Fastest HD for around £50 (approx $100)

[ghostwalker]

Can anyone help me out please. I'm looking for the fastest SATA HD I could get for around £50 ($100). I mostly just want it for gaming but also for general windows usage as well. Something around the 100Gb mark I guess (although I wouldn't turn down anything bigger!) as I've got another 160Gb ATA HD that I can use to store music etc on.

I'm thinking maybe something from the cheaper end of the Western Digital family or the Hitachi DeskStar 7K160?

Does anyone have any suggestions? My M/B supports both 1.5 and 3.0 SATA.

 

[geminireaper]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136062

Really good stats and the 16mb cache would help quite a bit. For the price range I think this is the best. For $10 you could upgrade to a 250gb one. Just make sure you get the RE over the SE because the RE has faster Write times.

 

[stan116]

Go with a 36Gb Raptor,and get a 250 GB for storage.I have two 150 Gb raptors in each of my machines,and also two 250Gb sata2 drives as well.The Raptors are fast,and you 'll notice just how fast when your gaming.

 

[1Tanker]

Can anyone help me out please. I'm looking for the fastest SATA HD I could get for around £50 ($100). I mostly just want it for gaming but also for general windows usage as well. Something around the 100Gb mark I guess (although I wouldn't turn down anything bigger!) as I've got another 160Gb ATA HD that I can use to store music etc on.

I'm thinking maybe something from the cheaper end of the Western Digital family or the Hitachi DeskStar 7K160?

Does anyone have any suggestions? My M/B supports both 1.5 and 3.0 SATA.

Not too many will argue with this choice. It's one of the best 7200 r.p.m. drives on the planet. GL

Seagate 320GB 7200.10..at Scan

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