Need Advice Buying Hard Drive
Hey. Im looking to buy a new Hard Drive. My budget is no more then £80 so nothing higher then £80 (inc. VAT hehe). I would like it to be between a capacity of 160gb to 200gb.
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Hey. Im looking to buy a new Hard Drive. My budget is no more then £80 so nothing higher then £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: .
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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I got both ... first I got the 3114 RAID card ... for very cheap price ... I mean 4port card + 2x4 cables for only 45€ ... the promise card do cost alon 150€ or more
the menu is extrem easy ... they work out of the box very very good one ...
BIOS update is no problem and can be even done via windows
so I got a new board with sil 3112 integrated ... now i do have both controller and they borth are pretty much the same except the number of ports
