what harddrive should i get

g25racer · 06-14-2008, 07:46 AM

^^ Page unavailible! Why would your pc run slow? Also, I recommend you get a hdd with 32mb cache and not 16mb.

paheal · 06-14-2008, 09:12 AM

I would suggest seagate SATA 7200 rpm hard drive....

Nigouki · 06-15-2008, 08:39 PM

It depends on what you're doing. I have a habit of stockpiling and archiving obscene amounts of digital media, and all of the computer games that I play are from like 5-10 years ago, so I spend my money on getting bigger drives instead of faster ones. People who spend most of their time benchmarking Crysis at maximum settings would probably swing for twin Raptors in RAID.

For everyday use, though, I'd go with those Excelstor drives. They're on par with Seagate and WD in terms of reliability, but are considerably more cost-effective. Two of those in SATA RAID will set you back only $70 for 160GB, which is better than a single Raptor in every category: speed, storage space, and price.

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Nigouki Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: People's Soviet Socialist Republic of California Posts: 82	It depends on what you're doing. I have a habit of stockpiling and archiving obscene amounts of digital media, and all of the computer games that I play are from like 5-10 years ago, so I spend my money on getting bigger drives instead of faster ones. People who spend most of their time benchmarking Crysis at maximum settings would probably swing for twin Raptors in RAID. For everyday use, though, I'd go with those Excelstor drives. They're on par with Seagate and WD in terms of reliability, but are considerably more cost-effective. Two of those in SATA RAID will set you back only $70 for 160GB, which is better than a single Raptor in every category: speed, storage space, and price. __________________ Antec TruePower 430W Asus SK8V Opteron 146 1GB DDR-400 ATI All-in-Wonder 9800 Pro Dual 200GB IDE hard drives (not in RAID) Optical combo drive Swiftec HSF with all those aluminum corkscrew things Windows XP

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