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<blockquote data-quote="elsmandino" data-source="post: 942835" data-attributes="member: 111675">I have just been sent a new 2TB Hard Drive (WesternDigital WD20EARS-00MVWB0) which is the newest version with three platters rather than four.&nbsp;I only received this sort of indirectly on purpose - I originally had a 1.5AV GP drive that died about a year ago.&nbsp; I bought a replacement without it occurring me to me that the original was still under warranty.&nbsp;The seller was great about confirming that the old drive was no longer in production and kindly offered me this much better alternative.&nbsp;Anyway my query -&nbsp;I currently have x2 Samsung F4 2TB hard drives (though the second one is the rebranded Seagate Jobby).&nbsp;The Samsung one is used for all my music and films etc. and the Seagate version is being used for all my recordings.&nbsp;I was wondering what I should do with my new drive.&nbsp;I note that it has a slight advantage of 64MB of Cache and a slightly variable spindle rate (i.e. not fixed at 5,400rpm but can go to 5,900rpm).&nbsp;This being the case, as most of my activity takes place on the recording drive (i.e. multiple recordings/playback streams including HD), would it make sense to start using the WD HDD for my recordings from now on?&nbsp;Any advice would be much appreciated (perhaps in real terms, it will make no difference).&nbsp;Thanks very much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="elsmandino, post: 942835, member: 111675"] I have just been sent a new 2TB Hard Drive ([B]WesternDigital WD20EARS-00MVWB0) [/B]which is the newest version with three platters rather than four. I only received this sort of indirectly on purpose - I originally had a 1.5AV GP drive that died about a year ago. I bought a replacement without it occurring me to me that the original was still under warranty. The seller was great about confirming that the old drive was no longer in production and kindly offered me this much better alternative. Anyway my query - I currently have x2 Samsung F4 2TB hard drives (though the second one is the rebranded Seagate Jobby). The Samsung one is used for all my music and films etc. and the Seagate version is being used for all my recordings. I was wondering what I should do with my new drive. I note that it has a slight advantage of 64MB of Cache and a slightly variable spindle rate (i.e. not fixed at 5,400rpm but can go to 5,900rpm). This being the case, as most of my activity takes place on the recording drive (i.e. multiple recordings/playback streams including HD), would it make sense to start using the WD HDD for my recordings from now on? Any advice would be much appreciated (perhaps in real terms, it will make no difference). Thanks very much. [/QUOTE]

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