Upgrade or new system?

**Modulok** · Posted: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:03:30 Post Subject:

on newegg they have 80GB Seagates (SATA 300) for $44. put a few together for raid0 and that will be fast enough for an OS drive.

FOX · Posted: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:56:33 Post Subject:

i like it all but the hdd ...just not a fan of the raptors as everyone stated... you dont really get much more performance for the money

BeerCheeze · Posted: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:03:29 Post Subject:

I agree on the Raptor's. If you really want higher performance than a good 7200-rpm SATA drive you're going to have to move over to SCSI. And the cost go way up quickly there.

hatpin7 · Rated PG-13 Joined: 02 Aug 2006 Posts: 26 Location: canada

would the one

* Seagate Baracuda 500 mb 16mb HDD. $119.99

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2273393&CatId=139

be good enough speed wise?

or how about :

Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, Serial ATA-300,

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3116643&body=MAIN#detailspecs

I think i will go for the spin point for the little bit extra cash as ive heard there pretty decent drives.

$350 dollars is my budget for a single hard drive or for two.

what about one of these babies with the sea gate 500 gb drive:
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1418305&CatId=2346