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 Posted: Sat, 24th Sep 2005 22:12 Post subject: I wanna buy [a] new harddisk[s] |
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Currently my 120gb storage is dieing.
I have my eye on a maxtor 200gb with 8mb cache.
can anyone recommand me a good harddisk that is mainly used for storage? 160bg minimum.
also, what harddisk is good for installing windows on?
i heard a raptor 10k is good?
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Jenni
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Maxtor is great I would totally recommend one. I have um a few Maxtors. More than a Tb in space in total. About 7 or 8 drives in total and never a problem with any of them.
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Mutantius
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| Posted: Sun, 25th Sep 2005 00:12 Post subject: |
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Though make sure to pick one up in a 16 mb cache version its a few dollars
more though.
"Why don't you zip it, Zipfero?" - fraich3
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Sun, 25th Sep 2005 01:02 Post subject: |
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Raptors are a waste of money for storage, they cost a shit load more and you wont use the speed.
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| Posted: Sun, 25th Sep 2005 16:32 Post subject: |
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so should i go for maxtor or another brand? just for storage.
| [sYn] wrote: | | Raptors are a waste of money for storage, they cost a shit load more and you wont use the speed. |
i was asking if raptor is good to install windows on, not for storage 
i have 2 questions hehe
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Cheez-It
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| Posted: Mon, 26th Sep 2005 02:13 Post subject: |
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I'd say maxtor and western digital are the two best bets (not as familiar with the relatively new players...)
Does your mobo support NCQ? if so a 7200 sata WD w/ 16mb cache and NCQ performs *almost* as fast as a 10,000 without the additional heat and noise (i dont know if noise is a factor, but usually faster things are noisier  ) anyways... unless your doing some intensive hard drive stuff it shouldn't make that much of a difference, a few milliseconds here and there...
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| Posted: Mon, 26th Sep 2005 09:55 Post subject: |
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Phluxed
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| Posted: Mon, 26th Sep 2005 11:11 Post subject: |
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Raptor drives are wonderful for installing windows and select applications and games. I currently have a machine running windows and games from a raptor with all movies and the like on a RAID. If your computer is fast enough, get the raptor, if its just a mid end machine, don't bother, it won't make a difference.
A computer is limited by its slowest component, whether it be processor, ram speeds or timings, or the hard drive speed.
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| Posted: Mon, 26th Sep 2005 11:16 Post subject: |
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ok thanx.
I'm gonna buy maxtor hd soon and skip the raptor 
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| Posted: Fri, 30th Sep 2005 11:29 Post subject: |
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i bought the maxtor 250gb with 16mb cache
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Mutantius
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| Posted: Sat, 1st Oct 2005 03:21 Post subject: |
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i got maxtor 2 a bit noisey bastard but works like a horse
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| Posted: Sat, 1st Oct 2005 16:33 Post subject: |
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| ELIZ wrote: | | i got maxtor 2 a bit noisey bastard but works like a horse |
yea, its a little bit noisey here to. But it is running fast  |
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