Need advice on hard drives.
 

i need a new hard drive..

tell me what to look for, what brands, what specs. etc etc

thanks

Seagate SATA

serial is better than parrallel right?

What are you looking for in a hard drive? Speed? Storage Capacity? Price?

It can transfer the data faster if that's what you mean

Seagate Seagate and Seagate.

I used to like WD's, but last couple years had too many failures.

well overall best for the price

im thinking 200-300gig
speed, i hear 16mb at 7200 is good, but ive seen faster.. not sure if thats worth the price.

Stay away from maxtor by all means.

Samsung drives are really good, I like them more then WD, Maxtor and Seagate

nice...:)

fuck maxtor! I had two seperate, 200+ gig Drives die on me...

I'd suggest get a really good HD, not one of those bad cheap ones, they don't last long I heard that on tech tv once, get good HD, get really good one in fact is your best bet!!

hope I can halp =)

Seagate SATA

is really really good?

I agree Seagate would be my first choice, when it comes to brands

Maxtor !!!

I'm happy with maxtor. Do not buy IBM, loud and heating problems

ONLY SEAGATE and nothing else.

Seagate schmeagate! 3 have already failed in as many months and yet another is periodically "pausing" (I can't tell which until the RAID manager flags it...)

http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=564646

Also, dont for get power.. I had a couple drives fail, had a 300w power supply up'ed it to a 500w and have all problems went away.

250-300gb is the sweet spot in price with 250gb going for 100-110 and 300gb going for 130-140

250gb = ~2.5g/$1
300gb = ~2.3g/$1
400gb = ~1.9g/$1
500gb = ~1.4g/$1

these are based on newegg pricing

i like the seagate because of the 5 year warranty but i have killed a seagate 250 and seagate 300 in the last year. still i find them more reliable than the competition and i dont get a factory reconditioned unit when i RMA a drive, unlike some companies (maxtor and maybe others).

ive found that if i add a hdd cooler ~10-25 depending on style/brand/etc that i prolong the life of the drive.

most recent i got was a western digital 180gb about half a year or a year ago.. running smoothly.

go on......

I had two 120GB Western Digitals and I was happy. I got a good deal on two 200GB Maxtors and I'm not as happy. They make that grinding noise while doing something. How stupid is that?

Mine was the total opposite, every WD I had died on the month after the warranty expired. I have about 10 maxtors, some older than my grandmother and filled to the rim and still running smoothly *better not curse myself now* (keeps fingers crossed) :)

Doesn't really matter if you get a Seagate, Western Digital, Maxtor, etc.... Everyone has had bad experiences with one of them at one point (the only 2 seagates that I have bought were both DOA). As far as drive specs, 16MB models are going to be faster than the 8MB models. Sata is going to have a faster thoroughput IDE. Besides that, just go with what gets you the most GB vs. $.


On a side note, I would recommend taking a look at the new Hitachi drives.:2 cents:

western digital all the way! although it's all subjective, one thing is for sure, if a drive is to fail, it'll fail fast. I mean, crash test it for a few days when you buy it, if it's ok, chances are it'll stay ok.

can u tell me if sata2 is alot better than ordinary sata?

dont get maxtor.

i have all SATA, and they are split between seagate and samsung, no compliants. and i have at least 10 drives here.

Western Digital, Seagate. Just make sure and keep backups. All HD's fail.

seagate
ibm/hitachi
wd
maxtor
samsung

SATA II is twice as fast as SATA in terms of thoroughput and available transfer rate (3GB/sec). So if you are looking for something that will transfer large amounts of data faster, then yes SATA II is better. However, keep in mind that your motherboard has to be SATA II compatible to take advantage of this.