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Post Date: 2009-07-27
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    Posted: 27 Jul 2009 at 11:41pm
hey all! have a quick question. is a 1tb (7200) HD slower than a 500gig (7200) HD? or is it even that noticeable? the reason i ask is b/c i seriously doubt i will ever use 1tb. so if i can save a few bucks and not sacrifice speed, then i would rather get the 500 gig. thanks for yalls help. bout to buy a pc from DSO and just have a few questions. Thanks!Cool
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Seek time is slower, yes.
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Thanks for the reply. So I guess it won't affect game performance?
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I'm not sure if the difference is even big enough to notice, go with the 500GB

is there a difference in seektime? they both seem to have a 8.9ms

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It matters the model. The WD 1T black or RE3, vs the WD 500 blue? then the 1T models are nearly twice as fast, over the 500 gb black model, then the 1T is only 20%-40% faster.
 
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justin what is the read/write speed of 1TB wd black vs a 32MB cache 500GB wd blue?

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http://www.storagereview.com/php/benchmark/suite_v4.php?typeID=10&testbedID=4&osID=6&raidconfigID=1&numDrives=1&devID_0=368&devID_1=315&devCnt=2
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Posts: 36758 		  Quote DST4ME Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 28 Jul 2009 at 3:56pm
justin that is a 16MB cache, not the 32MB cache. even in the 16MB cache I don't see where the avagarge read and write speed is twice as slow or anything like that.

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You will see the same slow down with a 500 Gb. Less drives= less problems. lol need 5Tb drives. lol
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