Which 80 GB non-Raptor drive should I get?

[Denis54]

I use my computer to surf the internet and some light Excel and Word work. I want to buy a fast 80 GB drive and a Raptor is too much money. My priorities are reliability and speed. Which drive should I get?

SATA or IDE?

 

[etp777]

Seagate

Whicheve ryou want on SATA/IDE. I went with SATA on last one jsut because the price was right, and I felt like trying it, but both of the interfaces will be around for a while. So choose by price, or availability, or whichever sounds cooler to you at the time.

 

[BusterGonad]

Yeah, Seagate here too.

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Barton 3200 Asus A7V880 2x512Mb Corsair 3200LLPT WD Raptor 74GB and a shitload of fans.

 

[Crashman]

I've been testing the Hitachi 7K250 160GB drive against the Seagate 7200.7 160GB (both under $100 at some online venders), and the Hitachi is a bit faster in pure hardware benchmarks but the Seagate catches up in synthetic applications. But the real killer on Hitachi is the 1 year warranty, trounced by Seagate's 5-year warranty.



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[twofruitz]

seagate are also a bit quieter, a good thing when it comes to HDDs

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