What kind of HD should I buy?

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kermit

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What kind of HD should I get because I don't know the difference between:

IDE
SATA
SCA
SCSI

My motherboard is an Asus A7N8X-Deluxe with AMD Barton 2600+

I mainly use this for online gaming. I'd like to stay under $100.
 
I would go with a SATA (as opposed to PATA, both are technically IDE). It's not going to be any different performance wise but the wires and connections are easier to work with and allow better airflow.
 
because you really never said anything about wanting to keep it pretty or anything that has to do with heat
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I forgot... if it isn't specified people want their computers to be a tangled mess of wires and an oven... :rolleyes:

And I definitely wouldn't pay that much for an 80 GB PATA drive. Anything past 40 GB and I say less than $1 per GB. And I've had bad luck with Maxtors in the past as well.
 
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lol

YES A FREE CABLE!Woohoo J/K
anyway, you know I hear people say bad things all the time about maxtor and I have never had a lick of problems.........I had the 200 gb one and I couldnt' be happier...but I didn't get a free cable :P
 
Yeah, a free cable can come in handy (especially when you have 4 SATA HDDs and only two cables came with the mobo :().
 
eyes

keep your eyes open when buying a new hard-drive and maybe you could get lucky and win yourself a tv dinner while doing it :D :eek:
 
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Yeah, a free cable can come in handy (especially when you have 4 SATA HDDs and only two cables came with the mobo :().
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Mine came with no cables but 4 power adapters, I'm still confused with that one.
 
I've been sticking with Hitachi and Seagat... and I probably will till I have problems with them.
 
kermit said:
What kind of HD should I get because I don't know the difference between:

IDE
SATA
SCA
SCSI
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LoL i don't know the difference between them either...would someone mind explaining it to me? :P
 
If your motherboard is equipped with SATA controllers then chose a SATA disc, if not than regular IDE is what you should look for.

Personally I'm a huge fan of Seagate, not only are they the most quiet brand but also the longevity is just amazing!
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LoL i don't know the difference between them either...would someone mind explaining it to me?
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Well, most people really don't need to know about SCSI (small computer systems interface), but if you want to learn about it go here:
http://www.scsilibrary.com/bus.html
SCA, if I'm not mistaken, is actually a type of SCSI connector.

PATA (commonly called IDE, though incorrectly) is the 40/80 pin ribbon cable that is common for hard drives and optical drives. There are various speeds, ie ATA-100 or ATA-133 can transfer at speeds up to 100 and 133 MB/sec.

SATA is the new interface that uses the much smaller 4 conductor cable. Currently most devices are SATA1 which runs at 150 MB/s

More info:
http://www.interfacebus.com/Design_Connector_IDE.html
 
yeah

see it all comes down to really personal preference on the hard drive....but as far as the interface it comes down to what you computer can handle and so fourth.....I have used all maxtor and I will never go away from that until I have a problem with them
 
I'd go with western digital and if your good with computers get 2 really cheap hard drives and raid 0 them :) (if the motherboard has raid support). That should shorten loading times a bit.
 
if your good with computers get 2 really cheap hard drives and raid 0 them (if the motherboard has raid support). That should shorten loading times a bit.
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Maybe for benchmarks
I mainly use this for online gaming. I'd like to stay under $100.
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=no RAID0 (not that I'd recommend it anyway)
 
Only reason I'd want to use RAID is if you're setting it up a some sort of server or hoster for anything. I've got an old 1.3Ghz duron with 4 2Gb SCSI drives that I'm trying to setup RAID now so I can make it into a webserver.
 
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