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PL1:
Has anyone had any experience with the WD Caviar Black drives?

Are there any advantages/disadvantages to the Asus Intel B85M-G motherboard compared to the MSI B85-G41 PC MATE motherboard or is the B85 chipset not a good choice?


Scott

othar:
i use 2 * 1To WD black in desktop computer... you can use Green model for a home computer... the difference is warranty 5 years on black, and only 3 on Green...

roknrol:
I have two WD Black 1TB drives. Very nice spindle drives and show a (slightly) noticeable difference in access speeds for the OS and programs. However, if you're really looking to make a significant difference in speed -- nothing beats an SSD.

WD Black Drives = Taking a 1989 Nissan Sentra and adding the Turbo package
SSD = Just buying the Corvette ZR1 in the first place

PL1:
I'm looking at the WD Caviar Black for reliability and capacity not speed.

The old system had an EIDE drive so that would have been like a Geo Metro, right?   :lol

The "Sentra" will be a nice step up without paying "Corvette" prices -- just wanted to be sure they aren't lemons like the -11 Seagates.  ;D


Scott

ark_ader:
If I was you I would look at buying a used mobo and cpu (Amd X2 something) and ram.  Keep XP going in your cabinet.  Windows 7 might have problems with older drivers.  Unless you are thinking of exploring the more intensive games that Mame supports.

In that case I should concentrate on getting an AMD A10 and an Asus MB with 16gb ram and one of those lovely Black WD drives.  I would get a ATI 7750 to complement the on board graphics.  Betcha it costs about $400 minus PSU (500W) and case.

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