250GB HDD

Aracnid · 11 May 2006 at 20:01

I have £70 and all my SATA ports are full, so I need a 250GB IDE hard drive, which would you recommend.

Thanks in advance.

Messiah Khan · 11 May 2006 at 21:10

Im going to be buying another 250Gb drive soon, and im going for either;

Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 250GB ST3250624AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-058-SE)

or

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD)

I was going to go with the WD, as most of my other drives are WD. But I might go with the Seagate, as they are known for their reliability.

Aracnid · 11 May 2006 at 21:21

thnx mate

Ladforce · 11 May 2006 at 21:25

i was in the same position as you, i went for the barracuda 7200.9 320gb was about 75 if i remember correctly. great drive had no issues with it + it has decent performance

jhmaeng · 11 May 2006 at 21:29

Ladforce said:
i was in the same position as you, i went for the barracuda 7200.9 320gb was about 75 if i remember correctly. great drive had no issues with it + it has decent performance

As far as I know, it's either

7200.9 300GB
or
7200.10 320GB

Are you sure yours is 7200.9, 320GB?

AMDPower · 12 May 2006 at 01:18

7200.10 320GB

does ocuk even sell these? how much they going for?

jhmaeng · 12 May 2006 at 01:20

AMDPower said:
does ocuk even sell these? how much they going for?

It's listed in the Seagate SATA HDD section of the shop pages

£79ish incl. VAT

AMDPower · 12 May 2006 at 01:40

It's listed in the Seagate SATA HDD section of the shop pages

£79ish incl. VAT

i am blind m8t, o

i assume that satta2 is backward compatible with a sata 1 port??

jhmaeng · 12 May 2006 at 02:33

AMDPower said:
i am blind m8t, o

i assume that satta2 is backward compatible with a sata 1 port??

Yes, no problems using a new SATA II HDD on an older SATA1 socket.

Foehammer2003 · 12 May 2006 at 09:16

AMDPower said:
i am blind m8t, o

i assume that satta2 is backward compatible with a sata 1 port??

I thought you were after an IDE drive? Or am i miss reading it? :rolleyes:

lol

jhmaeng · 12 May 2006 at 10:36

Foehammer2003 said:
I thought you were after an IDE drive? Or am i miss reading it? lol

He's not the OP

Messiah Khan · 12 May 2006 at 10:54

Oops, I missed the whole IDE thing :rolleyes:

Ladforce · 12 May 2006 at 12:05

sorry mine is the 7200.9 300gb ata-100 drive.

Dutch Guy · 12 May 2006 at 14:23

Why not get a 500Gb SATA one and retire/sell one or two of your current drives?

GeezerButler · 12 May 2006 at 22:48

I have two 300GB P-ATA Samsungs and they are pretty good - I got them cheap from 'the retail park PC superstore' who often have good deals on the Samsung stuff.

jbloggs · 13 May 2006 at 23:34

I have a WD Caviar SE 200GB PATA (8MB cache), and very pleased with it, there also is a 320GB version:

Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 320GB 3200JB ATA-100 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-036-WD) - £81.02 incl vat.

squiffy · 14 May 2006 at 00:02

wd 2500ks, about 60 quid. picked one up today.