Hard drive compatibility

USMC Sosa · 03-12-2006, 02:19 PM

I'm in the process of shopping for a new hard drive for my computer. I've swapped out the motherboard and CPU, video card, sound card & nic, and power supply and now all I have left(in my scheme of things) is the hard drive. I was wondering if my motherboard, an ABIT IS7-V2, will accept any hard drive, or what hard drives it will accept. I've been looking this up for a little while now to no avail, so I decided to come here and ask around.

Thanks in advance.

suprasteve · 03-12-2006, 02:32 PM

it will for sure take any ide drive, if you post a link to your mobo, we could see if it supports sata or not though too

StrangleHold · 03-12-2006, 02:40 PM

Here you go
Storage Controller Type(s) DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra) x 2, Serial ATA x 2

USMC Sosa · 03-12-2006, 02:44 PM

Cool, thanks man. Any suggestions on which one most would prefer over the other?

http://indigo.intel.com/mbsg/details.aspx?compID=2470
^^That's the link, just in case.

USMC Sosa · 03-12-2006, 03:41 PM

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...?EdpNo=1487962
Any opinions?

suprasteve · 03-13-2006, 01:47 AM

I'd go sata, it's a little bit faster

Bestmiler · 03-13-2006, 01:04 PM

Is there noticeably a big difference between 7,200 and 10,000 rpms? I heard the 10,000rpms hdd make a lot of noise, is this true?

[-0MEGA-] · 03-13-2006, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bestmiler

Is there noticeably a big difference between 7,200 and 10,000 rpms? I heard the 10,000rpms hdd make a lot of noise, is this true?

Yes, since they spin faster they are also louder, but also give better performance.

Bestmiler · 03-13-2006, 01:49 PM

Are there any quiet ones?

suprasteve · 03-14-2006, 02:47 AM

I don't think the noise is all that bad, probably nothing compared to your fans for instance, but the 10k drives are pricey and you only have like 3 choices for capacity, you'd get good performance with a 7200 with a 16mb cache and save money, so don't say no to 7200's just yet

03-12-2006, 02:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
USMC Sosa New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3	Hard drive compatibility I'm in the process of shopping for a new hard drive for my computer. I've swapped out the motherboard and CPU, video card, sound card & nic, and power supply and now all I have left(in my scheme of things) is the hard drive. I was wondering if my motherboard, an ABIT IS7-V2, will accept any hard drive, or what hard drives it will accept. I've been looking this up for a little while now to no avail, so I decided to come here and ask around. Thanks in advance.

03-12-2006, 02:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
StrangleHold Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In a realm of unknown Wonders Posts: 7,198	Here you go Storage Controller Type(s) DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra) x 2, Serial ATA x 2 __________________ I am desperately trying to find out why kamikaze pilots wore helmets.

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03-12-2006, 02:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
suprasteve Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,355	it will for sure take any ide drive, if you post a link to your mobo, we could see if it supports sata or not though too

03-12-2006, 02:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
USMC Sosa New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3	Cool, thanks man. Any suggestions on which one most would prefer over the other? http://indigo.intel.com/mbsg/details.aspx?compID=2470 ^^That's the link, just in case.

03-12-2006, 03:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
USMC Sosa New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3	http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...?EdpNo=1487962 Any opinions?

03-13-2006, 01:47 AM	#6 (permalink)
suprasteve Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,355	I'd go sata, it's a little bit faster

03-13-2006, 01:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
Bestmiler Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 110	Is there noticeably a big difference between 7,200 and 10,000 rpms? I heard the 10,000rpms hdd make a lot of noise, is this true?

03-13-2006, 01:49 PM	#9 (permalink)
Bestmiler Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 110	Are there any quiet ones?

03-14-2006, 02:47 AM	#10 (permalink)
suprasteve Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,355	I don't think the noise is all that bad, probably nothing compared to your fans for instance, but the 10k drives are pricey and you only have like 3 choices for capacity, you'd get good performance with a 7200 with a 16mb cache and save money, so don't say no to 7200's just yet