HDD for audio projects .

L

långben

New member
I bought some new HDD´s .
Which of these 2 are best as project drive ? 1 : WD RE 4 500 GB
2 : Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB
What I can see in the spec the difference is sata 6Gb/s on the Seagate and sata 3Gb/s on the WD .
Someone who knows more than I do ( I´m stupid at PC ) about HDD´s ???:)
 
Hi,
The 6/3Gb/s becomes irrelevant if your sata bus operates at 3Gb/s.

Even if it is a 6Gb/s bus, I'm not sure it's a critical decision. I'd just allocate the drives based on size.
If you'd rather have the 1TB for storage because there's more of it, do that. :)
 
Steeno nailed it. Both are 7200 rpm drives. I Guess one of them could have a higher cache but we're talking minimal differences in speed. I'd probably load up the 1tb just for the extra space.
 
Thanks !
Both have 64mb cache . I have 4 6Gb ports and 4 3Gb´s , I use 3 of the 6Gb for my 3 ssd-drives,
but if it doesen´t matter I choose the Seagate for projects ( it got nice reviews on Sweetwaters
website ).
I bought the WD RE4 for it´s low price and cause I never tried an enterprise drive before .
I can use the WD for tutorials etc.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top