Needing Help on a harddrive selection?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Needing Help on a harddrive selection?

Posted: 5/5/2002 7:41:53 AM EDT

My harddrive took a nose dive so I salvaged another drive but the drive is waaaay to slow
so what would you recommend for the fasted drive
out there? I was looking at a Quantem FireBall
60.G at 7200 rpm. other suggestion's? IDE

thanks!

Posted: 5/5/2002 7:43:50 AM EDT

[#1]

Well the current SOTA is 7200rpm ATA100/133 so pretty much if it fits in that category it is good enough for home use.

Ben

Posted: 5/5/2002 8:03:23 AM EDT

[#2]

Get something with ATA 100. Most pc's don't support ATA 133. 7200rpm is the standard now.

Posted: 5/5/2002 8:06:10 AM EDT

[#3]

60 Gigs? You'll fill that with porn from the net way to fast. I have to recommend at least a terabyte drive.
[;D]

Posted: 5/5/2002 8:06:21 AM EDT

[#4]

How about with a Cache do I really need a Cached
drive ive seen a few with a cache?

Posted: 5/5/2002 8:08:20 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
60 Gigs? You'll fill that with porn from the net way to fast. I have to recommend at least a terabyte drive.
[;D]

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I like Fat women so I need a BIG drive! [:D]

Posted: 5/5/2002 8:09:10 AM EDT

[#6]

All kidding aside, go to this site [url]www.storagereview.com[/url]. They have all the information about hard drives you could ever want. They also have a database with all of the numbers to be able to compare any drives you are thinking about.

Posted: 5/5/2002 8:19:12 AM EDT

[#7]

WOW! Thanks gunman i did not know it put it in my favorites thanks!

Posted: 5/5/2002 9:39:46 AM EDT

[#8]

I got the western digital"JB" special edition 120gig 7200rpm with the 8mgs of cache. A review I read in maximumPC rated it and the new IBMs very well. With the latest IBM HD controversy though I decide to play it safe.

Posted: 5/5/2002 9:47:16 AM EDT

[#9]

Let me just add my two cents here....Before you go with a humongous drive to fit everything you can think of on it, just remember this: No matter how LARGE, it's just ONE PHYSICAL DRIVE. If you suffer a catastrophic failure, you'll lose that much more!
You might think about getting 2 or even 4 smaller drives and use them for separate things, like one for digital music, one for porn, one for work, etc. Also, if you buy a USB 2.0 or 1394 drive you can remove it from the computer if need be.. and HIDE um, I mean use it somewhere else..[;)]

Posted: 5/5/2002 9:48:31 AM EDT

[#10]

If you want the fastest, get a 10,000 RPM unit.

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