Which boot drive ?

[flash23]

I currently have Seagate ST3500410AS 500gb 7200rpm 16mb installed in my system, I have bought a new Seagate ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache .
Which one should I install my OS for best performance if I need to format my PC in future ?

 

[rite]

Seagate 7200.12 without a shadow of doubt

 

[flash23]

they both are 7200.12 but 500gb one or the 1TB one ?

 

[ayanavish]

500 GB one, but ideally, you could try a 80 GB SSD for better experience.

Edit: 1 TB one, overlooked the 32 MB cache

 

[rite]

1 TB one because it has 32 mb cache.

 

[tech_bot]

+1

for 1TB (32MB buffer/cache)

 

[CA50]

i think the 1TB one will be better because it has got more buffer so better performance

 

[flash23]

You guys are correct the 1 Tb hdd is way faster than my old 500gb it has double the cache.

Transfers within the same drive are like 35-40mbps for 500gb one while for the 1tb its 90-100mbps

Another great news the hard disk that I bought is actually ST31000524AS which is 6gbps. I know that everyone at least some of them are saying that the whole 6Gbps is a marketing ploy but when I connected my friends 3gbps variant the transfers were a bit slower.

 

[jaydeee]

I would go on 500GB. this is more than enough for the operating system.

1T for other files which would need faster file access.