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 is EXACTLY the right tool for this....

Criteria: Seagate, PATA, Under $75, 7200RPM

GnomeWizardd

SATA foo,

Ryder

OK.. so edit the search.

Here you go

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