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dire
10-26-02, 11:47 AM
Hi Folks,

Thanks for all the energetic replies on the video and sound card questions. I found them to be very helpful.

Now, onto the hard drive? I have choosen Western Digital WD1200JB(120GB). What do you all think about it? I am going to use my PC to play games like Neverwinter nights, Warcraft III etc and also use it for my home theater. I will have on-board RAID in my motherboard. So, which hard drive will give me solid performance?

Thanks,

-- dire
Kato
10-26-02, 11:55 AM
WELCOME TO THE FORUMS!!!

The WD 8Mb cache HD is the fastest out there now, but if you are going to use it in a RAID config, then I would suggest Maxtor D740X-6L ATA133, it would come in handy with RAID 0.

Actually this thread should be in General Hardware, you will get better replies there :beer:
TheFrag
10-26-02, 01:00 PM
no, it should be in storage devices :cool:
and WELCOME TO THE FORUMS!
Scream-Dracula!
10-26-02, 01:08 PM
I have the WD 8meg cache drive. I like it alot.
Malakai
10-26-02, 02:34 PM
the drive is absolutely flawless. i have one in my comp right now.
6502kid
10-26-02, 05:26 PM
How do those WD SE drives handle high FSB speeds ?
(I mean 39-45mhz on the PCI bus)

Anyone ?
TheFrag
10-26-02, 05:29 PM
im not sure, but yes i plan to also get an 80gig WD SE
HeXenViRii
10-26-02, 05:36 PM
Originally posted by Kato
The WD 8Mb cache HD is the fastest out there now, but if you are going to use it in a RAID config, then I would suggest Maxtor D740X-6L ATA133, it would come in handy with RAID 0.

Actually this thread should be in General Hardware, you will get better replies there :beer:

Would the WD se do poorly in a raid 0 ? i was thinking about getting 2 of those and doing a raid 0 w/ the onboard raid controller ....
Kato
10-26-02, 05:39 PM
I read in the forums the Maxtor are better in RAID config, because of the extra 33MHz ceiling. I tried to look for that thread, but failed. So I could be wrong though, sorry!:D