I am buying the biggest hard drive. Is this one ok?

[VirusType2]

I am buying the biggest hard drive I can find.


I think it was Western Digital 7200 RPM. it said it had a large cache and it said on the box it
"RIVALS 10,000 RPM" drives

I get a discount from a store that caries it, so I would rather get this model.

Whatsup ? if I get one of these, like 300 GB hard drive is this ok for games?

Whats better?

 

[PunisherUSA]

72000rpm is FINE for gaming. Just go for the best $/gig deal you can find

 

[VirusType2]

Ok well not to sound unappreciative but I knew this much lol, but what Im saying Pun' is

Is there some hard drives that would offer a much better performance for games than it?

real short loading times?

 

[gweedodogg69]

THe Western Digital SATA Raptor HD. That HD is 10,000 RPMs...FAST loading times . I'm gonna get one of those soon. But it's only 74GB on www.newegg.com if there is a larger one I hope I can find one.

 

[VirusType2]

Oh they only go up to 74 GB?

no that just wont do at all.

I need the biggest one possible, becuase I'll never upgrade it.

 

[Bakurei]

300GB isn't even closest to the biggest. Try like 1.6TB (hint lacie hint). But it's an external one, but it looks cool.

 

[Razor]

300GB isn't even closest to the biggest. Try like 1.6TB (hint lacie hint). But it's an external one, but it looks cool.

The biggest consumer drive, i think, is around the 400gig - 450gig mark.

 

[`unreal]

And it costs like £2000 over here :/

The biggest is the hitachi 400GB one - and their drives are the fastest non-10000rpm drives around. As for the Western Digital one, i think the caviar is their line up which you might have, which actually has rather poor performance ratings compared to the rest (came second from last/last in two mags i have). I myself would get the Hitachi, Seagate Barracuda, or the Maxtor Diamondmax 10 (10 has double the cache compared to 9).

 

[VirusType2]

At least one of my programs don't support a terrabyte. Norton something or other

Western Digital one, i think the caviar is their line up which you might have

I don't have it yet, it's the only one at the store that they have with over like 150 GB. =/

I practically get it free though. so you said its like the 2nd to worst. that SUX.

aight thanks for the heads up. Ill have to check and see what model it is, check out the ratings online, and see if they have another brand in store now.

 

[VirusType2]

http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,113457,00.asp

Here it says the new 250GB Western Digital Caviar is the 2nd fastest in the speed tests!

Looks like it should have scored higher than 6th, especially it has 100 more GB than the Diamond, and is ranked faster.. hmm

maybe I'm not reading enough into it but..

I think I'm going to buy it today. lol

EDIT: after comparing more closely, I'm not sure why they say its the second fastest in the speed tests.. looks to be like the second slowest!

and i just found this.. : not sure if its the same model I'm buying..

\Cons: I purchaed a Dell Dimension 8300 in January. It comes with the Western Digital Caviar 250. I got a disk error in July and had to have it replaced. The technician said it sounded like the reader broke. Then this past Wedsneday, the same thing happened again!! The tech says that he's not sure what's going on, but that this is the 4th one he's replaced in the past month.

 

[Asus]

Check out this review

 

[VirusType2]

Check out this review

Western Digital's WD3200JB: 320 GB and Lots of Ambition

Sounds good. I wonder when I'll see this in stores. I guess I can wait a little longer, though I'm growing impatient

Thanx once again Asus, you rock

EDIT:How do I find out what type of hard drive I need? ATA? SATA? WTF? LOL.

 

[baron insig]

sata and ata are the interfaces between hdd and motherboard/ extension card
sata is smaller and tidier whilst ata uses a IDE cable whihc is chunky and untidy, there are no real advatages atm with sata however it is the future as the bandwidth is far far greater

 

[DrDevin]

If you can find one of the large capacity 16MB buffer drives you will be getting the second fastest consumer drive yet it will still have a hudge capacity. If your model is like this one I highly reccomend it. Here is a piece of the rewiew:

With the MaXLine III, Maxtor has given users a good in-between point for those who want the capacity of a 7200RPM drive, but with the performance of Western Digital's 10,000RPM Raptor.

Weighing in at 250 or 300GB, a single MaXLine III drive should be more than enough for any desktop user and finally, such a large capacity can be had without a performance tradeoff.

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2094&p=13

If not I like the WD Cavier SE drives mine has been great so far. Also make sure your motherboard supports SATA if you go for a SATA drive.

 

[VirusType2]

If not I like the WD Cavier SE drives mine has been great so far. Also make sure your motherboard supports SATA if you go for a SATA drive.

Thank you! Never having bought any PC components outside of a mouse, I would have probably overlooked that.

 

[furiousV]

sata and ata are the interfaces between hdd and motherboard/ extension card
sata is smaller and tidier whilst ata uses a IDE cable whihc is chunky and untidy, there are no real advatages atm with sata however it is the future as the bandwidth is far far greater

dont forget the rounded IDE cables, they kick ass. however, maneouvering them is still a bit of work but hey they kick ass!!! :thumbs:

 

[BlackDahlia]

Oh they only go up to 74 GB?

no that just wont do at all.

I need the biggest one possible, becuase I'll never upgrade it.

Dude...sooner or later, you're gonna have to upgrade. It's inevitable.

 

[trizzm]

i got a Maxtor Diamonxmax10 Sata 300gb w/16MB cache drive (windows sees 279gb). Entirely satisfied. cost me 277CDN$.

i'm still going to get a raptor sometimes i think and use it only for gaming. and leave the other one for my audio stuff.

 

[`unreal]

Im planning to get a Diamondmax 10 250GB SATA, and when the time comes another, and put it in RAID 0. I have my old 40GB barracuda used for storage, but its reaching its days.

 

[VirusType2]

Dude...sooner or later, you're gonna have to upgrade. It's inevitable.

I shouldn't have to upgrade it.

~ 300GB? no I wont have to upgrade it in my lifetime. I've only got ~15 years left to live. I won't have to replace it, but It may become my small hard drive. Currently my small drive is 80 GB

I know technology changes in 10-20 years, but it remains 250-350 GB is huge. With 15 games like D3, HL2, etc., windows, at least a thousand pictures, tons of downloaded stuff, I have only used 50 GB

Things can be un-installed, or burned to CD/DVD

 

[JFry]

300 gig is indeed pretty huge and will prolly still be considered alot in years to come, but the 7200 rpm and other factors will likely show their age much sooner. But as you said you can always bump it down to a storage drive.