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options for good sata HD?

  • 04-03-2004 1:39pm
    #1
    Venom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭


    Im thinking of upgrading my 80gb IBM deskstar to a sata based drive. Size should be between 80 to 160bg. Must be sata and 7200rpm but no Raptor drives as there to damm loud :D

    What make of HD's do you guys suggest?


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  • #2
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,562 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    The current storage review "daddy" is th Hitachi Deskstar 7K250 and the smaller models should have similar performance.

    http://storagereview.com/php/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=LeaderBoard

    I tend to recommend Western Digital Special Edition's otherwise due to their excellent performance and three year warranty. They are probably slightly noisier than other similar drives. A lot of manufacturers seem to be offering a 3 year warranty on their 8Mb cache lines now.

    If noise is a factor the Seagate Barracuda is probably the quietest (S)ATA option.


  • #3
    neokenzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,321 ✭✭✭neokenzo


    I got myself a Seagate 160GB 7200rpm 8MB. I havent run it on any load yet. I've only ran it to test the mobo, but it was really quite. Couldnt hear a thing. HAd to touch the hdd just to make sure it was running :)


  • #4
    quarryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,497 ✭✭✭quarryman


    Originally posted by neokenzo
    ......but it was really quite. Couldnt hear a thing. HAd to touch

    quiet grrrr

    yup those seagates are very quiet. that'd be my choice for a new SATA.


  • #5
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,562 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    Afaik the Seagate drives only come with a 1 year warranty.


  • #6
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66,402 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    The Hitachi in that review is 250GB so not in the range considered

    I made this decision about 3 months ago looking for a SATA 160GB drive and at the time it was between the Seagate Barracuda and the Samsung Spinpoint. Read loads of reviews and Samsung won almost all of them.

    I never had any Samsung hard drives before but a rake of Western Digital SE 8MB Cache ATA drives over the last few years that performed very well, so was a bit unwilling to consider Samsung.

    However the reviews were pretty overwhelming so I bought 2 of the Samsungs 160GB 8MB Cache in RAID0 and very happy. Excellent performance, very quiet :)

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  • #7
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,562 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    There should be a review for pretty any make/model you consider on StorageReview:

    http://storagereview.com/map/lm.cgi/article_ndx


  • #8
    WizZard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,762 ✭✭✭WizZard


    I have two of the same drive as neokenzo.
    Great hard drives, I'd highly recommend them. Can't tell at all if they're spinning or not!


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