Should i..

[AznAnarchy99]

get a Seagate 7200.7 IDE 200 gig for $75

or

save some more cash and get a Maxtor 16mb cache 200 gig SATA for $100?

its primarily for storing music/movie files and a few games

 

[BillLeeLee]

How do you save money if the Seagate costs $75 and the Maxtor costs $100?

edit: okay, I reread that sentence and now it makes sense.

If just for storing files, the Seagate would be fine enough.

 

[PaHick]

edit: okay, I reread that sentence and now it makes sense. .

Dipping into the eggnog a little early this year are we?

 

[PWMK2]

Dipping into the eggnog a little early this year are we?

Hey. Most of the eggnog you buy these days is non-alcoholic.

 

[Goonigoogoo]

Dipping into the eggnog a little early this year are we?

LOL!


To the original poster i'd recommend the Seagate.

 

[PWMK2]

Yeah, I'd recommend the seagate too since its primary use, as you said, will be the storing of music and movies. Even ATA100 IDE is fast enough for that, you should be fine. It depends on what kinds of games you're putting on it, though. If you wanted to put tons of games on it I'd suggest the SATA.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

oh i have a sata drive that i would use for the games. gaming loading performance isnt that bad either
http://anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2073&p=9

the only thing that sucks is that i have to reroute my cable management on my fans =(

thanks everyone!