HD Failure, need suggestions on replacement.

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Well after about tripping our breaker about 20 times my HD as finally said "enough"! I'd like to upgrade to a larger drive and keep the price under or around $100.00. I've been using Western Digital for a few years now and found this drive - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136319. Is this a good replacement? Are there any otehr drives that perform just as well or better for the $?

Thanks for the help!
 
krelkor said:
What is it being used for? OS? games? bulk storage?
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Mostly a gaming rig. I have 2 old 250GB drives still functioning that I'm using for my storage needs. I do plan on grabbing a 1 TB at a later date to replace the 2 storage drives.

I'm going to RMA the Raptor, but the 150GB is just too small. I figured something 500GB+ would be ideal now.

Running Vista Home Premium 64-bit.
 
You could probably grab a Samsung 1TB 7200rpm drive for that price. They're very quiet and have good performance.
 
Thanks for the Tom's Hardware Guide link. Love that site and forgot to look there.

Just grabbed 2 of the Western Digital Cavier Black 640GB drives for RAID 0. ;)
 
shurcooL said:
See if you find this article helpful.

Tom’s Winter 2008 Hard Drive Guide

Edit: In my opinion, you can't go wrong with a WD drive. Just pick the right one for your needs.
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My conclusion from that article is that the Hitachi 7k1000.B is the way to go (but I am also synthesizing other reviews that note the Hitachi is quieter than WD offerings). Then again, I prize efficiency over performance more than most... just not enough to go 'green' or to spend Velociraptor prices.

Thing is, I can't find the B revision of that drive at any site I'm willing to go to in Canada: Newegg, TigerDirect, and NCIX are all offering the original craptastic version.
 
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