Choosing a new HD

[GnomeWizardd]

looking at picking up a new HD, Wife needs a HD better than a 40gb Ata drive and my 160 WD is aging, I want to stay under 75 bucks and looking at the newer seagates, but i really am not sure on what to get. Speed is key!

[kryyst]

Well set your price range and pick your drive. We can all suggest brands but really it's just personal favorites. I like WD myself so for $75 your going to be getting a 7200rpm drive with 8mb-16mb of cache and in the 250-320gb size capacity. But that does depend on if you are talking SATA or PATA or 3.25" or 2.5" drives.

[lemonlime]

Best bang for the buck right now is the WD 640GB drive. I've got a couple of them--very quick and you should be able to get it at around the $75 mark.

[primesuspect]

Our marketplace (http://icrontic.pgpartner.com) is EXACTLY the right tool for this....

Criteria: Seagate, PATA, Under $75, 7200RPM (http://icrontic.pgpartner.com/search_attrib.php/vendorIds[]=1385/page_id=11/st=filter/hi_p=75/popup3[]=20:144/popup4[]=30:392)

[GnomeWizardd]

SATA foo,

[RyderOCZ]

OK.. so edit the search.

Here you go (http://icrontic.pgpartner.com/search_attrib.php/vendorIds[]=1385/page_id=11/st=filter/hi_p=75/popup3[]=8:144/popup4[]=30:392)

[fatcat]

the one i just got is $75, seagate 7200 32mb sata3.0 500GB

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288

any faster and u are talking raptor