PC Peripherals Getting a 200GB HDD Wednesday, which one?

[TechHead]

Leaning toward the Seagate 7200.8. PATA as of now, as I don't have SATA on my mobo.. is the 7200.8 available in Bombay? Been out of the loop for 2 months, so I have no idea. Approximate price?
ALso, I can get an IBM for nearly the same price AFAIK, should I?

 

[Chaos]

Yeah its available. Costs ~5K+/-200 bucks depending upon where you buy it.

 

[Eazy]

wrong post ... sorry

 

[Chaos]

Here is a comparison of the Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 400gb SATA drive, a Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250gb SATA drive, a Western Digital 74gb SATA drive and a Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 SATA II drive.

If I were to buy a drive today I would buy one from the Hitachi T7K250 series.

http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-277-1.htm

Are there IDE drives in the T7K250 range? I thought it was strictly SATA II.

 

[Eazy]

Are there IDE drives in the T7K250 range? I thought it was strictly SATA II.

I just noticed that TechHead was looking for PATA drives so I deleted my post.....

Eazy posted 4.77 minutes later:

I run a PATA Maxtor 250GB Maxline II Plus drive and it is pretty fast. It is an Enterprise class drive and has a 5 years warranty like the Seagates. The last time I checked the Hitchi's were with a 3 years warranty.

 

[Chaos]

Hehe no need too . It does exist in IDE too but only in 160GB and 250GB capacities. I'm not sure abt warranty policies of Hitachi though. WD after sales here is crap. They took 2 weeks to replace a dead raptor . I'm guessing hitachi will be the same. Anyway here's the link if ur interested:

http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/en/menuitem.f9b3189a2f2e122d92b86b31bac4f0a0/

 

[Eazy]

Over at the StorageReview forums they talk very highly about the Hitachi T7K250 drives. Not seen any complaints on these drives.

 

[bottle]

i second chaos statement.. wd service sucks

 

[TechHead]

Cool, Seagate it is,then. 5 year warranty -> v.good!

 

[apollyon]

even hitachi has a 5 yr warranty for all hdds purchased after june

 

[TechHead]

^^Do they have a 200GB PATA HDD out?

 

[apollyon]

naa they have 160,250 n 400 in pata..250 is 6k odd

 

[Darklord]

I would recommend going for the 300GB Seagate,its the 7200.8 series
I sold one a few days back and it is blazing fast.If you can push your budget a bit, then this drive is worth it.
It cost me something like 8-8.5k

 

[Eazy]

I would recommend going for the 300GB Seagate,its the 7200.8 series
I sold one a few days back and it is blazing fast.If you can push your budget a bit, then this drive is worth it.
It cost me something like 8-8.5k

Was the 300GB Seagate a PATA or SATA ?

Here is a comparison of 4 SATA drives .......

Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 400gb SATA drive,
Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250gb SATA drive,
Western Digital 74gb SATA drive
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 SATA II drive.

http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-277-1.htm

 

[Darklord]

The 300 GB was a PATA Drive.

 

[Eazy]

The 300 GB was a PATA Drive.

WOW ...it just struck me - 300GB for around 8k... I paid 8k for a 250GB Maxtor PATA drive 5 months back ... at that time the 300GBs were about 11k !! :O

 

[TechHead]

I would recommend going for the 300GB Seagate,its the 7200.8 series
I sold one a few days back and it is blazing fast.If you can push your budget a bit, then this drive is worth it.
It cost me something like 8-8.5k

Nahh. can't afford it.. thanks for the suggestion though

 

[Darklord]

Hey Techhead, i picked up 1 200 GB 7200.8 yesterday for myself.
Cost me 5200/-
its a PATA drive,very good,liked it.

 

[TechHead]

Hey Techhead, i picked up 1 200 GB 7200.8 yesterday for myself.
Cost me 5200/-
its a PATA drive,very good,liked it.

Cool! 8MB cache? 5 year warranty too, no?

 

[Rockyme2002]

Yup 8Mb cache nd 5 yrs warranty...