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Pancake

posted 06-16-2004 01:22:05 PM

So my thusly faithful Maxtor 60gb hard drive is crapping out on me. It will stop being recognised by windows, and just crash my system. It needs to have the IDE cables fiddled with before it can boot again, because it doesn't show up during the POST.

But anyway I'm going to upgrade when I do this. I want a 120gb hard drive, spinning at 7200rpm, with a whopping 8mb cache. For a long time I know, WD was the only HD brand that sported said features. However, Maxtor, Hitachi, Segate et all have gotten off their asses and are now making similar drives.

But, I'm going to end up pricewatching the hard drive, because I don't want to spend much money on it. I'm leaning towards Hitachi, because pricewatch lists them for about $86 shipped.

What's this thing do?
That would be sooo cool if it wasn't going to hurt us.
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Yuri

posted 06-16-2004 01:27:36 PM

I only use WD now. Never had any problems.

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Azizza

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posted 06-16-2004 01:30:23 PM

I second the vote for Western Digital.

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Kegwen

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posted 06-16-2004 01:53:54 PM

Western Digital.

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Razor

posted 06-16-2004 07:52:59 PM

Fetching a WD tonight. A 200GB w/ 8 meg cache at 7200 rpm, for a grand total of 129.99 and it comes with a $30 mail-in rebate. Sale through tomorrow.

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Pancake

posted 06-18-2004 01:34:27 AM

So the overwhemling consensus is in, Western Digital, here I come. I'll probably order it tomorrow after noon, or saturday afternoon.

Anyone care to provide exceedingly awesome cheap links for a 120gb 7200rpm 8mb cache Western Digital?

What's this thing do?
That would be sooo cool if it wasn't going to hurt us.
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Alaan

posted 06-18-2004 10:28:03 AM

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So the overwhemling consensus is in, Western Digital, here I come. I'll probably order it tomorrow after noon, or saturday afternoon.
Anyone care to provide exceedingly awesome cheap links for a 120gb 7200rpm 8mb cache Western Digital?

New egg has one going for $90. OEM drive which means no IDE cable comes with it. Probably not an issue since you have cables now.

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