Thinking about getting this hard drive
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Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:07 pmby bryster126
It's basically a hard drive with a 6 gb (i think) ssd inside it that's used for cache. The thing's faster than a velociraptor in everyday situations [utube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuWdruZev8I[/utube]
the price is cheap at $130
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... entus%20xtShould i get it? i think it'd be a nice upgrade for me, anyone own it or have opinions?
performance charts
http://reviews.cnet.com/hard-drives/sea ... 09211.html
Re: Thinking about getting this hard drive
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Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:41 pmby ME.
so does the SDD part of it act like cache?
I hate seagate, i've had 3 of their HDDs die on me.
Re: Thinking about getting this hard drive
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Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:54 pmby bryster126
ME. wrote:so does the SDD part of it act like cache?
I hate seagate, i've had 3 of their HDDs die on me.
yep, it has adaptive memory tech. which basically is how cache works. Just checks which files are constantly read/write and puts them on the ssd
Re: Thinking about getting this hard drive
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Thu Jun 24, 2010 6:57 pmby (TKC)DigMe
ME. wrote:so does the SDD part of it act like cache?
I hate seagate, i've had 3 of their HDDs die on me.
Did you pursue warranty service and did Seagate replace them? I've had both WD and Seagate but I've never had any issues with each. Currently have WD in my PC.
bc
Re: Thinking about getting this hard drive
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Fri Jun 25, 2010 4:02 amby ME.
(TKC)DigMe wrote:ME. wrote:so does the SDD part of it act like cache?
I hate seagate, i've had 3 of their HDDs die on me.
Did you pursue warranty service and did Seagate replace them? I've had both WD and Seagate but I've never had any issues with each. Currently have WD in my PC.
bc
yea i got them replaced like 3 times each
Re: Thinking about getting this hard drive
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Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:03 amby (TKC) Slevin
You using that as you primary harddrive? or just a media drive?
Not that its a big deal but if its your primary, can you let me know what the windows index is (if you have windows 7) My computer should be up to a 7.8 or so but since i have a mechanical hdd is maxed out at 5.9
Re: Thinking about getting this hard drive
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Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:04 pmby bryster126
(TKC) Slevin wrote:You using that as you primary harddrive? or just a media drive?
Not that its a big deal but if its your primary, can you let me know what the windows index is (if you have windows 7) My computer should be up to a 7.8 or so but since i have a mechanical hdd is maxed out at 5.9
i don't have the drive, if i did have it then it would definitely be a primary hdd for boot times and app launches