After running for 2 weeks. If normal room temperature, expect the hard disk to run around 40c to 44c.

Compared with Blue power, its at least cooler by 2c to 3c.

Means that ur 1TB C.Black run more cooler than Blue?
That's good, i tot the black out perform the blue in term of speed only...

Nope, Blue is cooler

Hey guys..i'm looking for the Hitachi 2.5" 5k500 500GB hardisk to upgrade my notebook hdd..
Where can i find it and how much?

U can go memory & drives section and do some survey there... http://forum.lowyat.net/Memory&Drives

This post has been edited by chanws8: May 13 2009, 12:13 AM

Rockrock shop where he work now sell Caviar Black 1 TB - 375 ...

Price drop at other shops as well.
Viewnet $379, Compuzone $380
Just FYI.

Just bought from Viewnet yesterday .. RM 180 due to April 2009 manufacture date.. Robyn on February 2009 ..

Ya, i think their price will drop again, bcoz the SSD is getting common soon...

Seagate 1TB got high performance one ?

one question here,

WD cavier black and green. which is more reliable? both 1TB. i need to replace my seagate crapacuda which fails me just after a several months

If it was that easy, you would also know that the Seagate Crapacuda was crap months ago.

Until somebody gathers statistics on thousands of hard disks across a wide variety of users, do the analysis and publish the results, all you will get for asking this question is random luck.

Here's three pieces of advice coming from Google's R&D. One, if a hard disk is good in the first three months, it is likely to be good for most of its expected lifespan. Two, SMART, as it is, does not help much in predicting hard disk failures. Three, hard disk load is not a good predictor in hard disk failure.

This post has been edited by everling: May 14 2009, 01:52 PM

still i dont understand how does it relate on which should i buy? i know seagate hdd was crap months ago but i check and my hdd wasnt affected. anyway i want to replace it but im not sure which HDD to choose. Cavier black or green

go for black if u got the $$.

The Cavier black is faster than green, but the green is running more cooler than black...
Choose either speed or temperature...

is gigabyte anvil reliable?

You shouldn't replace it if it is unaffected. And if it has already lasted more than three months, then it has passed Google's rule-of-thumb for hard disk reliability, making it is slightly more valuable than a fresh and untested hard disk.

If you intend to use the hard disks for mass storage (audio/video, images) then the Green is a good option because it performs well and is cheaper. If you need the most possible performance from a 1+ TB hard disk (gaming, OS), then you should take the Black.

yeah i know i shouldnt replace the firmware but then there is nothing i can do besides that. weird thing is that, after i updated to SD1A, windows is able to detect if for few minutes. so in order to backup my data, i need to transfer a few files/folder at a time before the HDD goes haywire again then i need to restart my pc again and start over. been doing this since yesterday in order to backup all my files

anyway, i think i'll go with black and i'll make a partition for my main drive (c drive) then the rest for storage, plus i'll install my games in it. do you think thats okay?

Hi

anybody bought WD mybook studio ext HDD (not studio 2)? i like to ask something

which HDD being used inside? is that caviar green or black? 16mb buffer or 32mb buffer?

detail not listed in WD offical webside...

This post has been edited by pds_disi: May 15 2009, 01:34 AM

sorry for noob question...
is it better to do partition on single hdd or better having another hdd..
purpose for storage n gaming...
if better do partition,gonna grab 1tb.if not mybe go for 160gb n 500gb
please comment..thanx