Looking for a cheap, reliable 250 GB hard drive for my dad's PC

MoeDaKilla · Jul 24, 2008, 02:03 PM

Guys, I'm looking for a new hard drive from my dad's PC, because it seems to be corrupted. I have formatted the hard drive and reinstalled Windows. It worked fine for a week and started giving me problems again and I singled out the hard drive because it would get stuck when loading drivers for safe mode over and over again. I'm not willing to spend more than $60 and prefer something from Newegg, but I'll take all your suggestions in mind. Thanks ahead of time.

newtekie1 · Jul 24, 2008, 02:04 PM

SATA or IDE?

SATA:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148261

IDE:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148141

MoeDaKilla · Jul 24, 2008, 02:14 PM

Sorry I forgot to mention a SATA drive.

MoeDaKilla · Jul 24, 2008, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newtekie1

SATA or IDE?

SATA:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148261

IDE:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148141

I was actually looking at that same hard drive but the one with the 16mb cache, does it really make a difference. I have one of the newer Samsung Spinpoints with a 32mb cache and its very fast, but out of my budget range for my dad's PC.

farid · Jul 24, 2008, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newtekie1

SATA or IDE?
SATA:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148261

+1 For that Seagate, Ive got the 320GB Seagate Baracuda and it performs very well.

Good Luck

DrPepper · Jul 24, 2008, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MoeDaKilla

I was actually looking at that same hard drive but the one with the 16mb cache, does it really make a difference. I have one of the newer Samsung Spinpoints with a 32mb cache and its very fast, but out of my budget range for my dad's PC.

I doubt your dad would see a difference, I went from an 8mb to a F1 Spinpoint and I didnt see a difference.

MoeDaKilla · Jul 24, 2008, 03:18 PM

Thanks guys, I think I'm gonna get the 7200.10, but I still haven't decided whether or not to spend the extra $5 and get the one with the 16mb cache.

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Jul 24, 2008, 03:18 PM	#7
MoeDaKilla Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 72 (0.04/day) Thanks: 2 Thanked 14 Times in 14 Posts System Specs	Thanks guys, I think I'm gonna get the 7200.10, but I still haven't decided whether or not to spend the extra $5 and get the one with the 16mb cache. __________________

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