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Thanks Sope. That was quite an interesting read. WD Align was mentioned on the hard disk cover of Caviar Green that we saw, and I intended to read about it more. Seems like for multiple partitions, we have to use that software. Will read about the procedure.
Meanwhile, I was searching for Seagate 1 TB. I came across some posts on Seagate forum, which were not encouraging at all. One thread reported some kind of problem, with a 1 TB model and I think Seagate had released a firmware update for that, because of the issue. The guy ran into troubles even after that update. Another thread reported a problem in another 1 TB model of Seagate SATA. Now I am thinking of going for WD Caviar Green. Lets see, will read more. I am not keen on Seagate drives after reading about their problems. Maybe we will compromise a bit on performance with WD Caviar Green, but atleast they will be reliable.
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From what I can gather, if your main concern is speed of transcoding video files you would need to look at the system as a whole. Obviously CPU and RAM size/speed have a significant effect on this, more so than the HDD speed. A modern 5400rpm HDD with 64MB cache should be up to the task and it's debatable whether you would notice much difference with a 7200rpm disk instead. In addition, the lower rpm drives are said to be more reliable and run cooler than the faster ones.
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Not transcoding actually, but more of video editing. Although transcoding too will be there sometimes.
The system is P-IV with 1 GB of DDR2 RAM. We are also thinking of going for another 1 GB RAM, to increase it to 2 GB. That will also increase performance a bit. Yes, the Caviar Green drives are less noisy, cooler, and use less power than the Caviar Black ones, and are more reliable. I too am leaning towards WD Caviar Green at this moment.
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Yes, Sope, I am thinking along the same line as you, and inclining more towards WD Caviar Green. I think I will go for it, unless something else changes my mind in the meantime.
I have posted this on tomshardware too, and waiting for some replies there. But, its almost certain that WD will be the choice. Will do some more reading.
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