Western Digital Caviar Black wd5001aals Vs Seagate Barracuda ST3500418AS

JamesMore · 11-03-09, 10:05 PM

2 Disks setup for Raid 0 for windows drive what do you think would be better and why ?

Both 500gig but only one come as standard with a single patter.

MattNo5ss · 11-03-09, 10:27 PM

Look for high platter density and cache.

The 500GB Black has 2x250GB platters, so the 640GB (2x320GB) or 1TB (3x334GB) would be a better WD choice.

I don't know much about the Seagate drive though.

JamesMore · 11-03-09, 11:08 PM

I think the blacks have 32mb Cache and the Seagate's have 16mb, Seagate has a single 1x50GB platters. There is a WD5001AALS-00L3B2 that has a single platter but its very hard to find.

Hookem · 11-04-09, 10:26 PM

I ordered 2 500gigger's from Directron.

Sent an email to Customer Service and they currently stock the WD5001AALS-00L3B2

"Customer_Service to me
show details 4:20 PM (5 hours ago)

We currently stock the 00L3B2 model. Thank you!"

Any review's on the 2 drives ???

Guess I will go a googlin...Even though I am a skeeerd of Segate.

Makes me have flashbacks of the "DeathStar" IBM days.

JamesMore · 11-04-09, 11:43 PM

Nice buy Hookem :-0

yer I remember the DeathStar days (we had about 10 clients on them) I hope Seagate just had a bad run on the older disks.

I picked up 2 Seagates for $46, I received my case and 1TB Black for storage today. If you are going to raid your disk do you want to bench ? ( I still need to buy my motherboard and GPU/Memory/PSU)

Hookem · 11-05-09, 12:09 AM

Yeah sure...I should have them tomorrow ans will set them up as single drives and then a Intel Matrix RAID-0 and post some screenies as single drives and the RAID-0 array.

I have some screenies of the 640 Blacks somewhere...Guess I can run those also since they are in the same box the 500 Blacks are going in.

Hookem · 11-05-09, 05:46 AM

Just to be on the same page:

Asus P5Q Pro Turbo...Intel Socket 775 Q9550.

Raid-0 will be created on the Intel Matirx controller.

Still aint figured out what the "express gate" and all that business is about...Wishing I would have bought a Giga-Byte board.

But oh well !!!!!

JamesMore · 11-13-09, 01:39 AM

Got my board and should have PSU some time next week, had to buy some longer Sata cables.

11-03-09, 10:05 PM	#1
JamesMore Member Join Date: Apr 2009	Western Digital Caviar Black wd5001aals Vs Seagate Barracuda ST3500418AS 2 Disks setup for Raid 0 for windows drive what do you think would be better and why ? Both 500gig but only one come as standard with a single patter.

11-03-09, 10:27 PM	#2
MattNo5ss Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: AL	Look for high platter density and cache. The 500GB Black has 2x250GB platters, so the 640GB (2x320GB) or 1TB (3x334GB) would be a better WD choice. I don't know much about the Seagate drive though. __________________ Windows 7 Pro x64 Antec Nine Hundred Intel E8400 E0 @ 4.335GHz, 1.28v Xigmatek HDT-s1283 & Panaflo U1 Gigabyte EP45-UD3P v1.6, FB G.Skill 2x2GB DDR2-1066 eVGA GeForce 8800GTX Intel X25-M G2 80GB & WD Caviar Black 640GB PC Power & Cooling 750W Silencer Heatware

11-04-09, 10:26 PM	#4
Hookem Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston Texas	I ordered 2 500gigger's from Directron. Sent an email to Customer Service and they currently stock the WD5001AALS-00L3B2 "Customer_Service to me show details 4:20 PM (5 hours ago) We currently stock the 00L3B2 model. Thank you!" Any review's on the 2 drives ??? Guess I will go a googlin...Even though I am a skeeerd of Segate. Makes me have flashbacks of the "DeathStar" IBM days. __________________ If you build it...They will come...and I will crash it!!! Switching to Intel Lian-Li PC-7B Plus II...Blue UV cables, fans and sleeving, Corsair HX5650W, Asus P5Q PRO Turbo, Intel Q9550, Scythe Mugen 2, 2x4 G.Skiell PC64000 DDR2, 640 WD OS Drive, 2 640 Blacks RAID-0, Audiotrak Prodigy HD2, Vantec SATA EzSwap, Mitsumi floppy, Lian-Li card reader, Lian Li T4, Dell whatever 20" LCD, AudioEngine 5's. In progress build. Last edited by Hookem; 11-04-09 at 10:29 PM. Reason: tyop

11-05-09, 12:09 AM	#6
Hookem Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston Texas	Yeah sure...I should have them tomorrow ans will set them up as single drives and then a Intel Matrix RAID-0 and post some screenies as single drives and the RAID-0 array. I have some screenies of the 640 Blacks somewhere...Guess I can run those also since they are in the same box the 500 Blacks are going in. __________________ If you build it...They will come...and I will crash it!!! Switching to Intel Lian-Li PC-7B Plus II...Blue UV cables, fans and sleeving, Corsair HX5650W, Asus P5Q PRO Turbo, Intel Q9550, Scythe Mugen 2, 2x4 G.Skiell PC64000 DDR2, 640 WD OS Drive, 2 640 Blacks RAID-0, Audiotrak Prodigy HD2, Vantec SATA EzSwap, Mitsumi floppy, Lian-Li card reader, Lian Li T4, Dell whatever 20" LCD, AudioEngine 5's. In progress build.

11-05-09, 05:46 AM	#7
Hookem Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston Texas	Just to be on the same page: Asus P5Q Pro Turbo...Intel Socket 775 Q9550. Raid-0 will be created on the Intel Matirx controller. Still aint figured out what the "express gate" and all that business is about...Wishing I would have bought a Giga-Byte board. But oh well !!!!! __________________ If you build it...They will come...and I will crash it!!! Switching to Intel Lian-Li PC-7B Plus II...Blue UV cables, fans and sleeving, Corsair HX5650W, Asus P5Q PRO Turbo, Intel Q9550, Scythe Mugen 2, 2x4 G.Skiell PC64000 DDR2, 640 WD OS Drive, 2 640 Blacks RAID-0, Audiotrak Prodigy HD2, Vantec SATA EzSwap, Mitsumi floppy, Lian-Li card reader, Lian Li T4, Dell whatever 20" LCD, AudioEngine 5's. In progress build.

11-03-09, 11:08 PM	#3
JamesMore Member Join Date: Apr 2009	I think the blacks have 32mb Cache and the Seagate's have 16mb, Seagate has a single 1x50GB platters. There is a WD5001AALS-00L3B2 that has a single platter but its very hard to find.

11-04-09, 11:43 PM	#5
JamesMore Member Join Date: Apr 2009	Nice buy Hookem :-0 yer I remember the DeathStar days (we had about 10 clients on them) I hope Seagate just had a bad run on the older disks. I picked up 2 Seagates for $46, I received my case and 1TB Black for storage today. If you are going to raid your disk do you want to bench ? ( I still need to buy my motherboard and GPU/Memory/PSU)

11-13-09, 01:39 AM	#8
JamesMore Member Join Date: Apr 2009	Got my board and should have PSU some time next week, had to buy some longer Sata cables.