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    Hard Drives more expensive?

    i live in England, and would like to know if HDs have increased in price recently. i remember searchign for a HD around January-time and they didn't seem to be as expensive...or is it just me?


    Anyway, i have a budget of £200 and would like to hear your recommendations. Thanks in advance.
    If you have a DVD of 'Wall Street' then message me.
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    what sort of hdd ie scsi or ide & what sort of size you're looking for?

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      oh and i should also mention that i'd like it to be as quiet as possible (i heard IBM deskstar can be quite noisy and unreliable.)



      just saw your post ayoub: i'd like about 6-9GB. I think my motherboard can only accept IDE drives (It's a chaintech CT-6BTA3, about 3.5 years old). In any case, SCSI drives don't seem essential to me...but if I'm wrong, then someone correct me please, ta.

      Anyway, I have seperate DVD drives and CD-RW drives, with a P3 450 and 256mb ram. Thanks in advance.


      oh yeah, and i prefer HDs o be as quiet as possible! I heard IBM drives are quite noisy...i currently have a Samsung one, and it's not too bad in this respect.
      Last edited by The Sewer Rat; 14 May 2002, 05:58.
      If you have a DVD of 'Wall Street' then message me.

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      • #4
        The most quiet, reliable HDD is the Seagate Barracuda IV. You should be able to get a 20 GB drive (the smallest you will probably find) for well under 100 pound.

        Jammrock
        “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
        –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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          heh, got a 60gb Barracuda for under 100 pounds (£98). Thanks, and it promises to be a good investment.
          If you have a DVD of 'Wall Street' then message me.

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          • #6
            Well, on the SCSI-issue...

            Putting 2 10K drives (Quantum Atlas 10K, 9 GB and IBM UltraStar 36LZX, 18 GB) in my computer made my system far more responsive. When starting large applications, compiling software and image-editing, it does make a difference.

            But whether it justifies
            1. the price (remember that for the same price you could have more storage in IDE),
            2. the heatproblems (I needed to buy a new case just to provide adequate cooling for the disks),
            3. the noise (lets face it, those drives make a lot of noise in comparison to regular IDE-drives) and
            4. the additional costs (SCSI-controller, cables, good PSU, ...)
            is another question...

            Windows itself doesn't boot that fast (W2K), nor does it aid gaming...


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