Opinions on WDC's 1T WD10EADS HD?

bratboy · Jan 13, 2009, 11:52 PM

Am considering these for my new rig but wondering if anyone has one and what your opinion of it is as a general all purpose HD. I found a cpl reviews that seemed to think it was a good drive but actual users probably have a better idea than a site that just runs some benches

mkk · Jan 14, 2009, 12:22 AM

They are a wee bit slow in the system drive role since they are 5400rpm drives after all, but if you're aiming for a really silent system it could be worth it. I'd prefer a WD Caviar Black or Samsung F1 for the system drive, then GreenPower/EcoGreen's for storage and such.

bratboy · Jan 14, 2009, 12:41 AM

Well the drives are for my new system I'm building. I mainly will be using the computer for school work, Vid editing, and playing a few games online.

I had already bought one st31000340as 1TB barracuda drive and was considering getting a second Seagate so that I could install Windows 7 on a seperate drive but when I went to newegg I saw that the Seagate apparently has a really bad/high failure rate and the last thing I need is for the drive to die halfway thru semester. I've only once had a WD drive go bad and WDC was great about getting me a replacement.

Additionaly the new system has a Core 2 Quad 6600 cpu, a Sapphire 4870x2 card and my PSU is 650 W Infinity by enermax so was thinking that the reduced power consumption with the WD drives & their 32 meg caches would be a benificial trade off for the slightly slower RPM.

Am I assuming wrong?

Jan 13, 2009, 11:52 PM	#1
bratboy HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Opinions on WDC's 1T WD10EADS HD? Am considering these for my new rig but wondering if anyone has one and what your opinion of it is as a general all purpose HD. I found a cpl reviews that seemed to think it was a good drive but actual users probably have a better idea than a site that just runs some benches

Jan 14, 2009, 12:22 AM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,490 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Re: Opinions on WDC's 1T WD10EADS HD? They are a wee bit slow in the system drive role since they are 5400rpm drives after all, but if you're aiming for a really silent system it could be worth it. I'd prefer a WD Caviar Black or Samsung F1 for the system drive, then GreenPower/EcoGreen's for storage and such.

Jan 14, 2009, 12:41 AM	Thread Starter #3
bratboy HardwareHeaven Newbie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 0	Re: Opinions on WDC's 1T WD10EADS HD? Well the drives are for my new system I'm building. I mainly will be using the computer for school work, Vid editing, and playing a few games online. I had already bought one st31000340as 1TB barracuda drive and was considering getting a second Seagate so that I could install Windows 7 on a seperate drive but when I went to newegg I saw that the Seagate apparently has a really bad/high failure rate and the last thing I need is for the drive to die halfway thru semester. I've only once had a WD drive go bad and WDC was great about getting me a replacement. Additionaly the new system has a Core 2 Quad 6600 cpu, a Sapphire 4870x2 card and my PSU is 650 W Infinity by enermax so was thinking that the reduced power consumption with the WD drives & their 32 meg caches would be a benificial trade off for the slightly slower RPM. Am I assuming wrong?