Which hard drives

[mmilburn]

I currently have two 10gig maxtors with a Fastrak controller but want to increase my capacity. I would like replace my maxtors with two of about 27-30 gig.

Can anyone recommend any fast reliable ones.

Martin

[DrMordrid]

I'd go with Maxtors, IBM or WD (which are now IBM clones). All are fast and relatively cheap with the Maxtors being my choice because they run cooler.

Dr. Mordrid

[ham64]

Hi guys with your big hard...drives.
My very small system contains a 3,5 gig Fujitsu 5400r/m system HD and a 6,4 gig Fujitsu 5400 r/m video dedicated HD. They are very small today, and I intend to upgrade. My question is: if I shold FIFO my drives, (out with the 3,5 Gb) steping up the 6,4 Gb to system and installing a biger one with 7200 r/m.
How compatible are the 5400 vs. 7200 r/m, UDMA33 vs. UDMA66 ?
My MoBo is an FIC PA-2013A, VIA chipset (supports UDMA66) & AMD K6/2-400Mhz 64 Mb SDRAM (I'll upgrad it too)?
In the present both HDD's are connected to the Primary channel and a Nec CD-R drive and a Sony CD-RW burner to the Secondary channel.
Any suggestions, pleas?

[This message has been edited by ham64 (edited 02 March 2000).]

[Brian Ellis]

I think they are all pretty good now. My fastest/biggest one is a Seagate 28 Gb 7200 rpm which Sandra variously benchmarks at between 10000 and 11000 indexed marks, which ain't bad. The benchmark depends on fragmentation, etc.

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Brian (the terrible)



[This message has been edited by Brian Ellis (edited 02 March 2000).]