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looking to buy a new hard drive
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:11 am
by -mogwai
i want something quiet and sweet, but not too expensive.
recommendations?
right now, i've got the seagate barracuda st3160023as
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:49 am
by Illuminati
The 250G w/ 16mb cache from the
system guides! ;)
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:53 am
by Apoptosis
I second that... the drive is solid
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:59 am
by Apoptosis
and here is some proof:
It leads these six SATA hard drive models and hangs in the middle or top 2 for the majority of the other testing and benchmarks. It's a sweet drive.
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:28 am
by -mogwai
fair enough
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:01 pm
by -mogwai
is the hard drive i want a wd2500ks or wd2500yd?
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:28 pm
by Illuminati
you want the KS because its the SATA II version.
the YD is SATA 1.5gb/sec version.