Whats a good hard drive brand

[bamaboy]

which hard drives do you prefer maxtor,segate, hitachi, western dig, samsung
and whihc is better SATA, serial ata, or what other kinds what is most used today?

i want a 250gb and dont really want to spend more than 120$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ice=&MaxPrice=&SubCategory=14&Submit=Property
whihc of these would u reccommend?

do i need serial , what determines what kind you need?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131538
here is the MB im probably getting

 

[4W4K3]

Maxtor and Western Digital are my fav's.

 

[Modoman]

you get what you pay for with maxtor, which is not much. seagate, western digital, and a few hitachis

 

[bamaboy]

im more fond of segate and western i think

 

[b00gi mAM]

LOL Maxtor DOSEN'T EXIST ANYMORE Seagate bought maxtor for 11.9 BILLION.

 

[4W4K3]

Weird, didn't know thy bought them out. I still have Maxtor drives that are somewhat old and still good, must sell on eBay as "vintage, rare"

 

[dragon2309]

whihc is better SATA, serial ata

What did you think SATA stood for, lol.... Serial A T A

 

[suprasteve]

get sata over IDE definitely, but as far as sata2, don't stress over it too much, if the board you're looking at supports it, then you can go for it but if it doesn't, the difference isn't going to be that big of a deal to where you need to find a different mobo

 

[statue12]

i have got a seagate hard drive and and i havent had no probs with it and its nice and quiet.

 

[Rambo]

I have a Maxtor 200GB SATA150 HDD. I have had no problems at all... I like Maxtor. Shame they have been bought out though.

 

[bamaboy]

what is SATA 3.0gb s
and serial ATA150 these are options on newegg i got confused

which one for this mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131538
im guessing sata 2 because it says: SATAII_4 slots

and that one has 3 regular pci slots and 1 x16 right?

is that a good mobo?

this is probably the hd im getting
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144701

 

[b00gi mAM]

go witha dfi lanparty.. and a 74.5 gig raptor and throw in a like 50 $ slave.. thats all you need to know...

 

[StrangleHold]

SATA- Western Digital or Seagate

 

[bamaboy]

but what does my mobo use sata3gb or sata150? i dont know the difference but i want the SATA3gb/s because its faster

 

[i.Angel]

Western Digital, Seagate and the Raptors I hear are awesome for gaming.

 

[ceewi1]

but what does my mobo use sata3gb or sata150? i dont know the difference but i want the SATA3gb/s because its faster

It looks like it supports SATA II (SATA3gb/s), but they're fully compatible. In other words, you can use a SATA I or II drive on that mobo, and you can use a SATA II drive on a mobo that only supports SATA I (albeit at the reduced speed).

And that speed is the max speed of the interface, not the actual speed of the drive. No current drives will run faster than 150MB/s anyway.

 

[Super_Nova]

Western Diginal. IBM's are ok too. If I pay for a hard drive, it's Western Digital.

 

[suprasteve]

I already mentioned sata2 earlier, if it's not much more go for it but you won't see a huge difference in speed by any means