hdd for o/c'd system?

I recently purchased a Seagate BIV which is now on it's way back. DOesn't like overclocking to well. I currently have a Western Digital 20.5gig 5400RPM that seems to be doing just fine. I just want to upgrade to 7200RPM and about 40gigs. Also that Seagate got Nasty hot!!! When I 1st put it in, I couldn't install Win2k with the system o/c'd so I clocked down, and the drive felt nice and cool. I touched when I was having problems with it, and it was HOT!!! The problem was that it kept locking up my games on me, and was kinda flaking out, and skipping on me.

I want a good stable harddrive, that wont give me any BS when oc'ing. I was thinking about getting another Western Digital, as I have never had any problems, and this one seems to o/c ok.

My motherboard is an Asus A7A266 which I plan on getting rid of soon. Crappy board, very unreliable.

I looked at the 75GXP 40gig seems to be to spendy for me.

The other drive is Maxtor. I read that the 60DMP's do nice in a oc'd system. Am I to understand that DMP is acronym for Diamond Maxtor Plus? I can pick up a 60DMP 40gig for $100, as well as a Western Digital for $100.

Anyone have any insight as to which harddrive to get?

I'm leaning towards the Western Digital, as I've used quite a few and they all are working just fine. Just not in any o/c system. Although this system is and it seems to be doing alright.

Thanks for any help.

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TBird 1333@1509 | A7A266 (going to nForce or KT266A) | 640MB Crucial cas 2 (1gig Mushkin DDR OTW) | Voodoo5 5500 AGP 1.18 BIOS | Turtle Beach Santa Cruz (nForce?) | Pioneer 16x DVD Slot | Lite-on 16x10x40x | Western Digital 20.5gig 5400RPM ATA/66 (had Seagate BIV, thing sucked so I sent it back, getting another WD) | 56k Modem (I live in a Rural Area, high speed is to expensive) | Water Cooled | HW Labs Black Ice Radiator | Danger Den Maze II | Black light & Window Kit

how is the price on the 75gxp? it can handle up to 42mhz no probs. The seagate i have has never given me any probs. it's running at 40mhz no prob. If you have an extra slot above the hdd, i would stick in a hdd cooler fan. Runs sorta hot, but not unstable in the least. can't say anything about the other hdd.

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Originally posted by talldude:
how is the price on the 75gxp? it can handle up to 42mhz no probs. The seagate i have has never given me any probs. it's running at 40mhz no prob. If you have an extra slot above the hdd, i would stick in a hdd cooler fan. Runs sorta hot, but not unstable in the least. can't say anything about the other hdd.

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I'm trying to reduce the number of fans in my system plus I don't wanna spend any more money really. The 75GXP I think is like $150-$160 newegg doesn't list it. The 60GXP is $100 but I read alot posts that it doesn't like oc'd systems. I'll do some more searching if I can't find anything I like. I'll go with another Western Digital.


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TBird 1333@1509 | A7A266 (going to nForce or KT266A) | 640MB Crucial cas 2 (1gig Mushkin DDR OTW) | Voodoo5 5500 AGP 1.18 BIOS | Turtle Beach Santa Cruz (nForce?) | Pioneer 16x DVD Slot | Lite-on 16x10x40x | Western Digital 20.5gig 5400RPM ATA/66 (had Seagate BIV, thing sucked so I sent it back, getting another WD) | 56k Modem (I live in a Rural Area, high speed is to expensive) | Water Cooled | HW Labs Black Ice Radiator | Danger Den Maze II | Black light & Window Kit

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Originally posted by gromar23:
seagate baby

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Your signature is 100% correct. I stated in my post I don't want no damned POS Seagate, the one I have is frigging hot, and doesn't overclock for sh!t.



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TBird 1333@1509 | A7A266 (going to nForce or KT266A) | 640MB Crucial cas 2 (1gig Mushkin DDR OTW) | Voodoo5 5500 AGP 1.18 BIOS | Turtle Beach Santa Cruz (nForce?) | Pioneer 16x DVD Slot | Lite-on 16x10x40x | Western Digital 20.5gig 5400RPM ATA/66 (had Seagate BIV, thing sucked so I sent it back, getting another WD) | 56k Modem (I live in a Rural Area, high speed is to expensive) | Water Cooled | HW Labs Black Ice Radiator | Danger Den Maze II | Black light & Window Kit

the maxtor diamond max plus is the best for overclocking...

i have tested the max fsb's of all my hard drives...

Maxtor DMP... 180mhz...100% stable
IBM 60GXP... 178mhz..not stable
Seagate B4.. 164mhz..no recognition at 165

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Originally posted by kpxgq:
the maxtor diamond max plus is the best for overclocking...

i have tested the max fsb's of all my hard drives...

Maxtor DMP... 180mhz...100% stable
IBM 60GXP... 178mhz..not stable
Seagate B4.. 164mhz..no recognition at 165

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Thanks I think I'm leaning towards the Maxtor DMP 40gig'r

Can anyone point me to a website, that reviews harddrives and such?

I also wanna comment, I could run higher FSB with the seagate, but during games it seemed to be very flaky on me. I can't get my WD as high, but at the same FSB it's being very reliable, and stable. Actually seems to transfer a little quicker too, and it's a 5400RPM drive.

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TBird 1333@1509 | A7A266 (going to nForce or KT266A) | 640MB Crucial cas 2 (1gig Mushkin DDR OTW) | Voodoo5 5500 AGP 1.18 BIOS | Turtle Beach Santa Cruz (nForce?) | Pioneer 16x DVD Slot | Lite-on 16x10x40x | Western Digital 20.5gig 5400RPM ATA/66 (had Seagate BIV, thing sucked so I sent it back, getting another WD) | 56k Modem (I live in a Rural Area, high speed is to expensive) | Water Cooled | HW Labs Black Ice Radiator | Danger Den Maze II | Black light & Window Kit

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Originally posted by kpxgq:
the maxtor diamond max plus is the best for overclocking...

i have tested the max fsb's of all my hard drives...

Maxtor DMP... 180mhz...100% stable
IBM 60GXP... 178mhz..not stable
Seagate B4.. 164mhz..no recognition at 165

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180 MHz / 5 = 36 Mhz PCI...that's not that high.

My vote goes to the 74 GXP, I haven't found a more stable hard drive at extreme PCI speeds, I've had mine up to a whacking 45MHz PCI, and never suffered any problems. 60 GXP apparently isn't a good overclocker at all though.

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