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M73A
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O.P. What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need?
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!
This post was edited on 01-10-2007 at 06:50 PM by M73A.
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M73A
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O.P. RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need?
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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
This post was edited on 01-10-2007 at 06:33 PM by M73A.
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Kenji
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RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need?
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Originally posted by M73A
stupid google! thats what was confusing me... can you buy sata to ide cables?
It seems you can link.
If your motherboard only has IDE, i dont see why you cant get a IDE drive instead .. 
This post was edited on 01-10-2007 at 06:38 PM by Kenji.
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| 01-10-2007 06:37 PM |
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M73A
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O.P. RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need?
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Originally posted by Dazzy
quote:
Originally posted by M73A
stupid google! thats what was confusing me... can you buy sata to ide cables?
It seems you can link.
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 |
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Sypher
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RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need?
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...
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| 01-10-2007 08:10 PM |
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RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need?
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Originally posted by Sypher
Seagate makes noisy harddrives
mine isn't.
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| 01-10-2007 08:22 PM |
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RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need?
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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| 01-10-2007 09:34 PM |
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YottabyteWizard
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RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need?
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.
This post was edited on 01-10-2007 at 09:46 PM by YottabyteWizard.
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| 01-10-2007 09:42 PM |
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Adeptus
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RE: What Hard Drive Should I Get/Do I Need?
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. 
This post was edited on 01-10-2007 at 10:32 PM by Adeptus.
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