Cheap Hard Drive

[Spicker]

whOA!!!

didnt u guys hear about teh dying Maxtor syndrome?
people with 80gb+ maxtors have been having problems like hdds just suddenly dying....my 80gb maxtor got it....

i now have a 200gb WD

also i belive the 160gb WD has a 3yr warranty...all 120+gb hdd from WD have 3yr warranty even if they are OEM.

also if ur gamer and use ur harddrive for simple storage u dont need 8mb cache u wont see much diff....

get the WD if i were u...

[Snee]

If you want to buy maxtor, go for one with a 16 mb cache.

Otherwise you should go for WD or hitachi/IBM, I think.

[SingaBoiy]

If you want to buy maxtor, go for one with a 16 mb cache.

Otherwise you should go for WD or hitachi/IBM, I think.

Thats SATA and an expensive drive

[Peerzy]

16mb cache? Teh linkage? I would like 8mb cache at least as my hdd is always dwonloading, playing games and extracting rar files.

$80 for a 160gb comes out at half the price that they are in the UK. If thats so i might ask someone to order me one from the UK (after iv paypaled them the money) and ship it to me.

[SingaBoiy]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...140-153&depa=1
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...144-358&depa=1
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...140-154&depa=1
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...144-359&depa=1

$80 for a 160gb comes out at half the price that they are in the UK. If thats so i might ask someone to order me one from the UK

Wouldnt you want someone to get you one from elsewhere if its half the price?

[Peerzy]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...140-153&depa=1
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...144-358&depa=1
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...140-154&depa=1
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...144-359&depa=1

I havnt seen any of those for sale on UK sites yet though + are a bit more pricey.

[vivitron 15]

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...tml?MAX-P16300

thats a mighty fine disk for like £125 ($250us)

300GB and 16MB cache...I know its more than you wanted to pay, but just thought id point it out.

Besides, their other drives may be reasonably priced...havent looked just yet

[Peerzy]

IDE DiamondMax Plus9 PATA 160Gb 8Mb Cache Hard Disk Drive
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/s...html?MAX-P8160

What the fuck is PATA

[SingaBoiy]

Parallel ATA Thats all I know about it

[Snee]

Thats SATA and an expensive drive

Nuhu, there are ide diamondmaxes with 16mb caches too, no bigger than 300 gigs tho'.

And I've seen some that weren't very expensive at all, considering.