to people who might be looking to upgrade their HDD's for larger models.
Cheers
jimbo
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