Dirt cheap hard drives

[Guest]

I AM LOOKING FOR A HARD DRIVE FOR A DELL DESKTOP, 3.5 IDE ATA, BUT I CANT SEEM TO LOCATE ONE AT A DECENT PRICE.

 

[GhislainG]

Does that upsets you so much that you have to yell? I don't know where you are, but hard disks in North America are rather inexpensive. IDE is old technology and it's more expensive, but you can buy a brand new hard disk for $40: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148236

 

[Guest]

Does that upsets you so much that you have to yell? I don't know where you are, but hard disks in North America are rather inexpensive. IDE is old technology and it's more expensive, but you can buy a brand new hard disk for $40: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148236

I do apologize for the yelling, but while that is true that the IDE relatively inexspensive but speeds are slower than what i need or want. Thanks for the info anyway.

 

[GhislainG]

You didn't specify your requirements or the size of the hard disks. IDE is slower, but then you certainly don't have a fast system if it doesn't support SATA. If your system has PCI-X or PCI Express slots, then you could add a SATA controller. Is the additional performance worth the expense?

 

[Guest]

You didn't specify your requirements or the size of the hard disks. IDE is slower, but then you certainly don't have a fast system if it doesn't support SATA. If your system has PCI-X or PCI Express slots, then you could add a SATA controller. Is the additional performance worth the expense?

Yes that would be worth the expense, but I also have 3 other computers I am rebuilding also. Those are more expensive and i wanted the home computer to cost a little less than all the systems.

 

[giess]

I AM LOOKING FOR A HARD DRIVE FOR A DELL DESKTOP, 3.5 IDE ATA, BUT I CANT SEEM TO LOCATE ONE AT A DECENT PRICE.

I have a 20 Meg new. Not sure how much but cheap

 

[bryanl]

$60 1TB SATA drive plugged into a $5 Ebay SATA-IDE adapter or better yet a $10 PCI SATA controller.