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gman314:

This thread is related to my other one in which I explained that my HDD refuses to boot at this point (I am currently working on it).

I was wondering if anyone has any HDD recommendations.  My "currently non-working" drive is a 1TB Seagate.

I picked up this Western Digital drive from my local Best Buy (not much of a selection), but am having second thoughts about taking it out of the box: http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-3-5-Inch-Internal-Desktop/dp/B0047QSUB4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1348509952&sr=8-2&keywords=Western+Digital+Caviar+Green+WDBAAY5000ENC-NRSN+500+GB

500 gb is all that I need, but I am worried about the fact that it is only 5400 rpm.  I will be using it primarily to run Mame and various console emulators (the most powerful of which probably are Zinc, Project64, and Visual Pinball).  For what I will be using it for, will the rpms have that much of an impact?  Thanks.

dekar24k:

HDD only matters in terms of boot time and loading time. When the game is loaded, it is loaded into RAM, so it won't be needing to access the HDD (because of its rather small size, compared to later PC games that are 4-10+ GB) and it therefore won't cause any slowdowns if your drive is slow. I'd still grab a 7200RPM drive, but you won't really suffer with the 5400RPM drive either.

mytymaus007:

I would get a 60 or 128 gig SD HD its amazing the boot time is so fast and your up and running in no time.  Load the OS on the SD drive and the frontend and leave roms on the 5400rpm drive you'll be happy!

lilshawn:

the WD green drive run at 5400 and spin up to 7200 when access is needed IIRC. They call it intellipower.

the larger 32mb cache of the green will help with access times.

i stick mainly with the WD blue cause they are cheaper...but the green is more likely to last longer due to the spinup/spindown power saving features etc.

the green and blue drives have a 2 year warranty

AV and RED drives have a 3 year

the blacks velociraptors come with a 5 year warranty.

Unstupid:

get one that doesn't spin!  ;)

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