Biting teh bullet

[jmhkrh]

Okay, the time has come to make a choice. This is what I plan on buying next week. Let me know. See what you think....

MSI KT3 ULTRA-ARU
AMD ATHLON XP 1800
Samsung 256MG DDR333 PC 2700
IBM 80Gb Deskstar Hard Drive
Lite-On 40x12x48 CDRW
Abit Siluro T400 nvidia GeForce2 64mb
Evercase e4252 with 300 watt Sparkle Power Supply
Thanks, j.h.

 

[bozo1]

Looks good to me but personally I wouldn't touch an IBM drive with all the problems people are having with them.

 

[PreDatoR]

I'd go for a Maxtor D740x drive myself.. I have the 40 gig version and its sweet!

 

[tritium4ever]

You know, not everyone has been having problems with IBM drives. I've got a 75GB 75GXP that runs 24/7 as part of a network attached storage appliance, and there's been no problems with it so far. As for my main computer, I've got a Maxtor D740X-6L drive (40GB) that works wonders and is magically quiet, even though it's not the fluid bearing model. Well, either it's magically quiet or it's my power supply and case fans covering up the hard drive noise

 

[Buz2b]

In reference to the reported troubles with the IBM drives, I believe most of the problems centered on the 75GXP drives. You should be fine; IBM normally makes good quality drives.

 

[jmhkrh]

I'm taking it all in. Thanks everyone for the info. j.h.

 

[Swanny]

No, IBM has problems with all their newer drives. I just would not go with them at the moment.

I have 2 60GXPs running in RAID 0. One of them died 3 months after purchase. The other one has been running fine with the replacement ever since.

 

[microAmp]

<< Looks good to me but personally I wouldn't touch an IBM drive with all the problems people are having with them. >>



I agree! Go with Maxtor or the WDxxxJB <--- with 8 MB cache. WD has 120JB, 100JB and whenever the 80JB comeout.