Which Hard Drive is Best?

Which of these Hard Drives is Best?

73 GB Ultra320 SCSI 10,000 RPM
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 80Gbytes SATA 7200RPM

asked Dec 07 '10 at 13:16

George
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"which of these two is 'better'", or "which of these three or more is 'best'.

(Dec 07 '10 at 21:46) tsilb

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The 10000RPM will be better, providing it is reliable. I can't see why you would want to but an 80Gb 7200RPM Sata when aTB is only 60$.

answered Dec 07 '10 at 13:19

Tim Fontana
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I already own them both, I just dug them out of my parts box.

(Dec 07 '10 at 13:44) George

Than couldn't you just put both of them in your computer? Or are you using a computer that doesn't have more than two spaces available for hard drives?

(Dec 07 '10 at 18:33) catchatyou

I will put them both in my new Workstation PC, I was just wondering which is best for me to install XP Pro on. As I am making a dual boot system with XP Pro 32bit and Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.

(Dec 08 '10 at 16:10) George

0	Scsi hands down can outlive a SATA or PATA hard drive. thats why they cost more for smaller size drives SCSI raid 5+1 yea for speed , reliability answered Dec 07 '10 at 14:16 iscifitv 561●4●6●14

The 73 GB Ultra320 SCSI 10,000 RPM, I don't really trust Seagate.

Just the other day my dad bought me a Seagate Barracuda 1 TB internal by mistake, and costs 107$ and that was in special while a Western Digital costs 45 >.>

answered Dec 07 '10 at 14:25

Patxi
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That's not Seagate's fault...

(Dec 07 '10 at 15:02) edgy

0	Definitely the 73 GB Ultra320 SCSI 10,000 RPM That extra 2800RPM will read your files faster and allow your computer to run smoother and quicker. answered Dec 07 '10 at 18:47 Nomad 511●3●7●20

0	10000RPM will probably be more noisier than the 7200RPM to make up the speed advantage. answered Dec 07 '10 at 23:05 blackbird307 3.7k●52●65●105

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