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buying a Hard Drive (help) (experts)?
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| Tranex02 |
Hey guys.....i'm buying a new HD VERY soon...could you please tell me if the info i provided below is good...is it a good hard drive?...is the price reasonable?
Thanks.....
BTW ...how can i tell if it's compatible or works well with my computer?
I have a Compaq presario....
AMD K6 processor... 500 Mhz...
Here are the details:
Western Digital 30GB EIDE Ultra ATA/100 5400RPM Hard Drive
General
Device Type - Hard drive standard
Width - 4 in
Depth - 5.8 in
Height - 1 in
Weight - 1.3 lbs
Compatibility - PC
Hard Drive
Form Factor - 3.5" x 1/3H
Enclosure Type - Internal
Formatted Capacity - 30 GB
Interface Type - DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra)
Cache / Buffer Size - 2 MB
Compliant Standards - S.M.A.R.T.
Performance
Data Transfer Rate - 100 MBps (external) / 53 MBps (internal)
Seek Time - 9.5 ms (average) / 21 ms (max)
Track-to-Track Seek Time - 2 ms
Average Latency - 5 ms
Spindle Speed - 5400 rpm
Configuration
Cylinders / Physical - 16383
Heads / Physical - 16 / 2
Sectors per Track / Physical - 63 / 512
Reliability
Non-Recoverable Errors - 1 per 10^14
Start / Stop Cycles - 40,000
Expansion / Port(s) Required
Bay(s) Required - 1 x internal - 3.5" x 1/3H
Port(s) / Connector(s) Required - 1 x storage DMA/ATA-100 (Ultra) / 40 pin IDC female - 1
Warranty
Service / Support - 3 years warranty
Service / Support Details - Limited warranty - replacement - 3 years - bring-in
Environmental Parameters
Min Operating Temperature - 41 °F
Max Operating Temperature - 131 °F
Humidity Range Operating - 5 - 85%
Shock Tolerance - 20 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 250 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (non-operating)
Vibration Tolerance - 0.25 g @ 5-500 Hz (operating) / 4 g @ 20-500 Hz (non-operating)
Sound Emission - 32 dBA
Max Altitude Operating - 9840 ft
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| biznology |
| well i am by NO means an expert, but ive researched a bit(i need one too) and basically all i know is that IBM is supposedly the best. or so my friend says, and he knows a load more about computers than i do...otherwise, i am interested to hear what everyone else says. late/ |
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| Tranceilvania |
By todays standards its far from beign a good HDD. Considering your system a K6 AMD it'll be a ATA66 supporting only motherboard. If you not considering to upgrade the system its a match made in haven.
But if you gonna upgrade go and by a HDD (preferably a SEAGATE quitests es i've seen. Good price range as well) try a 7200 RPM one which will work wonders with a onboard ATA100 controller (not IDE 0)
Note: forget about that IBM . Tried and had to replace 3 times the MFs. |
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| DjCherny |
| IBMs are definetly a good choice. I would consider them or Maxtor. If I were you I would go for a 60 GB drive. They are at the sweetspot right now. If you look online at a place like newegg.com you can get 1 for about $100... |
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| lMIlk |
| 5400 is way too slow |
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| Tranex02 |
the HD that origionally came with my computer was
'GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE47'
I know that probably sucks...but i'm just telling you cuz you said that a 'ATA66' would be better....
I don't want anything "TOP OF THE LINE"...but something that is pretty good...
the most i'm willing to spend is around $100....a bit more is also ok... |
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| Raptor |
| all i can say like lMIlk said 5400 is too slow get a 7200 it runs faster... but as for size the bigger the size the slower it runs. so if you get a 60gb hd the best thing to do is split it so it runs faster and more efficent. i would prefer a IBM hd they work good i use 1 at home. but if you're willing to spend money then get a SCSI hard drive those are probably the best but you do you need a SCSI drive to run it and thats just a pain in the ass buying that too... so go with the IBM |
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| torontotrance |
| ask mizzuno........the dude owns 5 hard drives, he knows his stuff. |
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| Trance-Canada |
| humm 5400RPM is way to slow infact the slowest drive ive got is @ 7200RMP & the fastest @ 10,000 :) |
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| mizzuno |
| quote: | Originally posted by torontotrance
ask mizzuno........the dude owns 5 hard drives, he knows his stuff. |
7200 is best, try to get a 60GB maxtor diamondmax+ they are great drives...
If you want good solid reviews on HD's go to
www.storagereview.com you will learn more from there than anywhere on the web...about Hd's
MIZZzzZZ |
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| Juricimo |
if u ask me, u need a bigger hard drive than 30 gigs....i have about 25 gigs filled up on mine with trance and "related" things...;)
also, buy a 133. 7200rpm HD at least 40 gigs, and yes western digital is a good brand (that's what i got)....i want to get an 80 gig next:D
>JM< |
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| Tranex02 |
Thanks for the info you guys....I'll take it into deep consideration...
More info is always welcome.... |
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