Good solid hard Drive ?

Cba - Andy · Sep 18, 2005, 04:47 AM

Hey guys.. am currenty on the look out for a cheap-ish hard drive with lots of Gbytes for storage not to fussy about its features all thoe has to be IDE ata/133mb

wondering if u guys can point me 2 a decent 1 with high £/Gbytes i have had a look around allready but so many to choose from and not actally much diffrent is it worth payin extra £10 for a 16mb cache buffer oh and prefer if it had 3 - 5 year warranty with it

Thanks for help in advance

BWX · Sep 18, 2005, 05:07 AM

I like WD 8MB cache hard drives.. Cheap - lots of storage, and last forever (my experience)

I got a 160 GB for 40 USD... the other day there was a special that had a 250GB- or close to it- for like 45 dollars.

Maybe you cannot take advantage of it because of your location- but I usually scan these sites for deals:

http://www.slickdeals.net/
example:
Western Digital 320GB Hard Drive $120 after $30MIR
http://www.slickdeals.net/#p6482

http://www.techbargains.com/index.cfm

example
Hitachi 250GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache hard drive $99.95 shipped free, Sep 16
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.as...537&adid=17662

Deals change and new ones pop up every day.. maybe there are some sites like that, that have stored or internet retailers you can use where you are?

Lowfat · Sep 18, 2005, 06:04 AM

I suggest Seagate. Can't beat their 5 year warranty.

Cba - Andy · Sep 18, 2005, 06:05 AM

Okay thanks guys ill have a look over them

Sep 18, 2005, 04:47 AM	#1
Cba - Andy Got milk? Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Uk - Scotland Posts: 385 Rep Power: 0	Good solid hard Drive ? Hey guys.. am currenty on the look out for a cheap-ish hard drive with lots of Gbytes for storage not to fussy about its features all thoe has to be IDE ata/133mb wondering if u guys can point me 2 a decent 1 with high £/Gbytes i have had a look around allready but so many to choose from and not actally much diffrent is it worth payin extra £10 for a 16mb cache buffer oh and prefer if it had 3 - 5 year warranty with it Thanks for help in advance

Sep 18, 2005, 05:07 AM	#2
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,665 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	I like WD 8MB cache hard drives.. Cheap - lots of storage, and last forever (my experience) I got a 160 GB for 40 USD... the other day there was a special that had a 250GB- or close to it- for like 45 dollars. Maybe you cannot take advantage of it because of your location- but I usually scan these sites for deals: http://www.slickdeals.net/ example: Western Digital 320GB Hard Drive $120 after $30MIR http://www.slickdeals.net/#p6482 http://www.techbargains.com/index.cfm example Hitachi 250GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache hard drive $99.95 shipped free, Sep 16 http://www.buy.com/retail/product.as...537&adid=17662 Deals change and new ones pop up every day.. maybe there are some sites like that, that have stored or internet retailers you can use where you are? __________________

Sep 18, 2005, 06:04 AM	#3
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Sep 18, 2005, 06:05 AM	Thread Starter #4
Cba - Andy Got milk? Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Uk - Scotland Posts: 385 Rep Power: 0	Okay thanks guys ill have a look over them