In need of a new hard drive.. any suggestions.

[goldnmonkey]

Hi i am looking to buy another harddrive the one i already have for my dell is

Drive #1 - Maxtor (250 GB) 7200

i need one the same size or bigger i have no idea what i should be looking for, i.e speed make and so on

thanks

GM

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: In need of a new hard drive.. any suggestions.

Is your MOBO SATA capable?

[goldnmonkey]

Re: In need of a new hard drive.. any suggestions.

not to sure its a dimension 5000


Motherboard Chipset Intel Grantsdale-G i915G

can you tell from that or would i have to look in manual??

[imported_Wreck]

Re: In need of a new hard drive.. any suggestions.

It should be sata compatible with an i915 chipset. If so I'd get the Western Digital 320Gb 16mb cache Sata 2.0 drive that was just released. Retail is around $150.

[NoSoup4You]

Re: In need of a new hard drive.. any suggestions.

Or go to Best Buy and get the 300GB Seagate IDE drive thats $70 right now.

[Sir. MatDef]

Re: In need of a new hard drive.. any suggestions.

I'd go with what wreck said.

[goldnmonkey]

Re: In need of a new hard drive.. any suggestions.

thanks for the help guys do you know if any of those are available in the uk?

[andymil]

Re: In need of a new hard drive.. any suggestions.

ur board is definitly sata compatible. i wuldnt go to best buy they are so overpriced. try newegg.com or tigerdirect.com they have realyl good deals.

[andymil]

Re: In need of a new hard drive.. any suggestions.

ur board is definitly sata compatible. i wuldnt go to best buy they are generally overpriced. try newegg.com or tigerdirect.com they have realyl good deals.

[andymil]

Re: In need of a new hard drive.. any suggestions.

ur board is definitly sata compatible. i wuldnt go to best buy they are generally overpriced. try newegg.com or tigerdirect.com they have realyl good deals.

[goldnmonkey]

Re: In need of a new hard drive.. any suggestions.

ur board is definitly sata compatible. i wuldnt go to best buy they are so overpriced. try newegg.com or tigerdirect.com they have realyl good deals.

could you repeat that i'm not sure if i understand :laugh:


what about these two?

whats the difference between them and sata 2?
Western Digital Caviar 400GB S150 16mb 7200rpm
quicklinx: 3WFCWS | mfr#: WD4000KD
11 in stock now £149.95 Western Digital Caviar 250GB SATA150
quicklinx: 2N7DWS | mfr#: WD2500JD
48 in stock now £72.55

or this one
Western Digital Caviar RAID 320GB S150 7200rpm
quicklinx: 3WF9WS | mfr#: WD3200SD

[goldnmonkey]

Re: In need of a new hard drive.. any suggestions.

can anyone give me a quick explaination of raid and sata please because i don't really know what i am looking for.

and if those 3 choices above will be ok with my motherboard.


thanks in advance

GM

[Jihad_Style]

Re: In need of a new hard drive.. any suggestions.

You need 2 harddrives of the same size to run RAID. SATA uses...a SATA cable and IDE uses an IDE cable. SATA is faster, and SATA2 is twice as fast as SATA...150 vs. 300.

[imported_Wreck]

Re: In need of a new hard drive.. any suggestions.

If you can't get a Sata II WD then at least get the 400GB 16mb cache version. It's only difference with the first one I posted is the Sata I/Sata II. Thats just the transfer speed of the drive and really is limited to by the speed of the hard drive and isn't necessary.