Can someone recommend me a hard drive?

redoshi · 08-03-2009, 10:47 PM

This is my mobo G31T-LM http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/21...LM_Core_2.html

I'm looking into buying a new internal hard drive because the one I have sucks. Its only 80gb and 5000rpm I don't really care about rpm though. My price range is 60 with S&H included. Thanks!

Ps: I want it to be atleast 300gb

Pss: Also it has to be from newegg xD

Phædrus2401 · 08-03-2009, 11:33 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136320
Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 7200RPM SATA

A little over budget at $70, but there's a big drop in performance and size between $50 and $70, and the extra $10 is worth it for this one.

redoshi · 08-04-2009, 11:07 AM

If I bought that hard drive I would not have enough for my ram upgrade. So I really need one that is 60 or under.

**simpswr** · 08-04-2009, 11:51 AM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148395

funster · 08-04-2009, 11:55 AM

Hi,

I have only ever had WD's and would only ever recomend them to people, But having had a 4 month old 640gb fail last week, and maybe the start of a 2 month old 1tb fail tonight I am not so sure.

You are limiting yourself with a $60.00 budget and as the old saying goes you only (normally) get what you pay for!

Newegg has a great tool for buyers, the review centre make use of it to help you decide, there is a 500gb seagate for $59.00 with lots of reviews (not all good) but you are getting the voice of many that have had and used the things for a while...
Here is a link to the drive I mentioned above, its not what I would buy but as I said you are limiting yourself with $60.00 for +300gb

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148395

funster · 08-04-2009, 11:57 AM

you beat me to it!

Quote:

Originally Posted by simpswr

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148395

redoshi · 08-05-2009, 02:24 AM

I swear I would pay more to upgrade my pc I just can't afford it even if I saved up lol.... Cheap parts will have to do for me untill i get a job.

Ps: I have nothing but cheap parts in my pc and I can play almost every new game out on medium setting's I do not know why I get such good performance but I can play games like crysis mirror's edge and left for dead no prob with 30+ fps I can get L4D on all high settings with res of 1024:768 with 30 fps constant and mirror's edge all medium with 30+ constant and crysis on all low cept for a couple wich is on medium at around 30 fps it never drops below 25 fps on crysis xD here is my dxdiag if anyone is interested in my setup :P

Pss: I ordered a geforce 8400 off of newegg and it was suppose to be 256mb and ending up be 512mb lucky me ^_^

08-03-2009, 10:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
redoshi Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 37 OS: Windows XP Pro	Can someone recommend me a hard drive? This is my mobo G31T-LM http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/21...LM_Core_2.html I'm looking into buying a new internal hard drive because the one I have sucks. Its only 80gb and 5000rpm I don't really care about rpm though. My price range is 60 with S&H included. Thanks! Ps: I want it to be atleast 300gb Pss: Also it has to be from newegg xD

08-03-2009, 11:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
Phædrus2401 Hardware Tech Team Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Orleans Posts: 3,747 OS: Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 + Ubuntu 9.04 My System	Re: Can someone recommend me a hard drive? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136320 Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 7200RPM SATA A little over budget at $70, but there's a big drop in performance and size between $50 and $70, and the extra $10 is worth it for this one. __________________ Good PSU brands: Corsair, SeaSonic, CWT, PC Power and Cooling, Thermaltake Toughpower, CoolerMaster Real Power Pro On 80+ Certification - PSU Information and Selection - Power Supply Myths You don't get what you don't pay for.

08-04-2009, 11:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
redoshi Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 37 OS: Windows XP Pro	Re: Can someone recommend me a hard drive? If I bought that hard drive I would not have enough for my ram upgrade. So I really need one that is 60 or under.

08-04-2009, 11:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 12,206 OS: XP, Vista, Win 7	Re: Can someone recommend me a hard drive? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148395 __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help How to post a Screen Shot \| PC running slow?

08-04-2009, 11:55 AM	#5 (permalink)
funster Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 10 OS: xp	Re: Can someone recommend me a hard drive? Hi, I have only ever had WD's and would only ever recomend them to people, But having had a 4 month old 640gb fail last week, and maybe the start of a 2 month old 1tb fail tonight I am not so sure. You are limiting yourself with a $60.00 budget and as the old saying goes you only (normally) get what you pay for! Newegg has a great tool for buyers, the review centre make use of it to help you decide, there is a 500gb seagate for $59.00 with lots of reviews (not all good) but you are getting the voice of many that have had and used the things for a while... Here is a link to the drive I mentioned above, its not what I would buy but as I said you are limiting yourself with $60.00 for +300gb http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148395