Which Hard Drive?

I'm going to order my new Hard Drives tomorrow and want a few opinions.

I was going to order 2 x 500GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148136 Together both of
these drives will cost $240.
I've also been thinking about going with 1 x 1TB.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148274 This one drive
will cost $330.
The 500GB drives are 7200rpm 16mb Cache and the 1TB drive is 7200rpm
32mb Cache. Do you think the 32mb Cache is worth the extra $90. If I go
with the 2 x 500GB that would leave enough money to buy another 2GB RAM
for a total of 4GB then I would load Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
instead of 32bit. Or instead of the 2GB RAM I might buy another MSI
nVidia Geforce 8600gts and try my hand at SLi. Both of these options
will most likely come later but I could afford one or the other now if
I go with the 2 x 500GB instead of the 1 x 1TB Hard Drive.
Which Drive(s) would you buy?
2 x 500GB 7200rpm 16mb Cache
1 x 1TG 7200rpm 32mb Cache
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>
> I'm going to order my new Hard Drives tomorrow and want a few opinions.
>
> I was going to order 2 x 500GB
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148136 Together both of
> these drives will cost $240.
> I've also been thinking about going with 1 x 1TB.
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148274 This one drive
> will cost $330.

If you think 1TB will be enough disk space for you for the
foreseeable future, go with the 2x500GB. Important information can
be kept on both, for "backup". If all the data is important, the
answer is self evident.

> The 500GB drives are 7200rpm 16mb Cache and the 1TB drive is 7200rpm
> 32mb Cache. Do you think the 32mb Cache is worth the extra $90.

No. Caches size on a disk drive is a meaningless number. As long
as there is enough to function, more doesn't do anything.

> If I go
> with the 2 x 500GB that would leave enough money to buy another 2GB RAM
> for a total of 4GB then I would load Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit
> instead of 32bit.

Or you could save the money, ditch Vista altogether, and take your
SO out to dinner.

> Or instead of the 2GB RAM I might buy another MSI
> nVidia Geforce 8600gts and try my hand at SLi. Both of these options
> will most likely come later but I could afford one or the other now if
> I go with the 2 x 500GB instead of the 1 x 1TB Hard Drive.
> Which Drive(s) would you buy?
> 2 x 500GB 7200rpm 16mb Cache
> 1 x 1TG 7200rpm 32mb Cache

All things being equal, Seagate.


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