Looking for a new HD..

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Morazl

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Hello, I'm looking for a recommendation for a drive that will be used for gaming on WinXP. It must be AHCI compatible, looking for around a 320gb drive, and my budget is 60$ shipped & taxed.

I'm very partial to seagate drives and I've been looking around on the egg but setting mixed reviews for 7200.11 and 7200.12 drives.
 
honestly the best bang for the buck for your price range would be the 640GB WD.. its faster then the seagates and is double the storage and on top of that doesnt have the bogus firmware issues that seagates been having with all their hard drives..
 
The Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB HDD is currently on sale at ZipZoomFly for under $60 shipped. It is one of the best bang-for-your-buck drives out there, with speeds on par with the last-gen Raptor X.

The mixed review for the Seagate drives are due to firmware issues. Though a fix is available for them, they've pretty much become hit or miss.
 
WD3200AAKS or WD6400AAKS if you find it on sale. I've gotten a couple 640GB for $60 shipped plus tax. If you're in CA, Amazon has it for $60 w/ free shipping. ;)
 
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