My Hard drive died and want to know if there is a difference between hard drives?

Question

I have (or had) a Maxtor DiamondMax plus 9 160gb sata/ 150dd. first ? is since this one is a SATA hdd i should buy another SATA hdd right instead of a EIDE? and second part is is there different SATA kinds i should get, like on my hard drive it says serial ata 1.5Gb/s 3.5 series.
just looking for a good speedy hard drive to get bak to my games n such. thanks for ur help

Answer 1

SATA all the way, but if you want to get a 10 000rpm one, make sure you don't need it to be too big. The largest 10 000rpm that they have is only 76GB and they are quite expencive. If you want to put games on, you will at least need 2, and becides for games you will be fine with a 7200rpm. I would just get a regular 7200rpm SATA. Speed-wise, there is not that much of a difference between the 10 000 rpm and the 7200rpm unless you are running crazy programs (games are not "crazy programs"), however there is a strong difference in the price.

Hope this helps! =)

Answer 2

The original was a SATA; I would replace it with a SATA style as you don't have to wory about the EIDE buswork and it will be a bit faster. As a rule of thumb, the faster the rpm and the posted average response time, the faster it will perform (and probably the more it will cost). Most any reputable brand will work fine. I have used Maxstor, Seagate, Western Digital, and others; all seem to do a good job for me.

Answer 3

Yes you should get another SATA. The only difference I have found is obviously the size and the size of the cache. Generally a bigger cache is faster. If you need speed for gaming, get one with an 8MB or 16MB cache.

Answer 4

yah buy a SATA hard drive not a IDE hard drive. try to buy a 3.5 series as it will be more faster...

Answer 5

get 10,000 rpm..thats the fastest right now..no matter eide or sata..