looking for a new hard drive

Miller · 10-08-2005, 11:07 AM

i'm full up. time to buy a new hard drive. i'm looking around the 250gig range. so what features should i look for that will give me the best performence, 16mb cache, NCQ or sata2. they dont make any dive with all three. and i will have to get a controller card because my motherboard doesnt support sata. i'm probably going to be using this drive when i build a new computer in 6 months.

El_Presidente_Pufferfish · 10-08-2005, 11:30 AM

16mb cache ftw :0

Miller · 10-08-2005, 11:51 AM

looking at the maxtor 250gig ata150 ncq, two of them raided up. good choice?

hans5849 · 10-08-2005, 12:44 PM

just get 1 500GB drive.

Miller · 10-08-2005, 01:21 PM

a 500mb drive is 370$ and doesnt support ncq
2 300mb drives are 250 and support ncq

Chair · 10-08-2005, 02:12 PM

I'm not much of a fan of maxtor, never really was... Seagate on the other hand, they're drives are fast and silent and reliable... should check them out

funkgab · 10-08-2005, 02:15 PM

true, but seagate tends to get hotter then maxtor :P but maxtor does get loud at times but its not really a problem i don't use an controller card or anything haha i got 2 300 gb maxtors on raid, and i got a 200gb seagate barracuda linked up via usb..

~~Electric_Head~~ · 10-08-2005, 10:08 PM

I've allways been a fan of Western Digital. I've had 2 Maxtor drives fail on me this year alone. Never had a Western Digital fail on me before.

funkgab · 10-09-2005, 12:00 AM

yeah western digital is pretty nice i never ran in any trouble with em, cept i had this 1 nasty worm that made the disks spin backwards

Da Lucky 1 · 10-09-2005, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by funkgab

yeah western digital is pretty nice i never ran in any trouble with em, cept i had this 1 nasty worm that made the disks spin backwards

i have a hard time believeing a virus can make your hardrive spin backwards...

funkgab · 10-09-2005, 02:01 AM

im dead serious bro, i heard some wierd clanking sounds and my screen got a bsod, tried to boot up comp and it says the drive name in bios but its like WD250random crap was here

Justin3 · 10-09-2005, 08:51 AM

The best I see are Maxtor and WD, Theres a maxtor 250GB in my HP and its very fast for loading files plus you cant hear it at all so its really the best to buy, and Seagate sucks balls, Ive had them go all bad sector and shit on me with past computers.

hans5849 · 10-09-2005, 03:22 PM

Seagate=3 year warranty or did they all do that

I do prefer WDs

Miller · 10-09-2005, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Da Lucky 1

Quote:

Originally Posted by funkgab

yeah western digital is pretty nice i never ran in any trouble with em, cept i had this 1 nasty worm that made the disks spin backwards

i have a hard time believing a virus can make your hardrive spin backwards...

yea a virus isn't going to make your hard drive spin backwards. sounds like your hd went bad, and it more than likely wasn't spinning backwards

SoulAssassin · 10-09-2005, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by funkgab

im dead serious bro, i heard some wierd clanking sounds and my screen got a bsod, tried to boot up comp and it says the drive name in bios but its like WD250random crap was here

A virus/worm cannot do that.

Da Lucky 1 · 10-09-2005, 07:42 PM

yeah, a harddrive motor isnt even capable of spinning backwards, just like a casefan

Justin3 · 10-09-2005, 07:59 PM

Spinning backwards what the hell thats just crazyness lol. Ive never heard of that happening you probably just fried the board on the harddrive.

SoulAssassin · 10-09-2005, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Justin3

Spinning backwards what the hell thats just crazyness lol. Ive never heard of that happening you probably just fried the board on the harddrive.

lmao...the board? boards do not spin backwards. Can we screen new members?

Justin3 · 10-09-2005, 09:28 PM

You idiot I mean the board is makeing the disks spin backwards god freakin idiots.

hans5849 · 10-09-2005, 09:35 PM

^ oh my poor brain, it hurts

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Miller Former Alcoholic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Gym Posts: 4,942 (#8 ) My photos: 32 Thanked 1x in one post	a 500mb drive is 370$ and doesnt support ncq 2 300mb drives are 250 and support ncq
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Chair Tweak Minion Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,632 (#60 ) My photos: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	I'm not much of a fan of maxtor, never really was... Seagate on the other hand, they're drives are fast and silent and reliable... should check them out

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funkgab Tweak Minion Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 1,203 (#80 ) My photos: 1 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	true, but seagate tends to get hotter then maxtor :P but maxtor does get loud at times but its not really a problem i don't use an controller card or anything haha i got 2 300 gb maxtors on raid, and i got a 200gb seagate barracuda linked up via usb..

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~~Electric_Head~~ Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: NJ Posts: 1,939 (#51 ) My photos: 21 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	I've allways been a fan of Western Digital. I've had 2 Maxtor drives fail on me this year alone. Never had a Western Digital fail on me before.

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funkgab Tweak Minion Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 1,203 (#80 ) My photos: 1 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	yeah western digital is pretty nice i never ran in any trouble with em, cept i had this 1 nasty worm that made the disks spin backwards

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funkgab Tweak Minion Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 1,203 (#80 ) My photos: 1 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	im dead serious bro, i heard some wierd clanking sounds and my screen got a bsod, tried to boot up comp and it says the drive name in bios but its like WD250random crap was here

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hans5849 Has Absolutely no life Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Gorge, WA Posts: 7,164 (#4 ) My photos: 75 Thanked 2x in 2 posts	Seagate=3 year warranty or did they all do that I do prefer WDs
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