Hard drive suggestions

While I very impatiently wait for my 9750,
I was on New Egg looking for a second hard drive.
I want to get the biggest drive and am not sure if I want 7200 or 5400
but if I get one or the other, any suggestions on what to look for (brand, etc)?
I see they have 3 5400 250Gs and one is cheaper than the others but actually has the fastest speed rating...
But I havent bought one of these before so any suggestions?

thanks

 

It depends on what you wanna do. If you want to run RAID 0 for instance, you gotta same the same HD capacity as the one that you ordered with Alienware. Otherwise a different drive will be fine. If you got the money to burn, go with a solid state drive. If not then a standard drive, like the rest of us reg'lar joes. If capacity is important to you, Hitachi makes a 200GB HD @ 7200RPM. Personally, though, I prefer the Seagate Momentus. It has a longer warranty, 5 yrs.

 

BTW, Alienware's HD prices are pretty reasonable. Maybe a $50 markup compare to the equivalent aftermarket product. But you don't have to install it yourself, and it's covered under Alienware's warranty, too. So not a whole lot of savings with the HD self-installations, if you ask me. RAM on the other hand is a whole different story. $1000 bucks for upgrade from 1GB to 4GB. SHEESH, I can get 4GB of RAM for under $200.

But if you're into installing HD's and all that stuff by yourself, go for it. It's kinda fun.

 

Sorry I should have been more specific. I dont want RAID or SS. I want a big drive possibly 5400 to save some money as I bought the laptop with the big 7200 already in there. So I just want more space.

What I was asking about is brand preference and cost and details between the same drives. Who likes what...

I want a large drive of good quality for a good cost.

I am going to get RAM but closer to when I receive the laptop.
It will work out good actually as I got it with 1G and my current laptop has 512 so I can upgrade my current one to 1G and put 4 in the new one. That way Im using what Im taking out of the 9750 instead of tossing it. This dell could use an upgrade anyway and may help with the resale of it.

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If you're not gonna run RAID and speed/seek time is not important to you, get the biggest 5400RPM drive your money can afford. Personally, I wouldn't sacrifice speed and prefer the 7200RPM drives. As far as brands go, like I said, I prefer the Seagate drives due to the longer 5 years warranty.