What do i look for in a hard drive?

cdpaul · 01-05-2008, 08:46 AM

My HD needs replacing, i dont necessarily need a big drive as i have a second drive for storage. What i want is a drive that will be as fast as possible.

Running XPPro with a AMD Athlon64 3000+ processor and 1gb ram.

Thanx

dai · 01-05-2008, 08:57 AM

ide
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136220
sata
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136012
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148261

Vrekk · 01-08-2008, 07:42 PM

go with a sata if ur computer can use it, or use a PATA

cdpaul · 01-09-2008, 01:08 AM

Wots the important spec i should be looking for, rpm, cache???

Is sata faster/more reliable than ide?

Thanx

dai · 01-09-2008, 08:21 AM

yes
fractionally but as ide ports are disappearing from m/b's most of the new ones only have 1,you are better off going with sata

cdpaul · 01-09-2008, 08:53 AM

Turns out my mobo is only sata1 compatible :-(

dai · 01-09-2008, 08:56 AM

still buy sata 2 drives and put a jumper on the back making them sata
then when you upgrade the m/board you just have to remove the jumper

01-05-2008, 08:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
cdpaul Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 99 OS: XP PRO	What do i look for in a hard drive? My HD needs replacing, i dont necessarily need a big drive as i have a second drive for storage. What i want is a drive that will be as fast as possible. Running XPPro with a AMD Athlon64 3000+ processor and 1gb ram. Thanx

01-05-2008, 08:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,628 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	Re: What do i look for in a hard drive? ide http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136220 sata http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136012 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148261 __________________

01-08-2008, 07:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
Vrekk Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Colorado Posts: 56 OS: Xp Pro sp3, Vista Sp1, Windows Me My System	Re: What do i look for in a hard drive? go with a sata if ur computer can use it, or use a PATA

01-09-2008, 01:08 AM	#4 (permalink)
cdpaul Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 99 OS: XP PRO	Re: What do i look for in a hard drive? Wots the important spec i should be looking for, rpm, cache??? Is sata faster/more reliable than ide? Thanx

01-09-2008, 08:21 AM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,628 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	Re: What do i look for in a hard drive? yes fractionally but as ide ports are disappearing from m/b's most of the new ones only have 1,you are better off going with sata __________________

01-09-2008, 08:53 AM	#6 (permalink)
cdpaul Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 99 OS: XP PRO	Re: What do i look for in a hard drive? Turns out my mobo is only sata1 compatible :-(

01-09-2008, 08:56 AM	#7 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,628 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	Re: What do i look for in a hard drive? still buy sata 2 drives and put a jumper on the back making them sata then when you upgrade the m/board you just have to remove the jumper __________________