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Help me pick a HD!!

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by fryman, Jan 3, 2005.

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    I am going to buy a new HD in a couple of hours. They cost the same. Don't know any specifics details, but both are 7,200 rpm, 40gb, one is a Seagate, the other a Maxtor. What would you recommend?

    Thanks!
     
    fryman, Jan 3, 2005 IP
  2. Such Great Heights

    Such Great Heights Peon

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    check their seek time ... 9.2ms seek time is worse (aka slower) than a 7.1ms seek time.
    Also check the buffer size. the bigger the better. I thin kaverage is about 2MB buffer, but I've seen them up to 16MB.
     
    Such Great Heights, Jan 3, 2005 IP
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    debunked Prominent Member

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    I personally have had many issues trying to get maxtors to work as a second drive in computers. They can be a pain, but the last time I did this was about 2-3 years ago, so maybe they have changed some.

    Such Great Heights is correct as far as seek times.

    Why 40 GB when for $20 more you get double or triple the size?
     
    debunked, Jan 3, 2005 IP
  4. fryman

    fryman Kiss my rep

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    I don't want anything fancy, I already have a 40gb disk, and I will soon be selling this computer anyway.

    I got the Maxtor, but damn thing isn't even formated.... now I have to go through all that fuss.
     
    fryman, Jan 3, 2005 IP