i havent been much into comuter prices / discussuion lateely and i dont really know whats going on.

im in college now and my 27 gig quantum is aging and constantly filled to the brim. i'm quite strapped for cash and i want the best VALUE hard disk with these features:

- 80 gig+
- ata100, 7200 rpm
- reliable

i hear the ibm gxp100's are coming out, are they somewhat reasonably priced? i also know the seagate, maxtor, and maybe wester digital are decent too. i dont want to spend too much over $150 if thats possible. i only want a single drive and i'm not going ot be using raid or anything like that.

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Antec sx830 300w
p3-1000eb coppermine
Abit VH6-II
384 mb generic pc133 cl3
Hercules prophet 4500 kryo 2
SBlive value
10x dvd, 12x10x32 Lite-on cdrw
27 gig quantum 5400 ata 66
Viewsonic e790 19" crt
Win XP pro / Progeny debian

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