hdd for o/c'd system?

[Chuki]

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

[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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[gromar23]

seagate baby

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[Chuki]

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.

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

[Chuki]

Originally posted by gromar23:
seagate baby

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

[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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[Chuki]

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

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

[Mandorallen of Molynnr]

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

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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