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Is "bay 1" the fastest or something?
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 407805" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>All drives are not created equal. It could be the system bus, but probably not. When comparing drives of the same size and cache, the WD will beat the Seagate speed wise at almost every test thrown at them. There are some the Seagate will win.</p><p></p><p>Each brand typically excels at particular aspects. For the hardware enthusiast, researching drives is a major part of building a new system, since you're looking for a drive that is the fastest at your individual primary use. </p><p></p><p>If you're interested in looking at drive tests, just do a search of your 2 drives. Something like.... WD4000YR 7200.10 reviews ....just the model # of the 2 drives and the word reviews or try WD... vs 7200...</p><p></p><p>Some good sites for this are Arstechnica, Anandtech, extremetech, techspot, storagereview and others.</p><p></p><p>Some manufacturers make multiple drives of the same size - particularly WD. They may have 4 different drives, all 500GB, all 16MB cache. So what would be the difference between them? Why choose one over the other? These are a few of the places to check 'em out.</p><p></p><p>edit: And to rule out the system bus, you could always experiment by physically switching the position of the 2 drives.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 407805, member: 24160"] All drives are not created equal. It could be the system bus, but probably not. When comparing drives of the same size and cache, the WD will beat the Seagate speed wise at almost every test thrown at them. There are some the Seagate will win. Each brand typically excels at particular aspects. For the hardware enthusiast, researching drives is a major part of building a new system, since you're looking for a drive that is the fastest at your individual primary use. If you're interested in looking at drive tests, just do a search of your 2 drives. Something like.... WD4000YR 7200.10 reviews ....just the model # of the 2 drives and the word reviews or try WD... vs 7200... Some good sites for this are Arstechnica, Anandtech, extremetech, techspot, storagereview and others. Some manufacturers make multiple drives of the same size - particularly WD. They may have 4 different drives, all 500GB, all 16MB cache. So what would be the difference between them? Why choose one over the other? These are a few of the places to check 'em out. edit: And to rule out the system bus, you could always experiment by physically switching the position of the 2 drives. [/QUOTE]
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