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What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need? by M73A on 01-10-2007 at 06:22 PM
Im looking to buy a hard drive... im not sure what i need, or what would be best...
Could someone also clear up IDE or ATA? whats the difference?
250GB
Hitachi 320GB
Maxtor 320GB
those are all ATA interface, ... but I THINK i need IDE (how can i check?)
i swear theyre the same 
images: google missleading me?:
Google Result of ATA Cable
Google Result of IDE Cable
Thanks!
RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need? by Kenji on 01-10-2007 at 06:29 PM
http://sierra-cables.com/SATA/Images/SATA-Signal-Cable-1.jpg
Thats a SATA cable.
Both of them ones you listed are IDE.
RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need? by M73A on 01-10-2007 at 06:30 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Dazzy
http://sierra-cables.com/SATA/Images/SATA-Signal-Cable-1.jpg
Thats a SATA cable.
Both of them ones you listed are IDE.
stupid google! thats what was confusing me... can you buy sata to ide cables?
hmm... it says interface: SATA but if you click to see full specs they say
Interface Provided
* Connector Type
* 40 PIN IDC
* Interface (Storage)
* IDE/ATAPI
* Qty
* 1
RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need? by Kenji on 01-10-2007 at 06:37 PM
quote:It seems you can link.
Originally posted by M73A
stupid google! thats what was confusing me... can you buy sata to ide cables?
If your motherboard only has IDE, i dont see why you cant get a IDE drive instead ..
RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need? by M73A on 01-10-2007 at 06:39 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Dazzy
quote:It seems you can link.
Originally posted by M73A
stupid google! thats what was confusing me... can you buy sata to ide cables?
If your motherboard only has IDE, i dont see why you cant get a IDE drive instead ..
these are cheap and large storage
the detailed specs says comes with IDE CABLE... so im guessing it does both
RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need? by Sypher on 01-10-2007 at 08:10 PM
Don't take Maxtor... if you like to keep a healthy drive.
The drive that survived me for some years is a Western Digital Caviar...
Seagate makes noisy harddrives, Maxtor makes faulty ones... Don't know about Samsung & Hitachi...
RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need? by vaccination on 01-10-2007 at 08:22 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Sypher
Seagate makes noisy harddrives
mine isn't.
RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need? by ins4ne on 01-10-2007 at 09:34 PM
Maxtor is the best. I have 2x250GB and i don't hear anything. I was very surprised when i first started my new system. This drives are great 
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RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need? by YottabyteWizard on 01-10-2007 at 09:42 PM
I suggest also to stay away from maxtor. I bought 2 maxtor drives in the past and the failed not more than 1 month later, so I decided to go back to western digital (which me and my dad have been using since 100 MBs HDDs (yes.... too old...)) and still working atm. Then I bought another 2x250 Gbs drives for another computer and still working, they don't even make noises (at least I don't hear them)
But if you still need one of the two posted then go for Hitachi.
EDIT: Also, FYI, PATA=ATA=IDE.
RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need? by Adeptus on 01-10-2007 at 10:27 PM
http://www.storagereview.com/ -- detailed reviews and comparisons of virtually every drive out there, look at the LeaderBoard if you just want their recommendation.
It's amazing how much time people spend debating reviews and benchmarks of CPUs and graphics cards, yet very rarely do they bother to do the same for hard drives. Instead, anecdotal evidence and various prejudice start flying left and right when hard drives are mentioned. 
RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need? by Hank on 01-11-2007 at 10:04 AM
either Seagate or Maxtor is your bst bet, but Hitachi aint bad or samsung SATA drives
RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need? by pedro_cesar on 01-19-2007 at 04:06 AM
I think Maxtor are really good choices I have never had one, but all 50 computer in every lab had Maxtor HD installed and they worked just fine.
Other thing, if what u're looking for is performance, definitely go for SATA, which are real new and way faster, but first make sure u're motherboard supports it, if it doesn't u may wanna consider upgrading since hard drives are been remodeled to include USB as cache memories, so SATA it's going to be everywhere.
RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need? by Odin.EXE on 01-20-2007 at 05:32 AM
Maxtor? Nope I don't recommend them. I will rank them in order from best to worst.
Samsung, Hitachi, Western Digital, Sea Gate and Maxtor
I guess Sea Gate is around average. I never use them before... Anyway there is a Maxtor company over here closed and Sea Gate take over xD Maxtor is famous for giving problem.
PATA or ATA
SATA
RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need? by user27089 on 01-20-2007 at 10:57 AM
Hitachi are good hard drives, just buy some with the ide interface, it's cheaper .
RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need? by John Anderton on 01-20-2007 at 12:27 PM
SATA wins hands down. kthx