I Need An Advise About

[jonathan_tijuana]

which of this hard drives is the best choice?

60GB 7200RPM w/ 8MB Buffer Western Digital IDE Hard Drive ATA100, 600JB $85.99

Western Digital 60GB WD600BB UATA100 - Bare Hard Drive
Seek Time: 8.9ms
7200RPM
2MB Buffer
Ultra ATA 100 Interface
$ 89.99


Maxtor 40GB 6E040L0 Diamond Max Plus 8 UATA133 - Bare Hard Drive
Seek Time: 8ms
7200RPM
2MB Buffer
Ultra ATA 133 Interface
$ 74.99


is the buffer important? and what is the diffence between UATA100 & UATA133?

[asmithz]

do you need to ask.

60GB 7200RPM w/ 8MB Buffer Western Digital IDE Hard Drive ATA100, 600JB $85.99

Western Digital 60GB WD600BB UATA100 - Bare Hard Drive
Seek Time: 8.9ms
7200RPM
2MB Buffer
Ultra ATA 100 Interface
$ 89.99

[ilw]

Does your motherboard support ATA133 (its a faster connection, ATA133 = 133Mb/s instead of ATA100 = 100Mb/s)
That would be worth checking first, if you've got your motherboard manual.

[jonathan_tijuana]

yeah support ata 133.

[lynx]

Seek time is also important.

8ms compared to 8.9ms may not sound much, but it is actually a considerable improvement.

[jonathan_tijuana]

should i get this one Maxtor 40GB 6E040L0 Diamond Max Plus 8 UATA133 - Bare Hard Drive

thanks

[FuNkY CaPrIcOrN]

;) 60 GB for $90?Hell I got a Western Digital 80GB External for $99.

ADs in the Sunday Paper show you can get 120 GB Western Digital internal for $80 now.....160GB for $99.

Check your local Best Buy or Circuit City.....CompUSA if one is around you. :)

[Somebody1234]

60GB 7200RPM w/ 8MB Buffer Western Digital IDE Hard Drive ATA100, 600JB $85.99

Western Digital 60GB WD600BB UATA100 - Bare Hard Drive
Seek Time: 8.9ms
7200RPM
2MB Buffer
Ultra ATA 100 Interface
$ 89.99

Well... I have just one question. Is the Western digital 8MB or 2MB buffer? In your post it shows 8 and 2. :blink:

At this point in time I wouldn't consider anything smaller than 80 GB. (Price/value ratio)

[jonathan_tijuana]

Well... I have just one question. Is the Western digital 8MB or 2MB buffer? In your post it shows 8 and 2.  '

they're two different ones, i just forgot to put the spec for the first one.
i already have one hdd 120 gb, but i need a smaller one to set up windows, and some other stuff. i think that i'm going to buy maxtor 60 gb ata 133.

[clocker]

Listen to FC.

Wait a bit and scan the paper for sales.

I just got two WD ATA133 7200rpm 8MB cache 160 GB HDs for $99 each.

Of course I'll probably retire before the rebate checks arrive...

[Livy]

why not just partition your larger hdd into a 100gig drive, then the rest for windows, or whatever u want as windows size.

[jonathan_tijuana]

i read in another that is better to have two different hdd, i edit videos and i'm having problems because i have them in the same hdd and i woul like to use my 120 just for video editing.

[Livy]

have u not even got an old computer lying about or anything, on my other pc i got a 4gig windows drive and a 80gb for all my stuff.

but on my laptop just got the one drive, partitioned into 2. so i dont lose anything when i format

[jonathan_tijuana]

i had one but my father took it to built a pc. and my sister has an old pc but i don't think she would give it to me.

[Livy]

or u could ask ur mates if there thinking of buying a new drive, and u buy the old one, thus putting money toward there new one.

[jonathan_tijuana]

i need it for tomorrow. i have to turn some work, and because of the prblems i'm having i can't finished. :angry: