Author Topic: Harddrive Purchase? (Read 360 times)

aknimitz · « **on:** February 08, 2003, 12:05:39 AM »

What is a good harddrive to purchase these days? I'm not looking to spend a large sum of money, $100-ish is really about it. I have two smaller harddrives right now, a 30Gig and a 10Gig (both 7200rpm, I think one is Maxtor and the other WD)- but with my MP3 collection I think these guys are gettin' beat up a little bit.

ANy guidance would sure be appreciated!

Nim

Pfunk · « **Reply #1 on:** February 08, 2003, 01:37:47 AM »

Western Digital Special Edition 8 MB buffer hands down, accept none other. Dont look anymore, dont ask anymore, thats all there is to it

qts · « **Reply #2 on:** February 08, 2003, 03:52:42 AM »

And if your motherboard supports RAID, buy two and mirror them.

aknimitz · « **Reply #3 on:** February 08, 2003, 08:24:10 AM »

Thanks for input. I noticed Maxtor now has an 8MB buffer hard drive? Is it worth looking at?

Nim

WxMan · « **Reply #4 on:** February 08, 2003, 08:35:50 AM »

Just purchased a WD 80gb HD with 8mb buffer from Circut City. Opened it up and was pleased to find that Western Digital put in a 100gb drive instead.

I'm impressed with how fast and quite it is and would recommend it to anyone.

Eagler · « **Reply #5 on:** February 08, 2003, 09:23:37 AM »

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Originally posted by Pfunk
Western Digital Special Edition 8 MB buffer hands down, accept none other. Dont look anymore, dont ask anymore, thats all there is to it

what he said

Pfunk · « **Reply #6 on:** February 08, 2003, 11:19:51 AM »

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Originally posted by aknimitz
Thanks for input. I noticed Maxtor now has an 8MB buffer hard drive? Is it worth looking at?

Nim

I REPEAT

Western Digital Special Edition 8 MB buffer hands down, accept none other. Dont look anymore, dont ask anymore, thats all there is to it:D

bloom25 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 08, 2003, 11:49:41 AM »

I recommend either the Special Edition Western Digitals or the Seagate Barracuda IV & V series. (The 120 GB drive is available with an 8 MB buffer.)

funkedup · « **Reply #8 on:** February 09, 2003, 02:53:02 PM »

Yep the WD JB series are freaking awesome. I had no idea it was going to improve my system that much. Stuff like Adaware and VirusScan goes waaay faster.