whats the fastest hard drive

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11-26-2002, 02:57 PM
fozz

whats the fastest hard drive

looking at a hard drive to use on a asus p4b533,somthing about 40 -60gb but want the fastest load times possible.i dont need more than 60 gb really as i format quite a bit and never keep that much old stuff on hd anyway. games like ut2k3 and such are taking a little while to load and my drive sounds like it may be dying soon anyway-somtimes you have to give it a little tap to get it going so i figured why not upgrade.my drive is already a 7200 rpm drive so i dont think i will get much quicker but it is also a cheap one probably with little or no cache so there should be room for improvment
11-26-2002, 03:08 PM
superjohnny

Western Digital makes a nice "Special Edition" drive with 8MB of cache. That's probably the best drive going. I use 2 Maxtor 40GB drives in RAID0 and that works quite nicely.
11-26-2002, 03:32 PM
Annex

The new maxtor diamondmax plus 9 series of drives are out, and theyre dirt cheap too (atleast around here)
11-26-2002, 03:36 PM
ua549

If cost is no object, I'd go with an Adaptec SCSI Ultra 320 setup with a Seagate U320 Cheetah 15k drive. :cool:

I'm using a similar setup but it is last year's Ultra 160 instead of U320. :(
11-26-2002, 03:45 PM
HypnoticAngel

Quote:

Originally posted by ua549
If cost is no object, I'd go with an Adaptec SCSI Ultra 320 setup with a Seagate U320 Cheetah 15k drive. :cool:

I'm using a similar setup but it is last year's Ultra 160 instead of U320. :(

I had a 2 15k Cheetah drive cause my local store gave me the wrong drives. It was only 9 gigs and I wanted to buy a 2 x 18 gig scsi (slower brand) so i told them they gave me the wrong drive (unfortunately i couldnt plug it into my adaptec scsi card).
11-26-2002, 03:54 PM
toastbim

I just wanted to say we have talked about it atleast 10 times here at sharkys.

Scrolling thru older posts will save u alota hassle.

Thanks
11-26-2002, 04:04 PM
briareus

I'd recommend looking at Storage Review.
11-26-2002, 06:48 PM
rusty c

[QUOTE]Originally posted by toastbim
I just wanted to say we have talked about it atleast 10 times here at sharkys.

Scrolling thru older posts will save u alota hassle.

Thanks [/QUOTE

Ya i know what you mean but some ppl have different situations like here where he wants the fastest loading time. And besides if every one scrolled we would have less new threads to read and react to. You have only been here for a month thats why you only saw 10. LOL:)
11-26-2002, 06:58 PM
superjohnny

Yea, you think the "which hard drive should I get" questions are bad...wait till you get into the "which memory (or) power-supply should I get" questions. I'd say there is at least one of those on the General Hardware main page at all times.

Saying that the search function is an under-utilized feature is an understatement of gigantic proportions. :D
11-26-2002, 07:02 PM
qmul

ibm 180GXP, worth going for?

is it worth going for the 180GXP? i am asking because, the reviews on this drive seem pretty good not to mention it is possibly the ONLY hdd manufacturer to offer 3 years warrenty on all of it's drives (still). any opinons would be good, thanks.
11-26-2002, 07:05 PM
superjohnny

Isn't the IBM hard drive division going broke? There was a big lawsuit and I think they are going to liquidate their assets and call it quits for hard drives. In that case they could offer a lifetime warranty if they know they're not going to be around in 3 or 4 years to make good on it :)
11-26-2002, 07:40 PM
masteraleph

Re: ibm 180GXP, worth going for?

Quote:

Originally posted by qmul
is it worth going for the 180GXP? i am asking because, the reviews on this drive seem pretty good not to mention it is possibly the ONLY hdd manufacturer to offer 3 years warrenty on all of it's drives (still). any opinons would be good, thanks.

Yeah, but the WDSE drives all have 3 year warranties on them too, I believe...I'd say that makes them even better deals.
11-26-2002, 08:20 PM
ua549

Quote:

Originally posted by superjohnny
Isn't the IBM hard drive division going broke? There was a big lawsuit and I think they are going to liquidate their assets and call it quits for hard drives. In that case they could offer a lifetime warranty if they know they're not going to be around in 3 or 4 years to make good on it :)

IBM no longer makes disk drives. the sold their entire disk operation to Fujitsu earlier this year.
11-26-2002, 08:31 PM
qmul

Quote:

Originally posted by ua549
IBM no longer makes disk drives. the sold their entire disk operation to Fujitsu earlier this year.

i thought it was hitachi...
11-27-2002, 02:51 AM
toastbim

Quote:

Originally posted by superjohnny
Yea, you think the "which hard drive should I get" questions are bad...wait till you get into the "which memory (or) power-supply should I get" questions. I'd say there is at least one of those on the General Hardware main page at all times.

Saying that the search function is an under-utilized feature is an understatement of gigantic proportions. :D

i agree johnny
kinda figured that out in my first two days here.

and no i havent been here only for month its been a yr almost but i never participated in forums i was too busy with full time studies and job :)
11-29-2002, 01:43 AM
fozz

Quote:

If cost is no object, I'd go with an Adaptec SCSI Ultra 320 setup with a Seagate U320 Cheetah 15k drive.

idd have to get a new mobo to use scsi wouldnt i-preety sure the p4b533 dont support it although im not to sure how scsi works really to be honest
11-29-2002, 01:57 AM
OutKlast

The adaptec U320 uses a 64bit PCI bus, so yea new mobo. One with no barely any options, probably integrate video and other useless stuff since its probably a server mobo. Although it is backward compatible with 32bit pci, then it takes away from its speed.
11-29-2002, 02:09 AM
chris54

Re: Re: ibm 180GXP, worth going for?

Quote:

Originally posted by masteraleph

Yeah, but the WDSE drives all have 3 year warranties on them too, I believe...I'd say that makes them even better deals.

Didn't all the hard drive manufactures, except IBM, change their warranties from 3 years to 1 year?
11-29-2002, 04:17 AM
qmul

Re: Re: Re: ibm 180GXP, worth going for?

Quote:

Originally posted by chris54

Didn't all the hard drive manufactures, except IBM, change their warranties from 3 years to 1 year?

yes, but the WD special edition (8MB cache hdds) carry 3yr warranties
11-29-2002, 12:58 PM
rusty c

Quote:

Originally posted by toastbim

i agree johnny
kinda figured that out in my first two days here.

and no i havent been here only for month its been a yr almost but i never participated in forums i was too busy with full time studies and job :)

Nothing meant by it but it does say you regestered in Oct.2002 so i just figured october-2002 to november-2002 was 1 month.
11-29-2002, 05:32 PM
fozz

is 7200 the fastest hard drives come in non scsi-ive looked for 10000 but all i can find is scsi
11-29-2002, 05:59 PM
madweazl

7200 is as fast as I know about. The main thing now is probably aerial density, some of the newer WD drives that run on the 60gb platters are going to be the quickest but the only way to be sure you are getting one is to buy the 200gb option which is costly and not desired nor needed based on your thread.

I would say the IBM is the best bet for you. IBMs warranty will still be honored I'm sure. In my opinion they are the best drives out, quite, quick, and reliable.
11-29-2002, 06:14 PM
toastbim

Quote:

Originally posted by rusty c

Nothing meant by it but it does say you regestered in Oct.2002 so i just figured october-2002 to november-2002 was 1 month.

Ya i simply used to read sharky forums, not participate! never posted anything! until last month

:)
11-29-2002, 06:42 PM
madweazl

Hate to break your heart but Buffy's mine pal :eek:

You'll just have to get in line!
11-29-2002, 09:35 PM
rusty c

Quote:

Originally posted by toastbim

Ya i simply used to read sharky forums, not participate! never posted anything! until last month

:)

Sharky is going to hook you in! LOL:D

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