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    which ATA internal hard drive

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Sir Punk, Jun 5, 2007.

  1. Sir Punk

    Sir Punk Notebook Deity

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    I don't have much experience as far as buying hard drives. I just wanna know if I can find some reviews that compares the same type of hard drives from different manufacturers. I am gonna put this into an enclosure.

    That's what I need

    - Ultra ATA 100/133 either or, doesn't matter.
    - 7200rpm
    - 320gb or 400gb
    - not noisy, i don't like hitachi clicking.
    - at least 3 year warranty
    - it will be used in an enclosure as an external one.

    I know hard drives break now and then and there is not exactly a BEST hd. But which ones in that range produce less heat or have better characteristics
    Should I get one that has perpendicular recording?
    it's a jungle out there! :D

    thanks
     
    Sir Punk, Jun 5, 2007
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  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    The biggest 7200RPM drive notebook hard drive is 160GB. The only manufacturer other than Hitachi is Seagate.
     
    ZaZ, Jun 6, 2007
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  3. Sir Punk

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    sorry, I should have said I am gonna put this into an enclosure
     
    Sir Punk, Jun 6, 2007
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    I've always had the best luck with Seagates. They are reasonably quiet, cool and sport a 5 year warranty. As for the perpendicular drives, I never used one myself but they seem to get mixed reviews.
     
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  5. Sir Punk

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    I read a bunch of customer's reviews. It is just an impression. But it seems that seagate fail more often in the short time, then if they don't fail they are good for a long time. There must be some chart somewhere. Like % of failures
     
    Sir Punk, Jun 6, 2007
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  6. John Ratsey

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    If you are looking at a desktop HDD then the Samsung HDDs run relatively cool and quiet and tend to have attractive pricing.

    I have a couple in external enclosures and the only noise is a slight hum.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jun 6, 2007
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