Advice Need For Harddisk

[bambang]

I am thinking of about getting a new harddisk to store my mp3, video and software. Any recommendation?

Wat do i need to look out for when getting a harddisk?

Thanks.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Seagate, Maxtor, and Western Digital are all good brands.

I have had a Seagate for about a year and a half now (80GB) and its very quiet and has never had any problems.

Im sure there will be more recomendations

[Robert00000]

I would recommend seagate too, i have one installed on each computer and they are very quite.

[Smurfette]

I've used Seagate (first one was added to my A1200, way back when 70MB was huge), Western Digital, Samsung, Fujitsu and Maxtor.
They've all performed flawlessly for me, only getting removed for upgrade purposes, so my favourite would have to be Maxtor due to their proliferation and price.

[RGX]

Maxtors are pretty cheap right now, I would reccomend :)

Things to look out for:

Cache size: The bigger the better, more is good, faster

Hard drive size: Pretty obvious really :lol:

Brand: Maxtor, Seagate and Western Digital are all well respected brands

[Mad Cat]

I can definetly reccomend Western Digital. I got a 120gb a few months back and it runs like a dream. I haven't heard it once.

[Robert00000]

Originally posted by Mad Cat@27 December 2003 - 00:59
I can definetly reccomend Western Digital. I got a 120gb a few months back and it runs like a dream. I haven't heard it once.
I forgot to mention I have two drives on one pc and one of them is a Western Digital 120Gb (the other a seagate 80 gig) and it runs as it should - I suppose thats the best compliment you can give a hard drive, if it can be taken for granted - do its job without any probs. then its a good drive.

[bambang]

Wat is is ATA or SATA thing? Does the harddisk work on any pc iregardless of ATA or SATA.

I am using P4 1.4

[sparsely]

ATA: Advanced Technology Attachment
SATA: Serial ATA

check your PC manual or motherboard book to see if it's SATA ready....unless it's a pretty new machine it's probably not.

Serial ATA has a higher bandwidth, smaller cables, and other nice stuff, but is also new and more expensive.

A high-capacity (100GBish) 7200rpm ATA100 drive is probably your best bet.

If you want to get picky about it, compare the read/write seek times & latency. (low numbers are best)

goodluck ;)

[_John_Lennon_]

Originally posted by Mad Cat@26 December 2003 - 19:59
I can definetly reccomend Western Digital. I got a 120gb a few months back and it runs like a dream. I haven't heard it once.
Gotta echo that, the WD1200JB, I believe its model number is, rocks.

[DWk]

oh yea SATA cables are 1/4 of IDE cables.......they are soooooooo much better for "neatness" hehe

[clocker]

If your board supports SATA, then by all means go for it.
It's a little pricier ( although I'm starting to see some larger SATA units that arent too bad) and is faster.
The cabling is a real big bonus, too.

[DWk]

seagate sata drives though..... i think lamsey said that the other brands were just regular hdds with an ide2sata connector inthe inside.....

its a conspiracy against the world!!!! :angry: :angry: :helpsmile: :rolleyes:

[clocker]

Although you are correct DWk, Seagate is the only "true" SATA drive of the three, it's not any faster than the hybrid SATAs from WD and Maxtor.
There is a comparison in the new issue of MaximumPC.

[Lamsey]

Originally posted by clocker@27 December 2003 - 15:54
Although you are correct DWk, Seagate is the only "true" SATA drive of the three, it's not any faster than the hybrid SATAs from WD and Maxtor.
There is a comparison in the new issue of MaximumPC.
Yup, as I remember it just means they're a little more effecient and slightly cheaper to make.

[clocker]

Basically, we hardly push our current IDE spec drives to their limit now.
The biggest practical improvement is the cabling probably.
You might consider getting a smaller SATA as your active drive and a IDE bigboy as a storage drive.

[DWk]

u mean we gotta overclock the hdds? :D :rolleyes:

btw... u gotta send me the MaximumPC issue, clocker.....both this and fans are things that im really interested :D

[clocker]

Originally posted by DWk@27 December 2003 - 10:27


btw... u gotta send me the MaximumPC issue, clocker.....both this and fans are things that im really interested :D
Sadly, you will actually have to buy a hardcopy for yourself.
They don't publish online like PCWorld does.

[DWk]

they dont sell it here.... hell what i get here is PCWorld but spanish version...which kinda sucks....

u wanna scan the articles for me?!?!?! :rolleyes: :)

[infamousalbo101]

Originally posted by DWk@27 December 2003 - 13:40
they dont sell it here.... hell what i get here is PCWorld but spanish version...which kinda sucks....

u wanna scan the articles for me?!?!?! :rolleyes: :)
i dont think he would wanna do that :P

[DWk]

he a good friend.... :rolleyes:

or if you find WHERE the articles are (with pictures, that is), i would REALLY appreciate it :)

[clocker]

DWk, if you're just looking for info/ideas on case cooling then go here and browse. (http://www.ocforums.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=6)
This forum is a goldmine of ideas.
The article i was referring to is very basic/nOObish...this place is far more advanced.