Hard Drive

[Cole]

My next paycheck is coming around, and im thinking about buying a HD.
My current one is 80gigs, and when I start getting most of my games on there well it starts running low.

Im going one for about $100. Thinking about one 160gig or 250gig.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822145090

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144358

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144415

[giant384]

i would get a seagate barracuda over any of those but do u have sata?

[6Three]

An 80 gigger is more than enough for me...

[JellyWorld]

I got my com 6 months ago and I've used up 90GB :P I'll need to get a 2nd HD soon.

[Revisedsoul]

the western digital, or a seagate. only 2 brands worth while in my opinion.

[duffers20]

I recommend looking into getting a seagate barracuda. My 200gb drive is so damn fast, obviously not as fast as a Raptor or anything, but its still pretty fast. Nice and quiet too.

[furiousV]

Try and make sure you get more than a year warranty if possible. Both my S-ATA drives failed just after a year, one being just two weeks out of warranty. Luckily I managed to get an exception RMA. That was Maxtor by the way, I don't recommend them, and won't be buying their hard drives again for a while.

And I have 320GB total space(2x80 + 1x160), and its just holding out for me, I like to rip all my CDs and do uuuuuh legal stuff, yknow, previewing movies . . .

Do you still get motherboards without S-ATA support?

[Trooper]

the western digital, or a seagate. only 2 brands worth while in my opinion.

I agree with this as well. Skip the Maxtor, not worth it for the problems you will most likely get down the road.

[Cole]

I have a A8N-SLI yeah I have Sata support :)
I'll probably go for the barracuda

And I have 320GB total space(2x80 + 1x160), and its just holding out for me, I like to rip all my CDs and do uuuuuh legal stuff, know, previewing movies .
I have a question. Could I possibly use my 80gig+250gigs in RAID0 and have it equal 330? Or will it lower than 250 down to 80?

[giant384]

I have a A8N-SLI yeah I have Sata support :)
I'll probably go for the barracuda


I have a question. Could I possibly use my 80gig+250gigs in RAID0 and have it equal 330? Or will it lower than 250 down to 80?

afaik u can only use raid with the same harddrive

[Qonfused]

Yup, I've had my 80GB Western Digital for a year now. Awesome customer service. I had a hickup with my HD awhile back and I called 'em up. I really didn't have to explain anything. He just said "package it up and send it to us, and your new HD will be there in 3 days, or we could send you the new HD first and then you send yours back, but we'll need a credit card." I didn't have a CC at that time so I opted the first.

Good thing though, all it needed was a reformat and it was all better.

[furiousV]

I have a A8N-SLI yeah I have Sata support :)
I'll probably go for the barracuda


I have a question. Could I possibly use my 80gig+250gigs in RAID0 and have it equal 330? Or will it lower than 250 down to 80?
RAID needs drives of equal size, so the larger drives will be treated as if they were the same size as your smallest, so the 250GB will only be used for its 80GB.
Though you will get total 160GB using RAID 0 (2x80GB)

I wouldnt waste 170GB, buy another 80 or 250GB if you really want RAID 0.
The only benefits are uber-fast Windows booting times, where at first the bar will only run across once, one-third of the way and then prompted for your password. Half Life 2 loading times are also improved, but after that, nothing else is really made to work with RAID 0.

[duffers20]

As furiousV said, there are very little benefits of RAID'ing drives. I would stick to single drives, maybe your 250 for windows and apps and your 80 for storage.

[Cole]

As furiousV said, there are very little benefits of RAID'ing drives. I would stick to single drives, maybe your 250 for windows and apps and your 80 for storage.
Yeah that would probably be best.
If I put them in Raid1, could I get everything copied from my 80gig to my 250gig. Then take off the raid and use my 250gig and then my 80gig(after reformating etc on it) for extra storage.

[JellyWorld]

Question: How do you check the rpm of your hard drive?

[duffers20]

Question: How do you check the rpm of your hard drive?

Not totally sure about this, but you could give everest home edition a try. That provides loads of info on all sorts of stuff. Would be surprised if it didn't include it. Can find everest here (http://www.lavalys.com/products/download.php?pid=1&lang=en).

[JellyWorld]

Not totally sure about this, but you could give everest home edition a try. That provides loads of info on all sorts of stuff. Would be surprised if it didn't include it. Can find everest here (http://www.lavalys.com/products/download.php?pid=1&lang=en).
Everest doesn't state the RPM...

[NikolaX]

well it states the product number, so visit manifacture site and have a look.

[Asuka]

For games i would get a 10,000 rpm.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144160

Ill put only games on that and everything else on the other hd.

or if you just want more space ill go with this.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144394

[giant384]

Everest doesn't state the RPM...

your wrong everest does state the rpm of the harddrive u have to go to summary to see it also u need the latest version of everest