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I'm looking to buy a 160gb+ hard drive in the next couple of days, to
replace my (don't laugh!) 20gb Maxtor drive which I've had for far too many
years now! My m/b can support up to ATA133.

What manufacturer would you experts advise me to go for, or is there nothing
much between them these days? I was considering Seagate. Is there really
much real-world difference in speed between a 7200 or 7800 rpm drive?

Mike.

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~mike~ Wrote:
> I'm looking to buy a 160gb+ hard drive in the next couple of days, to
> replace my (don't laugh!) 20gb Maxtor drive which I've had for far too
> many
> years now! My m/b can support up to ATA133.
>
> What manufacturer would you experts advise me to go for, or is there
> nothing
> much between them these days? I was considering Seagate. Is there
> really
> much real-world difference in speed between a 7200 or 7800 rpm drive?
>
> Mike.

I've always liked Maxtor myself. Seagate is certainly good. Some
people Prefer Western Digital, but my last WD drive failed on me.

Consider getting a SATA PCI card and buying a SATA drive. I don't know
what you're upgrading from (ATA100, ATA133), but I saw an obvious
difference going from an ATA100 to a SATA HDD. I don't think you'll
see much diff between 7200rpm and 7800rpm. WD has a 10,000rpm 'Raptor'
SATA drive which has been compared to SCSI.

Happy Hunting!


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