Just bought a new HP Pavilion desktop pc and wanted to add some more storage to the system. I've been checking out newegg.com, but I'm having a hard time choosing the right harddrive for my pc. A lot of these harddrives have strange codes on them like ATA100 and SATA and I don't understand what they mean. I'm worried about getting a harddrive that won't match up with my computer or that isn't even for desktop pcs. I'm looking for a mid-priced, 250GB (or 500GB if there's a deal) harddrive, around the $100 range. I was considering a Western Digital or a Seagate. What do you think will work best with my pc? What type should I get, specifically?
2007-06-17 16:51:51 · 3 answers · asked by Joseph H 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Just bought a new HP Pavilion desktop pc and wanted to add some more storage to the system. I've been checking out newegg.com, but I'm having a hard time choosing the right internal harddrive for my pc. A lot of these harddrives have strange codes on them like ATA100 and SATA and I don't understand what they mean. I'm worried about getting a harddrive that won't match up with my computer or that isn't even for desktop pcs. I'm looking for a mid-priced, 250GB (or 500GB if there's a deal) harddrive, around the $100 range. I was considering a Western Digital or a Seagate. What do you think will work best with my pc? What type should I get, specifically?
2007-06-17 16:54:30 · update #1
As you've said, you have to make sure your motherboard can support the format of the hard drive. If you have absolutely no clue, you should probably stick to an IDE hard drive. But since you said that you just now purchased a new HP, I would assume that the computer would support the SATA II (also known as SATA 3.00gb/s). These are quickly becoming the new standard for hard drives.
I personally run two 500gb SATA II Seagate Barracudas in my new machine and they work great.
You can get the same model of Seagates off newegg for about $120-$130 each.
2007-06-17 16:55:38 · answer #1 · answered by truextremeicon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sata is the faster of the two systems. do your home work on running the two systems together. I would stick to what system you already have meaning if you have an IDE drive in now then get another IDE Drive to go with it... if you have a sata in now get a sata
2007-06-17 17:15:32 · answer #2 · answered by Carling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The drives will paintings, as long with the aid of fact the cabling is properly suited. observe which you may decide for to do a restore deploy of your domicile windows with a different motherboard and processor.
2016-11-25 19:54:08 · answer #3 · answered by eichelberger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋