New Hard Drive suggestions Please

**eazyrog** · 09-29-2004, 10:28 AM

Hi all,

its time for me to upgrade my Hard Drive from a 20gb to 150+ gb.

However b4 i jump in and buy one i want your opions please, i looking for something at least 150gb, it must be ide, a standard 3½" size and most of all i want the fastest possible drive as my office will be paying for it.

Any model numbers etc please.

Thanks All

**eazyrog** · 09-29-2004, 10:47 AM

So far i have seen

Maxtor Diamond Max Plus 9
Ultra ATA/133 Data Transfer Speed, 8mb cache
7200rpm
or
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus
Ultra ATA/100
8mb cache

7200 rpm

**techeros** · 09-29-2004, 10:57 AM

CHECK your warranty info G. Some places will NOT extend the standard 3 yr warranty you would expect to find on retail drives. If you find on say on pricewatch for less it might be b/c it is OEM. Also is this drive for carputer?

**eazyrog** · 09-29-2004, 10:59 AM

Cheers mate,

i'll check that info,

yup, for a carpc, its a HP E-PC,

any idea's on what the best fastest ?

will be used for all pc apps and not forgetting mp3's

Originally Posted by techeros

CHECK your warranty info G. Some places will NOT extend the standard 3 yr warranty you would expect to find on retail drives. If you find on say on pricewatch for less it might be b/c it is OEM. Also is this drive for carputer?