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10-06-2010, 06:09 PM
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#1 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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| Which 1tb HD?
Need some extra storage so I'm gonna pick up a new HD for my HTPC. Same price at $60 and same size 1TB.
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA2 3.5IN 8.5MS 7200RPM 32MB Hard Drive OEM
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Western Digital WD10EARS Caviar Green 1TB SATA 64MB Cache 3.5IN Hard Drive OEM
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10-06-2010, 06:27 PM
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#2 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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WD
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10-06-2010, 06:32 PM
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#3 | | MOD
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Western Digital
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10-06-2010, 06:53 PM
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#4 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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+1 WD
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10-06-2010, 07:00 PM
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#5 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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WD!, even though I'm using the Seagate 7200.12. Seagate slow like shit for some reason, but I use it for storage, so no biggie.
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10-06-2010, 08:05 PM
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#6 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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10-06-2010, 09:07 PM
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WD Black
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10-06-2010, 10:59 PM
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#8 | | Got MOD?
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WD. Blacks if you can afford them. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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10-07-2010, 04:44 AM
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#9 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Green is good for storage, I have a 1.5TB green. It's not hot and it reads around 85mb/s
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10-07-2010, 07:38 PM
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#10 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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ok thanks!!! going with the WD.
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10-07-2010, 08:25 PM
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#11 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Is the WD HD going to be to slow for the O/S?
I only use the HTPC for movies music and internet. No gaming.
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10-07-2010, 09:21 PM
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#12 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Originally Posted by westcoastgsr  Is the WD HD going to be to slow for the O/S?
I only use the HTPC for movies music and internet. No gaming. | Only when booting up. Greens are great for HTPC's becaus emost people leave them on 24/7.
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10-08-2010, 04:16 AM
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#13 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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storage and reliable...WD green
speed and performance....WD black
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10-08-2010, 01:38 PM
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#14 | | Got MOD?
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Originally Posted by asian_XL storage and reliable...WD green
speed and performance....WD black | I think it's more like:
WD Green: Low power, Quiet, Storage only
WD Black: Speed, Performance, reliability
Cause WD Black's come with 5 year warranty.  | |
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10-08-2010, 01:47 PM
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#15 | | I don't like cheese but I love milk!
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Seagate 7200.12
last time I did my HD research...7200.12 is a A LOT faster than WD Green, or Blue.
Actually quite a few benchmarks even show higher average read/write transfer rate than WD black..and the 7200.12 also runs cooler with less noise than WD black
I think seagate has gotten a very bad rep from their 7200.10/11 HD.
But I haven't heard or seen much complaint about the 7200.12 drive tho..
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10-13-2010, 09:58 PM
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#16 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Sorry to bump this, but I was curious. Do you guys notice that Seagate drivers are notoriously noisy? I keep hearing it churn in the background.
My Hitachi is whisper quiet. If WDs are the quietest out there, I'll invest in 1 to replace this Seagate.
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10-13-2010, 11:49 PM
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#17 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by nns Sorry to bump this, but I was curious. Do you guys notice that Seagate drivers are notoriously noisy? I keep hearing it churn in the background.
My Hitachi is whisper quiet. If WDs are the quietest out there, I'll invest in 1 to replace this Seagate. | I have 2 WD's i think and they are very quiet. I've had a few Seagates before but eventually it gets noisy.
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