1. 2011-10-12, 06:10 PM #1
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    Question Hard Drive question

    What do you think of using a Seagate Momentus XT 500 GB as your primary drive in your computer?

    Yes, I know its normally a laptop hard drive but with the proper mount I can't see any real issues and people seem to like them.
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  2. 2011-10-12, 06:35 PM #2
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    Would probably be better off using a Spinpoint f3 as the primary drive and just getting a 30-64gb ssd for SRT. Would give you ssd speeds on a lot more applications vs the meager 4gb cache on the Momentus.
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    Quote Originally Posted by taekvideo View Post
    Would probably be better off using a Spinpoint f3 as the primary drive and just getting a 30-64gb ssd for SRT. Would give you ssd speeds on a lot more applications vs the meager 4gb cache on the Momentus.
    Good point but I normally don't like have split hard drives in a system.
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  4. 2011-10-12, 07:12 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Serialnerd View Post
    Good point but I normally don't like have split hard drives in a system.
    What do you mean split hard drives?
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    Quote Originally Posted by taekvideo View Post
    What do you mean split hard drives?
    OS on one HD, data on another. I just don't like doing that...more for personal reasons then any thing else. I think that is what you are referring to with SRT.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Serialnerd View Post
    OS on one HD, data on another. I just don't like doing that...more for personal reasons then any thing else. I think that is what you are referring to with SRT.
    He meant using the SSD as a cache device, to increase the speed of the system drive. You don't actually store anything on it, the OS handles it automatically.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Serialnerd View Post
    OS on one HD, data on another. I just don't like doing that...more for personal reasons then any thing else. I think that is what you are referring to with SRT.
    Using SRT works exactly like the hybrid drive, you just get a much bigger cache.
    You install everything on the HDD and it uses the ssd (up to 64gb) as a cache, the same way the hybrid drive uses its 4gb ssd as a cache.
    You need a z68 motherboard for SRT though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by taekvideo View Post
    Using SRT works exactly like the hybrid drive, you just get a much bigger cache.
    You install everything on the HDD and it uses the ssd (up to 64gb) as a cache, the same way the hybrid drive uses its 4gb ssd as a cache.
    You need a z68 motherboard for SRT though.
    I see what you mean now. A 64gb ssd will cost me over $100, even a 32gb will cost me about $70. Then I'd have to purchase a hard drive for $50 to $100...at that point I just might as well get a 120gb ssd for under $200.

    Its a good idea but the cost does not justify it as I see it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Serialnerd View Post
    I see what you mean now. A 64gb ssd will cost me over $100, even a 32gb will cost me about $70. Then I'd have to purchase a hard drive for $50 to $100...at that point I just might as well get a 120gb ssd for under $200.

    Its a good idea but the cost does not justify it as I see it.
    Depends what you are storing on the SSD. You can fill up a 64GB SSD pretty easily with WoW, Windows 7, and any other games. Doesn't leave you with a lot of room as far as media storage goes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Culadin View Post
    Depends what you are storing on the SSD. You can fill up a 64GB SSD pretty easily with WoW, Windows 7, and any other games. Doesn't leave you with a lot of room as far as media storage goes.
    It would fill up fast. But I would not get a 64gb, I would get a 120gb min and use my current HD as storage/backup.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Serialnerd View Post
    It would fill up fast. But I would not get a 64gb, I would get a 120gb min and use my current HD as storage/backup.
    What is your current hdd?
    You might be able to use that with SRT if it's decent.
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    Quote Originally Posted by taekvideo View Post
    What is your current hdd?
    You might be able to use that with SRT if it's decent.
    I thought of that after I read your post but It's about 5 years old now and it's just time for a upgrade.
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