buying new hard drive

leadman70 · 03-05-2006, 10:48 PM

I Am New To This Forum And My Question May Already Be Answered Somewhere On This Site, But I Can't Find It. I Am Shopping For A New Hard Drive And I Want To Buy One That Will Work With My Computer. I See Some That Say Sata 500, 300, Etc. Ata 100, 150, Etc. I Have An Alienware With An Athlon Xp 2000 +.the Hard Drive That It Came With Is A Seagate Barracuda 80gb St380021a. I Bought This Computer Brand New In April Of 2002. If You Need Any More Info Let Me Know. I'm Wanting To Keep The 80gb Hard Drive To Run Windows And Programs And I'm Loking At A 400gb Or 500gb Hard Drive To Store Movies Pics, And Music. Out Of Maxtor, Western Digital, And Seagate, Is One Better Than The Other, Or Is There One I Should Steer Clear From. Any Help Is Greatly Appreciated

Mr.Suave · 03-05-2006, 10:50 PM

HDD 101 will help you a ton.

kobaj · 03-05-2006, 11:18 PM

From you hard drive you already have I have gathered you have ATA100. Now that means you need to get a hard drive that is ATA100 or higher (ATA150, ATA133). Do not get Serial ATA, also known as SATA. As for brands I like Seagate.

For a drive, you could pick from any of these. 1, 2, 3, 4,

As a side note, didnt Seagate buy out Maxtor?

Mr.Suave · 03-05-2006, 11:20 PM

why not SATA?
and yes seagate bought maxtor.

kobaj · 03-05-2006, 11:27 PM

I dont know if his motherboard has SATA, If his previous hard drive is ATA I just whent on the safe side saying thats all he could handle.

leadman70 · 03-06-2006, 01:00 AM

my motherboard is a asus a7n266-c ddr. thanks for the replies.

kobaj · 03-07-2006, 02:20 AM

Yep, your motherboard only has ATA. Feel free to choose from the drives I picked out or go hunting for your own, just remember what I told ya.

leadman70 · 03-07-2006, 03:22 AM

Thanks Alot For The Help. I Would Have Really Screwed Up If I Bought A Sata.

03-05-2006, 10:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
leadman70 New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 13	buying new hard drive I Am New To This Forum And My Question May Already Be Answered Somewhere On This Site, But I Can't Find It. I Am Shopping For A New Hard Drive And I Want To Buy One That Will Work With My Computer. I See Some That Say Sata 500, 300, Etc. Ata 100, 150, Etc. I Have An Alienware With An Athlon Xp 2000 +.the Hard Drive That It Came With Is A Seagate Barracuda 80gb St380021a. I Bought This Computer Brand New In April Of 2002. If You Need Any More Info Let Me Know. I'm Wanting To Keep The 80gb Hard Drive To Run Windows And Programs And I'm Loking At A 400gb Or 500gb Hard Drive To Store Movies Pics, And Music. Out Of Maxtor, Western Digital, And Seagate, Is One Better Than The Other, Or Is There One I Should Steer Clear From. Any Help Is Greatly Appreciated

03-05-2006, 10:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mr.Suave Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,373	HDD 101 will help you a ton. __________________ The Comp: CPU--Athlon64 X2 4200+ Manchester @ 2.5!!!:D HDD--WD Caviar 250GB 7200 RPM SATA MB---DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR RAM--OCZ Titanium 2GB (2 x 1GB) GPU--Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900XTX 512mb SPU--Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS PSU--ENERMAX Whisper II 535W all inside a Thermaltake Matrix VX

03-05-2006, 11:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
kobaj Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,248	From you hard drive you already have I have gathered you have ATA100. Now that means you need to get a hard drive that is ATA100 or higher (ATA150, ATA133). Do not get Serial ATA, also known as SATA. As for brands I like Seagate. For a drive, you could pick from any of these. 1, 2, 3, 4, As a side note, didnt Seagate buy out Maxtor? __________________ My site My sigThanks Kornowski for ava and sig. Winner of photo competition: Bokeh.

03-05-2006, 11:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mr.Suave Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,373	why not SATA? and yes seagate bought maxtor. __________________ The Comp: CPU--Athlon64 X2 4200+ Manchester @ 2.5!!!:D HDD--WD Caviar 250GB 7200 RPM SATA MB---DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR RAM--OCZ Titanium 2GB (2 x 1GB) GPU--Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900XTX 512mb SPU--Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS PSU--ENERMAX Whisper II 535W all inside a Thermaltake Matrix VX

03-05-2006, 11:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
kobaj Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,248	I dont know if his motherboard has SATA, If his previous hard drive is ATA I just whent on the safe side saying thats all he could handle. __________________ My site My sigThanks Kornowski for ava and sig. Winner of photo competition: Bokeh.

03-06-2006, 01:00 AM	#6 (permalink)
leadman70 New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 13	my motherboard is a asus a7n266-c ddr. thanks for the replies.

03-07-2006, 02:20 AM	#7 (permalink)
kobaj Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,248	Yep, your motherboard only has ATA. Feel free to choose from the drives I picked out or go hunting for your own, just remember what I told ya. __________________ My site My sigThanks Kornowski for ava and sig. Winner of photo competition: Bokeh.

03-07-2006, 03:22 AM	#8 (permalink)
leadman70 New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 13	Thanks Alot For The Help. I Would Have Really Screwed Up If I Bought A Sata.

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