Need a new HD

[alius]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144160

Seems like a pretty good deal.

What do you guys think?

Edit: I want a fast performer but I havn't really been keeping up to date with hardware, so I don't know if there is something better out there. I also don't want something extremely loud.

 

[Excelsior]

what kind of HD space do you have now?

 

[alius]

2 120 gig WD IDE drives. Master is dying, barely any space is being used on the slave.

Edit: Getting tons of disk errors in event viewer

Details
Product: Windows Operating System
ID: 7
Source: Disk
Version: 5.2
Symbolic Name: IO_ERR_BAD_BLOCK
Message: The device, %1, has a bad block.

Explanation
The device has a bad block of memory, which Windows attempted to read. The data might be missing or corrupted.


User Action
If this event is logged regularly, replace the hard disk drive.

Edit2: I still want the slave clean to use just for important data, something that will survive wipes of the main drive with the OS and programs on it.

 

[amdskip]

I've debated on going with a raptor but the death of them seems too common for my tastes.

 

[CraKaJaX]

I was going to use one of those for a boot drive but didn't want to spend that much

 

[kevinf2090]

have you looked at the 16mb cache drives, i think they perform faster then raptors

 

[Excelsior]

Yeah..Id say just get a new SATA 7200RPM HD...they are getting pretty damn good these days...much more space for the money too.

 

[alius]

Thinking about this one.

Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - $117
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144701

Cheaper and more then 3x the storage, hah.

Or I could do this and replace both drives.

Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM 84.50 x2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144415

 

[Varun]

Check out the Samsung Spinpoint series. Easy to find some reviews, but they are the coolest running, and quietest hard drives on the market. I love my 120GB P80, and now the P120s are out.

Samsung Spinpoint

 

[Excelsior]

Are you a western digital slut or something, haha? Even after you have problems with one, you are only considering other western digitals?

 

[alius]

No, I've owned more then two drives from them and had no problems besides this one, which may actually not be the drives fault anyway. Also, looking at the specs thats what came up. I would prefer not to be called a slut though, if you wouldn't mind.

Found out the drive may still be under warrenty though, so I'm going that route first.

Edit: The WD drive also performed well under the SATA II review on Anand.

 

[virtualrain]

Go WD Raptor for ultimate performance.

Check out Tom's latest HD roundup...

http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20050927/index.html