njgoalie1 Posted December 10, 2000 Share Posted December 10, 2000 Well, our dorms finally have ethernet this semester and I filled up my 12.8 gig hd - and being that x mas is coming up - I thought I might get another hard drive. So, what is the best ide hardrive for the money out there? I was looking at the maxtor 80gig Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted December 10, 2000 Share Posted December 10, 2000 last time i checked, quantum fireballs were the fastest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPhys71 Posted December 11, 2000 Share Posted December 11, 2000 Hehe, my brother-in-law works for Quantum. I having my sis check into what kind of deals he can get me. Seb, or anyone, any recommendations on the minimum HD size for non-video editing apps (general use, gaming, etc.)? I have 13 GB now but it's clearly not enough, so what's a good number these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dman155 Posted December 11, 2000 Share Posted December 11, 2000 30 GB 7200 RPM IBM deskstars are going for 130$ + shipping. Good seagate and maxtor 45 GB drives are around 160$. Go to pricewatch and check em out. That site is great, can you believe a GHz tbird is going for less then 190$? A P3 Ghz is still over 400$. Anyway, I got a quantum fireball with my compaq. Yes you heard that right. I don't think its anything special, its a 5400 rpm drive. Look at access time, and read reviews. As long as you buy a brand you've heard of, and its a 7200+ rpm drive, you'll be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted December 12, 2000 Share Posted December 12, 2000 access time AND transfer rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBlair Posted December 13, 2000 Share Posted December 13, 2000 Go to www.storagereview.com to check out the latest on harddrives. Personally, I have the Maxtor DiamondMAX Plus 30.7GB models, but the IBM 75GPX models are sweet as well. Of course, you could go SCSI-3, but that's expensive. c> ------------------ Who knows what evil lurks in the darkness of The Kave ? www.thekave.net Home of The Klipschmonster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hytek Posted December 18, 2000 Share Posted December 18, 2000 best performance for the money are the ibm deskstar 75gxp 45gig for 150 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seb Posted December 18, 2000 Share Posted December 18, 2000 what's the difference between the 75GXP and the 60GXP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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