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Hard Drives... What is now reasonably priced but just behind "cutting edge"?
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I presently have 2 SATA HD's of 300 Gigs and 2 IDE HD's of 300 & 200-something Gig - and i can't tell the difference between the sppeds of each. All are typical CompUSA/Best Buy WD Caviar or Maxtor units and are 7200 with 4 or 8 meg buffers. I'm gonna upgrade and spend a little extra this time. I don't want the newest-high end (especially in price) HD's but I'd like what is now reasonable in price and better than the advertised units in the paper. What do I need to look for? Newegg has a WD Raptor that's 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache that's Serial ATA-150 for $200. 200 bones is fine but it's only 150 Gigs! Yikes!!! I NEED capacity. Any suggestions on fairly new tech and speed without getting soaked for being the first one on your block to get the cutting edge stuff? Thanks!!!!! And any "education" on HD's would be appreciated! Thanks for your help!!!! |
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... Hey all! I presently have 2 SATA HD's of 300 Gigs and 2 IDE HD's of 300 & 200-something Gig - and i can't tell the difference between the sppeds of each. All are typical CompUSA/Best Buy WD Caviar or Maxtor units and are 7200 with 4 or 8 meg buffers. I'm gonna upgrade and spend a little extra this time. I don't want the newest-high end (especially in price) HD's but I'd like what is now reasonable in price and better than the advertised units in the paper. What do I need to look for? Newegg has a WD Raptor that's 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache that's Serial ATA-150 for $200. 200 bones is fine but it's only 150 Gigs! Yikes!!! I NEED capacity. What is your goal for the upgrade? Do you want capacity, speed, silence, power reduction? If capacity, then you can get SATA 750GB drives now. If you want speed, then you found it with the raptors. If you want silence, then there are a few options - Samsung Spinpoint is the big name, but the new WD5000AAKS I just bought is nearly silent (and 500GB). If you want budget, then stick around the 300GB mark, but you won't end up with more space than you have now (assuming you are replacing). |
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Hard Drives... What is now reasonably priced but just behind "cutting edge"?
"GT" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... Hey all! I presently have 2 SATA HD's of 300 Gigs and 2 IDE HD's of 300 & 200-something Gig - and i can't tell the difference between the sppeds of each. All are typical CompUSA/Best Buy WD Caviar or Maxtor units and are 7200 with 4 or 8 meg buffers. I'm gonna upgrade and spend a little extra this time. I don't want the newest-high end (especially in price) HD's but I'd like what is now reasonable in price and better than the advertised units in the paper. What do I need to look for? Newegg has a WD Raptor that's 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache that's Serial ATA-150 for $200. 200 bones is fine but it's only 150 Gigs! Yikes!!! I NEED capacity. What is your goal for the upgrade? Do you want capacity, speed, silence, power reduction? If capacity, then you can get SATA 750GB drives now. If you want speed, then you found it with the raptors. If you want silence, then there are a few options - Samsung Spinpoint is the big name, but the new WD5000AAKS I just bought is nearly silent (and 500GB). If you want budget, then stick around the 300GB mark, but you won't end up with more space than you have now (assuming you are replacing). I have to agree on the WD5000AAKs. I just bought four of them for two Raid0 arrays for A/V work and for price/performance they are very good. Working with large files between the two arrays is noticeably faster than any two drive combo with the possible exception of the Raptors which would be cost prohibitive for 2tb. The large capacity allows me to keep projects on the drives (I have everything on CD/DVD too) for easy access if I need additional copies. Keeping critical data on Raid0 arrays is definately not reccomended. The drives are also very quiet. Ed |
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What do I need to look for? Newegg has a WD Raptor that's 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache that's Serial ATA-150 for $200. 200 bones is fine but it's only 150 Gigs! Yikes!!! I NEED capacity. Any suggestions on fairly new tech and speed without getting soaked for being the first one on your block to get the cutting edge stuff? I'd look at the WD Caviar SE16 series and the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 series. They both have perpendicular recording technology in the large capacity HDs, that gives higher data density and better performance. |
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Hard Drives... What is now reasonably priced but just behind "cutting edge"?
"John Weiss" jrweiss98155nospamatnospamcomcastdotnospamnet wrote in message ... wrote... What do I need to look for? Newegg has a WD Raptor that's 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache that's Serial ATA-150 for $200. 200 bones is fine but it's only 150 Gigs! Yikes!!! I NEED capacity. Any suggestions on fairly new tech and speed without getting soaked for being the first one on your block to get the cutting edge stuff? I'd look at the WD Caviar SE16 series and the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 series. They both have perpendicular recording technology in the large capacity HDs, that gives higher data density and better performance. I don't believe my new WD5000AAKS (SE 16) has perpendicular recording, although I may be wrong. I think only the seagates have that at the mo. Doesn't really matter! |
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Hard Drives... What is now reasonably priced but just behind"cutting edge"?
On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:31:43 -0700, nada thoughfully wrote:
Hey all! I presently have 2 SATA HD's of 300 Gigs and 2 IDE HD's of 300 & 200-something Gig - and i can't tell the difference between the sppeds of each. All are typical CompUSA/Best Buy WD Caviar or Maxtor units and are 7200 with 4 or 8 meg buffers. I'm gonna upgrade and spend a little extra this time. I don't want the newest-high end (especially in price) HD's but I'd like what is now reasonable in price and better than the advertised units in the paper. What do I need to look for? Newegg has a WD Raptor that's 10,000 RPM 16MB Cache that's Serial ATA-150 for $200. 200 bones is fine but it's only 150 Gigs! Yikes!!! I NEED capacity. Any suggestions on fairly new tech and speed without getting soaked for being the first one on your block to get the cutting edge stuff? Thanks!!!!! And any "education" on HD's would be appreciated! Thanks for your help!!!! Maybe performance depends on lots of things but the simple answer is SATA- II, 500-750Gig @ $100-200USD and single drive USB enclosures for $20-40 each current drive, or USB/eSATA HD server case) for all current drives. If you have wireless and use a server you could put the server in the basement or garage. Check out Network Attached Servers. |
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"GT" wrote...
I'd look at the WD Caviar SE16 series and the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 series. They both have perpendicular recording technology in the large capacity HDs, that gives higher data density and better performance. I don't believe my new WD5000AAKS (SE 16) has perpendicular recording, although I may be wrong. I think only the seagates have that at the mo. WD has it in their 750 (http://www.westerndigital.com/en/pro...?DriveID=311): Key FeaturesTop performance for Windows Vista - WD Caviar SE16 SATA and EIDE drives are certified for Windows Vista and are top performers on the Windows Vista Experience Index. 16 MB Cache - Bigger cache means faster performance. A massive 16 MB cache combined with advanced acoustic and power-reducing technologies make these ultra-fast drives the perfect solution for the fully loaded PC. Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) - The latest generation of WD Caviar SE16 drives employs PMR technology to achieve even greater areal density. (750 GB only) IntelliSeekT - Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration. SecureParkT - Parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface resulting in improved long term reliability due to less head wear, and improved non- operational shock tolerance. StableTracT - The motor shaft is secured at both ends to reduce system-induced vibration and stabilize platters for accurate tracking, during read and write operations. (750 GB only) |
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