Good HD?

[N2K]

I want to get a new HD, not to big, but not to small something just right

i have 2x 40gb, second one wiped out, still dont know, but my hds are kinda old, the newest one is 3yrs old, the older one is over 5-6yrs old, the main one, still fist in the field though

i need a upgrade, what do you guys recommend?

[Berrern]

Re: Good HD?

For maximum performance at a decent price, go for the Western Digital Raptor S-ATA disk. They come in 37 and 72GB.
10.000RPM! :)

[Blak_Phoenix]

Re: Good HD?

I though the bigger ones were 74 not 72, but thats a small difference, and yea i would recomend the Western Digital Raptor SATA HD's, their great, especially if they are run in RAID 0.

[openheimer]

Re: Good HD?

Raptors for performance in raid 0, stick a large storage brick like a Maxtor 300gb for your pron and dled music :)

[N2K]

Re: Good HD?

yea forgot to mention, something not to pricy

[Blak_Phoenix]

Re: Good HD?

Ahhh.. lol...

How much are you willing to spend?

[N2K]

Re: Good HD?

$80-90 max

[Blak_Phoenix]

Re: Good HD?

Thats USD? (Im from Australia.. so ill do some converting)

[Blak_Phoenix]

Re: Good HD?

Basically, the higher the rpm the better, the more Cache the better (16 Mb is rly good) 8 mb is ok, and you wana a SATA, (as long as you mobo has a SATA connection).

[Vw-Merv-CL]

Re: Good HD?

2 raptors in RAID0 now thats some kick a**e drive power

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2101&p=5

(its not just cpu, memory and graphics its everything lol)

[Blak_Phoenix]

Re: Good HD?

2 raptors in RAID0 now thats some kick a**e drive power

$80-90 max

Gotta love it when people post the best stuff after you give a spending limit

Makes you wanna spend more ay... haha... :)

[Vw-Merv-CL]

Re: Good HD?

Gotta love it when people post the best stuff after you give a spending limit

Makes you wanna spend more ay... haha... :)

lol, i just love to get the best not because im a snob but because i love technology and the exponential rate that its growing, admitadly costs money but get the raptor, save some cash then get the second! easy, its on my list for sure

[Blak_Phoenix]

Re: Good HD?

Yea same here.. when i start to get lowish on my current HD, im going for a 74Gb raptor.. I CANT WAIT!!! :p

It might explain all my excessive downloading in the past week... haha...

[KaosFaction]

Re: Good HD?

Wait for the release of the new 7200.9 series from Seagate, then get the largest that will fit ur budget. Most likely you'll get around 200GB as well as a really nice HD (some of the best seek times etc besides the Raptors).

I suggest SATA as well if your mobo supports it. If not, PATA saves money! (but is not as good)

[N2K]

Re: Good HD?

raptor is way to much