cheap SATA

[[PaUL]53]

My friend was interested in buying an 80GB Seagate Serial ATA 150 HDD with 7200rpm 8MB Buffers Size with a 2 years warranty. http://www.jw.com.au/products_closeup.asp?part=Seagate&part_no=41

Does anybody here reccommend a different hard drive? I'm open to suggestions.

 

[Thor]

seagates are a good reliable drives... i did a littel looking my self and you can get the same drive on newegg for 85$ (oem thow... i think thats a 30 day warrentee) some will argue that it is a little slow... but i think it is made up for by not dyeing...

... on a side note.... i have no experience with sata drives... im baseing this off there ata and scsi recorde... assumeing there quality is up to snuff it shoud be as good as the platters and head whould be the same ... just the interface is faster

thore

 

[[PaUL]53]

does anybody reccommend a different hard drive?

 

[stefan231]

80GB 7200RPM w/ 8MB Buffer SATA Maxtor is a good drive for $99.99


http://www.pcclub.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A3450984

 

[jacuzz1]

I just picked up two hitachi deskstar 7k25o drives 80 gig $79 a piece . These SATA drives are fast and very quiet.

 

[Mcavity]

deathstars?
heh..
maybe they fixed that little problem.

 

[agent420]

Actually the Hitachi's are an entirely new design and not related to the earlier models that had problems (that firmware updates fixed). Recent reviews show the new models to be at the top of the list for both performance and noise.

Really there isn't any drive manufacturer out there with a spotless record, they've all had duds at some point. Unless you have a backup plan in place you're gambling with you data living on any model drive.

 

[jyi786]

Samsung. The Spinpoint SP1614C. Doesn't get any better than that. Silent and fast.