Which hard drive is the bang for the buck?

[dire]

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]

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

 

[TheFrag]

no, it should be in storage devices
and WELCOME TO THE FORUMS!

 

[Scream-Dracula!]

I have the WD 8meg cache drive. I like it alot.

 

[Malakai]

the drive is absolutely flawless. i have one in my comp right now.

 

[6502kid]

How do those WD SE drives handle high FSB speeds ?
(I mean 39-45mhz on the PCI bus)

Anyone ?

 

[TheFrag]

im not sure, but yes i plan to also get an 80gig WD SE

 

[HeXenViRii]

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

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]

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!