ringfinger Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Aight folks, again looking for opinions and thoughts about hardware, this time a HD from Newegg. As everyone, I crave more space. As of now I have the SATA150 74gb Raptor. I was originally dead set on the 500gb SE 16, but jcarle enlightened me to the fact they are to overpriced per gb, and I could just RAID 2x250 for cheaper. Well, for now I think 320GB will do me just fine. Anyone have this drive? Recommendations?If no one disagrees or has a better solution I'm buying one Monday!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 i do have a better oneseagate 320gig sataII perpendicular recording-95$http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E168221481405$ off promo code-it goes on and off every few days so try it again tomorrowbuybarracudaso thats 90$, with free shipping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big poppa pump Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Yes! Get the Seagate. These drivers are fast, and I mean fast and you are gonna love the 5 year warranty on these drives too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringfinger Posted August 20, 2006 Author Share Posted August 20, 2006 Hmmmmm.... I guess I've just always been a fan of WD. So you guys really think I'll be better off with the Seagate as far as speed and reliability? All the reviews for it sound excellent, but then again so do all the WD reviews.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 both WD and Seagate are top notch. but this is brand new technology and it shows. im going to go for this drive eventually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringfinger Posted August 21, 2006 Author Share Posted August 21, 2006 So perpendicular is the way to go huh... alright, well thanks for the suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordFett Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 (edited) These drives sit vertically instead of horizontally? Does one need anything extra to install them? I've been looking for another hdd myself and I think this is where I am going, but I don't want to get it home and find out it won't go into my case.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpendicular_recordingLooks like just the way the data is written is different. These still install normally? That is what I am getting but could use some confirmation. Edited August 25, 2006 by LordFett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 haha. ya its just how the data is written. its a normal drive otherwise, you'll be fine. but with my case, the antec p180, my hdd bay has all of the drives mounted vertically... its suppose to increase disk life. w/ horizontal i guess that gravity affects the platters after a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted August 25, 2006 Share Posted August 25, 2006 I'd go for the Seagate too (well, anything BUT the WD really). I've got a pair of 300GB Seagates (SATA) and bought a bunch of the 320GB'ers too (SATA2), and I'm quite happy with all of them. Good price ($/GB; perfect for RAID), good warranty, good performance and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringfinger Posted August 25, 2006 Author Share Posted August 25, 2006 Thanks for the input crahak, and thanks for the laugh LordFett! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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