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by kilogic
Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:46 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: Advise on HDD, new to SATA
Replies: 17
Views: 10511

I know your probably sick of hearing from me but my new drive is running at about 55 to 61 degrees celcius. I have moved it to a better spot with more room, then i put a new front fan in blowing right on it to get all the air out from under it. That only dropped it down a few degrees. HDD Health and...
by kilogic
Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:02 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: Advise on HDD, new to SATA
Replies: 17
Views: 10511

oh ok, see i really didnt know much about this stuff. My intel info that came with my motherboard had crazy instructions for installing a sata drive that made it a raid 0 format and it came with raid drivers and whatever but i just got done doing all the western digital stuff that was easy as hell a...
by kilogic
Sat Feb 25, 2006 6:45 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: Advise on HDD, new to SATA
Replies: 17
Views: 10511

Well i took your guys' advise and found a pretty good deal at best buy of all places. It's a WD 250gb 300mb/s command queing and 16mb cache. The only downside is its 1 year warranty. Of all the things they offer service plans on they didnt have one. Wish me luck, and i havent installed it yet, caugh...
by kilogic
Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:30 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: Advise on HDD, new to SATA
Replies: 17
Views: 10511

yeah my maxtor is the one thats going out and out of warranty. I was leaning toward seagate but i think western digital has some good prices too. Thank you all for your input im heading up to Fry's today to see what they got sales start today.
by kilogic
Fri Feb 24, 2006 7:27 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: Advise on HDD, new to SATA
Replies: 17
Views: 10511

Thanks for the response. Do you think i should go with a 150mb or 300mb if my system only supports 150? do you think it doesnt matter?

Also do you know if you can clone a pata to a sata drive. i know theres alot of hdd cloning software, do they normally work between both formats?
by kilogic
Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:38 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: Advise on HDD, new to SATA
Replies: 17
Views: 10511

Advise on HDD, new to SATA

Hello, I have been contemplating what new hard drive to purchase now that my maxtor is going out (constant clicking, bad performance, general signs of close failure) My motherboard is and Intel D865PERL and has support for SATA 150mb/s. I have been looking at either a 300GB Seagate SATA 150mb/s or a...