I'm getting a SATA hard drive, any suggestions?

I'm looking for one that's cheap, good and over 200 GB, by cheap I mean under $120. So does anyone have any suggestions?



BTW, I know this is off the topic, but I confused my comp apps teacher . lol He was making us do this project where we told him what we did over the summer, I told him about my computer and the compontents I used, he was completely lost.

Most computer teachers don't know squat about computers. I know they didn't back when I was in high school, and none of the ones at college know more than software. And I mean programming...they know nothing about windows or anything, most of the time!

As for your drive, I'd probably just go for whatever's cheap and has decent reviews on newegg. Personally, I suggest Western Digital drives. I can give horror stories about Seagate and Maxtor drives, but as soon as I put one of them down, someone else will pop up with stories about Western Digital...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...SubCategory=14

Well, you can take the word of someone who has had MAYBE half a dozen WD drives, or you can take the word of someone who has sold and serviced several hundred of them... Take my word for it, they're crap.



I recommend the Seagate or preferably the Samsung... The Samsung is definitely the better value for the dollar.



EDIT: I should clarify something. Caviar SEs are reasonable for light duty home use only. Anything more than that, forget it. If you want performance get the Caviar RE or the Raptor.. Or skip WD entirely.

Just speak for yourself, You dont have any idea how many drives I have had! I have installed and used 100s of drives

How many of them WD? And how many of them in mission critical applications? I've sold and serviced 100's of WD alone. Never mind the 100's and 100's more Maxtor, Fujitsu, Seagate, Samsung, Connor, IBM and Hitachi.

I dont really care. My statement was, You dont have any idea how many drives I have had! I have installed and used 100s of drives, about 90% were W/D and Seagate, got tired of putting Mators and Hitachis in the trash can.

Can I ask you something? How old are you? Because I smell BS. You're a landscaper... To use that many drives you would have to be about 65 years old unless you were in the trade, and I'm betting you're not more than 23. I think you're exaggeragating JUST a tad.



So. Considering my experience with I dunno, let's say 1000 drives just for arguments sake.. You would have RMAed a significant number of WDs as well, even if my numbers are out in left field somewhere.



All I can say is that I think you're full of it. No offence intended.

47, building computers since about 95, I guess you could say part owner in a local computer store, buddy wanted to start one but didnt have the money, made a little loan, Ha. Still end up building most of his computers after work.

lol. You loaned him the cake and you work the gig? Raw deal. I hope that he doesn't think it's his store.. That would suck.



Ok, fair enough. That makes sense. That I can buy.