Need Advice Buying Hard Drive

Hey. Im looking to buy a new Hard Drive. My budget is no more then Â£80 so nothing higher then Â£80 (inc. VAT hehe). I would like it to be between a capacity of 160gb to 200gb.

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This topic was started by ShockaR, 2004-07-18 21:21

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ShockaR

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#26908

2004-07-18 21:21

Hey. Im looking to buy a new Hard Drive. My budget is no more then Â£80 so nothing higher then Â£80 (inc. VAT hehe). I would like it to be between a capacity of 160gb to 200gb.
I have already seen a couple but get easily confused because of the mix reviews.
Thought id come here and ask for some help. Ok this is what I have found on the eBuyer website (they seem to have the cheapest HDD's).

1) Seagate ST3200822A Barracuda 7200.7 Plus 200gb Ultra ATA/100 7200rpm 8mb Cache
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=59736

2) Western Digital WD2000JB SE 200gb Uide100 7200rpm 8mb Cache
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=40468

3) Maxtor 6Y200P0 Plus9 200Gb 7200rpm 8mb Cache ATA133 (quite liked this one)
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=43707

4) Western Digital WD200BB 200gb UIDE 100 7200rpm
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...oduct_uid=40467

Heh as you can see I quite like the 200GB models. I particulary liked the 3rd one because of that ATA133 hehe but what would I know. So, which would be the best. If you know of another hard drive with in my pricing range that is better then please say so.
Id be using this hard drive as a main. I like gaming, watching films etc etc so it would put under heat and pressure.

Ty in advance for the help :beer: .

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Anonymous

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#26909

2004-07-18 21:43

nothing else then seagate barracuda ... its the most reliable disk ever ...
its not the fastest one .OK but this disk will run 24/7 without any problem .. its extreme resistant against electric shocks and mechanical torture ...
and its quite ...
so go for seagate !

ShockaR

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#26910

2004-07-18 22:00

Ok cool. Thx for the help there Mertsch and taking time to read my long explanation of what I want hehe.
Yea I definitly require reliability as im the sort of person who buys something then do not upgrade to a newer one for a long time.
Neway thx alot, much appreciated. Gonna order it now :D

Davio

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#26911

2004-07-18 23:04

I have two Maxtors 120GB (6Y120P0 and 6Y120L0) and they work like a charm at ATA 133.

Noise: Some, but I always have music on, so I don't notice it.
Performance: Good, never had any troubles

Sparkesy

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#26912

2004-07-18 23:15

I'd say NON of 'em

Go for an Hitachi I've always had IBMs and have never had any problems with 'em

Maxtors die all the time. Its hard to believe the number of Maxtor disks that I've had to replace due to machanical error or have had to send back to maxtor under warranty.

SHINODA

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#26913

2004-07-19 00:16

Ive got 4 maxtors, 3 in 2 different computers, and 1 in the xbox, all have been fine, and are pretty quick, ive had 2 ibm drives, both have died.
I know people who have seagates and they seem fast and reliable aswell.

tobebana

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#26914

2004-07-19 01:11

wd please no.
maxtor would be OK
and that seagate seems to be GREAT

ShockaR

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#26915

2004-07-19 01:55

Which would you say is the best out of WD, SG, Hitachi (hu. lol) and Maxtor..?

klicker

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#26916

2004-07-19 01:58

I just went through the same process as you & because i have had good luck with Seagate (trashed a WD in 9 months) I bought another 160g. Make sure you get the 8meg cache, a little more expensive but worth it.

SHINODA

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#26917

2004-07-19 02:19

Maxtor gets my vote.

XIII

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#26918

2004-07-19 05:43

Go for Seagate ST3200822A Barracuda 7200.7 Plus 200gb Ultra ATA/100 7200rpm 8mb Cache
or Western Digital WD2000JB SE 200gb Uide100 7200rpm 8mb Cache

Maxtor is good, but can be noisy.

ShockaR

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#26919

2004-07-19 14:28

What does the 8MB Cache do? But yea im getting the one with 8MB Cache :)

Anonymous

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#26920

2004-07-19 14:32

what any cache does ... save information for beeing accessed much faster the 2nd time

ShockaR

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#26921

2004-07-19 16:14

8MB seems a little small heh. But I guess its working progress in the HD sector .

Hey just a small question. I read about some big hard drives not being read fully by XP :knife: . Would I get the same problem with my Seagate and if so, is there some kind of software I can download to resolve it.

Thx.

Anonymous

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#26922

2004-07-19 19:46

Bullshit ...
windows XP got full support for large disks ... the only things here can do problems are
1. BIOS ... just update to the latest
2. you got an upgrade version of Windows XP and instal it over win98 .. hell you will have a lot of trouble then :D

ShockaR

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#26923

2004-07-19 21:53

lol. Well I just flashed my BIOS a month ago and it's a full XP installation (no upgrade). Ok coo im looking forward to this, getting it thursday. Hope I made the right choice

What HD do you guys have?

Anonymous

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#26924

2004-07-19 22:14

What HD do you guys have?

guess what :D :D

ShockaR

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#26925

2004-07-20 00:45

Seagate lol

Btw, I cancelled my order because a friend of mine who knows alot about PC's said get a SATA instead of a PATA as SATA is the next generation HD's and its better for the future so yep im gonna order a SATA so the search goes on hehe :D

Anonymous

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#26926

2004-07-20 05:29

sure ... I would have told ya the same but I thought you won't think about getting a RAID controller ... so do you have one on board or nee to buy one ???
if ya need to buy one ...
I can really recommend the Silicon Image 3112 (2 channels) or 3114 (4 channels) chipset !

Dark Biene

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#26927

2004-07-20 15:59

Seagte all my life in my PC :-)

i tried some other HD´s like WD, Maxtor and Seagate
and the best is SEAGATE!

ShockaR

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#26928

2004-07-20 18:15

Nope I haven't got a controller yet.
I'll look for the Silicon Image 3112 (2 channels) or 3114 (4 channels) chipset. Do you have one yourself?

Also I can't seem to find any Seagate 200GB SATA's... worrying but i'll keep looking.
Just as a side question, should I look harder for the Seagate SATA or go for a Maxtor because theres quite a few Maxtor SATA's that I saw at ebuyer.
Is Maxtor that bad :hmm: