Sharp Noise coming from Hardware

[mwahsun]

Well I am willing to put up with the noise if there are no performance boost, because using $50 just to get rid of the noise feels a little wasteful. Are there any performance boosts as well? My HDD was purchased around 2001-2002, not quite sure but around there.

 

[childsy_1985]

A new hard drive would likely result in better performance anyway because of how old you current hdd is a newer one would be faster. Just if you keep that drive make sure you back things up regulary because a noise like that could mean that the hdd could die at any time

 

[Motoxrdude]

Also with your current HDD i cant garuntee that it is going to last more then a week.

 

[mwahsun]

Hmm I currently have a D Drive as well with 38GB.. hmm should I just use that instead?

 

[Motoxrdude]

Yea i would, if a hdd is making unuasual noises, its usually not a good sign.

 

[mwahsun]

which one should I buy?

1) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144122
2) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822135106

and would they be compatible for any computer?

 

[mwahsun]

?

 

[Hairy_Lee]

Get the IDE drive unless you know for certain that your board has SATA ports

 

[helmie]

Get the IDE drive unless you know for certain that your board has SATA ports

Looking at a picture of the board, I dont see any SATA ports....

And reading the specs, only IDE. As hairylee says, get the IDE drive.

 

[Hairy_Lee]

no SATA ports on that board

 

[mwahsun]

how is this deal?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8785622860&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWN:IT&rd=1

 

[Motoxrdude]

Bidding ended. Basicly, get a hard drive that is 7200RPM or greater, and has a 8MB cache and is IDE.

 

[mwahsun]

No, I am the winner on that bid. Its only 2MB Cache tho. What does cache do and what does it mean?

 

[mwahsun]

Here are the specs to what I juss won on bid (on newegg): http://www.newegg.com/Product/CustRatingReview.asp?Item=N82E16822144140

 

[mwahsun]

bump? ^^