I need a new hard drive. I need one that is very large, like 200+ gb. I don't care about speed, just capacity and reliability. What do the dezinens of SDN have to recomend?
Also, tips on installing it would be useful....
Recomend me a new Hd
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Seagate is your friend. As for installation tips, as long as the jumpers are set right it's pretty straightforward. Just try not to wear wool clothing or anything that creates a ton of static. Static bad, fries chips, computer no worky.
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Re: Recomend me a new Hd
BAMComando293 wrote:I need a new hard drive. I need one that is very large, like 200+ gb. I don't care about speed, just capacity and reliability. What do the dezinens of SDN have to recomend?
Also, tips on installing it would be useful....
320GB, and a five year warranty (which is why Seagate gets recommended so much). Only $90.
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Re: Recomend me a new Hd
The 7200.10 is indeed the best performing hard drive for your dollar on the market. Go for it.Uraniun235 wrote:BAMComando293 wrote:I need a new hard drive. I need one that is very large, like 200+ gb. I don't care about speed, just capacity and reliability. What do the dezinens of SDN have to recomend?
Also, tips on installing it would be useful....
320GB, and a five year warranty (which is why Seagate gets recommended so much). Only $90.
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La Cie for external, Seagate for internal
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You pretty much named all the HD manufacturers there - while some of them might be "solid" it doesn't help much if they are also the worst at the same time...
My experience recommends Seagate as well, and on the other hand staying away from Maxtor and Hitachi (Maxtor tends to crap out on me far more often then others - yes I know, anecdotal and all, but I'm not buying another Maxtor if I can help it, while Hitachi is getting there as well). The rest fall into the "good enough" category that I don't mind buying them if they are the only options in the range I'm looking for (and have to get the HD fast so can't shop around too much).
My experience recommends Seagate as well, and on the other hand staying away from Maxtor and Hitachi (Maxtor tends to crap out on me far more often then others - yes I know, anecdotal and all, but I'm not buying another Maxtor if I can help it, while Hitachi is getting there as well). The rest fall into the "good enough" category that I don't mind buying them if they are the only options in the range I'm looking for (and have to get the HD fast so can't shop around too much).
I've seen no statistics indicating issues with any brands, other than weird one-off issues (Deskstar 75, for example). Do also note that I put some caveats in for Maxtor and WD drives.mmar wrote:You pretty much named all the HD manufacturers there - while some of them might be "solid" it doesn't help much if they are also the worst at the same time...
