advice on Buyin a HD.

**General2k** · 01-13-2007, 03:39 AM

From the current system specs you have I doubt you would be SATA compatible. From personal experience I would either go with Samsung. I have good experiences with Samsung drives both SATA and ATA, and bad experiences with WesternDigital and Maxtor.
Good Luck.

**clocker** · 01-13-2007, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by dvhrld

From the current system specs you have I doubt you would be SATA compatible. From personal experience I would either go with Samsung. I have good experiences with Samsung drives both SATA and ATA, and bad experiences with WesternDigital and Maxtor.
Good Luck.

Just out of curiousity...
How many Samsung drives have you had and how many bad WDs/Maxtors?

For over a year now Microcenter has been selling Spinpoints very cheap.
We've seen an inordinate number of failures but I can't tell if this is a quality issue with Samsung or just a byproduct of the OEM packaging (an antistatic bag) and mishandling in the store (the drives are just piled in a bin). At any rate, it's enough to put me right off Samsung drives.

**worldpease** · 01-14-2007, 12:33 AM

Originally Posted by mildthrill

look at how the hd you have now is connected to the motherboard. If it's with a big flat cable (like your cd/dvd drive) then you'd want an IDE hd.

This is my HD,

I guess I'll be getting an IDE...
right?

Originally Posted by harrycary

Add your new HD, reboot, open "my computer", right click the new drive and select "format." Then you're ready to go.

Ooh, thanks for that advice,
Im shure it will come in handy very soon.

**Virtualbody1234** · 01-14-2007, 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by worldpease

This is my HD,

I guess I'll be getting an IDE...
right?

Originally Posted by harrycary

Add your new HD, reboot, open "my computer", right click the new drive and select "format." Then you're ready to go.

Ooh, thanks for that advice,
Im shure it will come in handy very soon.

Yes that's IDE.

The same Seagate drive as my first post is available as IDE: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148139

**mildthrill** · 01-14-2007, 06:57 AM

Yes, that's a double affirmative on IDE.

**clocker** · 01-14-2007, 01:32 PM

I think we need pics from different angles to positively confirm the interface.
Till then I'll withhold my opinion.

**Virtualbody1234** · 01-14-2007, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by clocker

I think we need pics from different angles to positively confirm the interface.
Till then I'll withhold my opinion.

Oh come on clocker...

The picture clearly shows an IDE cable plugged into his hard drive. I can even see that it's the old type 40 conductor IDE cable.