Considering Maxtor UDMA133 HD...

*rolls eyes*
yes it will work perfectly. ata133 is backwards compatible, and the performance differences between ata100 and 133 is negligable.

usually i would reccomend the western digital 800JB as a higher performing drive, but it doesnt come in the 40Gb size range.

and you really should have upgraded earlier. that fast motherboard and cpu is best matched by a fast modern drive. i would only use the 6.4Gb drive as backup storage.

<font color=blue>All religions are true, for a given value of 'true' - Terry Pratchett.</font color=blue>

man dont be such a smart-ass. the guy just asked a question.

how am i a smart ass?

the answer to his post could easily be done with a simple search.

<font color=blue>All religions are true, for a given value of 'true' - Terry Pratchett.</font color=blue>

had he been a regular at THGC, i wouldnt have thought anything of it, but perhaps we should be a little more friendly to new people here.

Who's "we"?

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umm...in this situation i was referring to those who dont have "stranger" under thier name. Sorry for a waste of a few posts, this is quite off topic.

I checked the price on that drive, and it's too pricey (and far too large for me). I highly doubt I would ever use a hardrive so huge. Are there any high performance drives you would recommend?

true enough, they do command a premium price...
but you never know when you will need capacity.
the more you have the more you use LOL.

well in the 40Gb range the drive i cant reccomend IBM cauz of my dead drive, so i reccomend the Maxtor D740X. try to find one with the 'fluid bearings' as it will be quieter than the normal ballbrearing one.
in the product code the ballbearing version has a "J" the fluid bearing has a "L".

its a good drive with fast seeks and a decent transfer rate.



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I was also looking at the Seagate Barracuda ATA III, and I'm considering it. I'm now trying to decide which one to purchase, either the Seagate Barracuda ATA III or the MAXTOR:6L040J/L (I'm not positive what the model name is). Comments?

I have 2 d740x's on a raid 0 (considering a third cause 80gb ain't enough, and $72 from newegg is dirt cheap) and they have never failed me and perform incredibly. My freinds too have D740x's and love em. Go with that drive, you'll be happy with it.

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Slickstaa, u r learning the art of a free post 

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personally i would go the maxtor. with the L for Liquid bearings :smile:

there should be reviews over at <A HREF="http://www.storagereview.com" target="_new">http://www.storagereview.com&lt;/A>
of all the brands.

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Does anyone out there have the Maxtor 6L040J/L 40.9GB hard-drive? If so, please post.  

relax man. get the drive. enjoy.
liquid bearing if you can find it for quieter operation.

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The problem is that I'm also going to add 256MB DDR Ram to my system, and newegg doesn't have the "exact" type/brand that I previously purchased. I am using one Micron 256MB DDR PC2100 266Mhz, 184Pins, Unbuffered in my system right now. Newegg has CRUCIAL MICRON 256MB 32x64 PC 2100 DDR RAM, and I'm not sure if that is the same exact stuff or not....

the two types should be compatible.


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Since both sticks have Micron chips in them, I shouldn't have any sort of bottleneck in performance either? I just want to make sure. =)

It'll be fine.

My frog asked me for a straw...dunno what happened his ass all over the place