My hard drive sucks and is dying slowly... im about to buy a new one somewhere in the 100-150 gig range, but i dont know the good (reputable) brands.. any info, or help in what i should look for would be great. Thanks in advance!
Need help from PC users (buying a new hard drive)
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grey5.0beast
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im gonna get a western digital for my laptop soon, hopefully in the 80-100 gig, cuz i already have this 20 gig half full in bout 3 weeks of having my laptop
ok good deal, thanks for the info.... im going to look online and see what i can come up with... i hate going into best buy for stuff like that. any prefrences of online stores i should shop at?
by the way... what RPMs should i be looking at ?
by the way... what RPMs should i be looking at ?
grey5.0beast
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I have an 150 gig external usb, but the laptop loses laptopness when sitting on a desk, and i want the memory alll the time
grey5.0beast
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My mp3 plaer got stolen from me, so i use my laptop as my mp3 player, not like I carry it everywhere, but I have it in my car with one of the fm transmitters, so far i have 7 gig of only country, haven't had the chance to rip my other cds, slip knot, RHCP, subblime, disturbed, nickelback and other rock, haven't started downloading anything else yet, cuz it is kind of new to me, also I failed to mention I am getting it for 50 bucks from my neighbor, who's laptop took a crap on him
20GB is nothing in todays terms. I would spring for something worthwhile. How old is the laptop? I would always look into the price of new vs. upgrading.
89stangWhiz said:
ok gotcha.... so i guess what im looking for now is an 3.5" IDE desktop hard drive, between 100-200 gigs, 7200 rpms, and no less than 8mg cache
a dude i work with said he has had nothing but probalems from seagates, and he was a programmer.. so i think im leaning towards maxtor and WD. ok, this is alot more involved than i thought.
grey5.0beast
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Laptop is 3 years old, I reformatted the HD and put xp on it a few weeks ago, it runs like a champ and is pretty nice, it is a Dell Latitude C510/C610, 50 bucks or a 500+ dollar laptop, i think i'll get the HD90mustangGT said:
Maxtor sucks. Don't buy one. Seagate and Western Digital all the way. Nothing but the best.
Here's a good Seagate for you. 250GB, 8MB cache, SATA. $75
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148111
That is if your motherboard supports SATA.
Here's a good Seagate for you. 250GB, 8MB cache, SATA. $75
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148111
That is if your motherboard supports SATA.
i build computers, and trust me brands dont mean THAT much. u need to look more into the specs of the hard drive.
im assuming u are just getting and ide hard drive so go with western digital or seagate. if those are to expensive for u check out newegg.com they have ALOT of cheaper brands. samsung makes great hard drives for cheap.
im assuming u are just getting and ide hard drive so go with western digital or seagate. if those are to expensive for u check out newegg.com they have ALOT of cheaper brands. samsung makes great hard drives for cheap.
