2006-12-20 16:45:49 · 11 answers · asked by loveumyfriends 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
any SATA from western digital
2006-12-21 05:13:21 · answer #1 · answered by GoLd E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as brand goes, there's no clear cut answer who makes the "best" drive. I like to read websites that do comparison tests and reviews that specify the results in terms of numbers so I can see the performance in real life. Tom's hardware guide is an excellent resource for this sort of thing, See the link below.
Typically for faster access times get a drive thats 7200 RPM or faster, which most newer drives are. You also want to consider the price per gigabyte and notice that there's a sweet spot where price and storage space have the highest value, it's around 350-400 GB because of sale prices, these size drives are the best ones to get right now.
2006-12-20 17:18:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well everyone gave you their opinion on which vendor to choose but even before you consider the vendor, you need to know what type of drive your computer will support....
You see there is the old PATA technology. Parallel ATA which is a very thick ribbon and these can typically run at 133 mb/s or 100 mb/s bus transfer speeds...The 133 mb/s is backwards compatible...
Now there is SATA or Serial ATA which is a small ribbon... There are again two version of this... Sata I and SATA II... I haven't tested to see if SATA II will work on a controller that supports SATA I only....
So you need to pull out the computer manual or go online and see what hardware type your system supports.... Also with older systems, you need to see how big of a hard drive you can support... Since this is limited by the BIOS revision and also the controllers....
All hard drives work great.... Independant of the vendor.... What you should really consider is the warranty behind the product since a hard drive has moving parts and this makes them more prone to failure.... (This can be a whole other dicussion...)
Anyhow... Hope this helps...
2006-12-21 01:23:25 · answer #3 · answered by JohnS 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
*Western digital or Seagate are both good drives. Make sure, when purchasing, that you check on the warranty. Many have a 1 year or 3 years and many now have 5 years. Keep the invioce and if it's possible go on line and register it. If your drive goes bad under a warranty, The company will replace it for free. Never buy without a warranty.
2006-12-21 10:10:18 · answer #4 · answered by bany 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly this is a matter of opinion and budget, however I have been building systems for years and I only use Hitachi (IBM) hard drives. You didnt mention if you need an IDE or an SATA so I will just give you a link to several of theirs.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Brand=1984&N=2010150014+50001984&Submit=ENE&Manufactory=1984&SubCategory=14
2006-12-20 16:49:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Seagate will work jus fine, but whatever brand u buy, try to make sure it is incompliance with the latest standards line SATA and not the old parallel connxn.
2006-12-20 16:50:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go sata disk, buy maxtor or westran diigital they are the best. seagate owns maxtor.
2006-12-21 02:21:00 · answer #7 · answered by hitesh s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
>Western Digital or Seagate.<
2006-12-20 16:47:46 · answer #8 · answered by Druid 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
S-ata are best but make sure what ur pc can support ... if its new SATA will work
2006-12-20 16:48:08 · answer #9 · answered by needtoknow 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seagate is best
2006-12-20 16:54:43 · answer #10 · answered by Sonu Raja 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋