Newegg has the Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Hybrid Drive for only $90 which looks like a pretty good deal to me. Now, I don't know too much about hard drives but I've ready a fair number of (generally positive) reviews of the product. Is the Momentus XT a better better choice than a cheap ($100) SATA 6.0 GB/s HDD? Or should I wait for a good sale on a 6.0 Gb/s? I've read that 6.0 GB/s doesn't mean much for non-SSD's, is that true?
Here's my build:
CPU: Intel i5 2500k
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 LGA 1155 Z68 ATX
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB
Video Card: Gigiabyte Ultra Durable VGA Series GV-R685OC-1GD Radeon HD 6850
Case: HAF 912
Power: Corsair Builder Series 600 Watt ATX 12V Power Supply
Optical Drive: ASUS 24X DVD Burner
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU Fan: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO
Sometime in the future, I'd like to get a SSD to run my OS/cache off of but I don't really have the budget to buy both a HDD and SSD at the moment (plus waiting will hopefully improve their price and reliability).
Here's my build:
CPU: Intel i5 2500k
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 LGA 1155 Z68 ATX
Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB
Video Card: Gigiabyte Ultra Durable VGA Series GV-R685OC-1GD Radeon HD 6850
Case: HAF 912
Power: Corsair Builder Series 600 Watt ATX 12V Power Supply
Optical Drive: ASUS 24X DVD Burner
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
CPU Fan: COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO
Sometime in the future, I'd like to get a SSD to run my OS/cache off of but I don't really have the budget to buy both a HDD and SSD at the moment (plus waiting will hopefully improve their price and reliability).