new hard drive

Discussion in 'Storage Devices' started by MercyFlush, Feb 28, 2008.

  1. MercyFlush

    MercyFlush Geek Trainee

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    whats the best 250-320gb sata-300 hard drive made for less than $90?
     
  2. Impotence

    Impotence May the source be with u!

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  3. donkey42

    donkey42 plank

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    personally i only ever buy Seagate drives, and, with Seagate taking over Maxtor & just rebadging their own drives with the Maxtor name, and Seagate also offer a 5 year warranty on both Seagate & Maxtor drives, so, now i will only buy Seagate & Maxtor drives
     
  4. rimmer

    rimmer Geek

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    don't be fooled by SATA 300 or SATA 2/II, because the real performance benefits are not seen yet, as hard drives barely reach 130MB transfer rate, never mind the SATA 1 standard of 150, but then again, most drives are SATA 2 compliant anyway...
     
  5. MercyFlush

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    doesnt hurt though. :p
     
  6. Impotence

    Impotence May the source be with u!

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    SATA2 does have a advantage over SATA1 if the data you want is already in the disks cache memory (which is considerably faster than the magnetic disk).
     

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