question about hard drive for a dell optiplex gx1 350mhz

efx2003 · 08-04-2006, 04:13 PM

Does anybody know what is the fastest hard drive I can use on this computer. Will this hard drive work "Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3802110A 80GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100" The chipset is a Intel 440BX PIIX4e. Please help if you can.

Big B · 08-04-2006, 04:17 PM

Yeah, it should work no problem. I wouldn't put anything larger than a 120GB drive in it, but it's past the 8.4GB limitation.

efx2003 · 08-04-2006, 08:58 PM

Thanks for the help.

megamaced · 09-04-2006, 12:30 AM

It will work but you won't get the most out of the hard drive. Chances are your motherboard won't support ATA-100. Instead it will probably be operating at ATA-33/66

efx2003 · 09-04-2006, 08:19 PM

Thanks for the advice.

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megamaced Geek Geek Geek! Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 24 Male Posts: 3,467 Times Helpful: 352 My Mood: Fine Status: Offline My Computer	It will work but you won't get the most out of the hard drive. Chances are your motherboard won't support ATA-100. Instead it will probably be operating at ATA-33/66 __________________ "A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open windows". ~Linus Torvalds

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