Looking for a good IDE hard drive. Any recommendations?

[makor26]

Looking to add a second hard drive to my comp for around $100. 40GB or more, ideally. Any recommendations? Any good deals around?

 

[johnjkr1]

If your looking for quiet, I'd say either the new seagate cuda's or the maxtors with fluid motors like i have. I went from a "normal" 7200 rom drive to this maxtor, its does not make ANY noise, i was amazed. If you want pure speed, you cant go wrong with the western digital 'special edition' drives with 8mb cache.

 

[makor26]

Any specific models? Also, do you know good places to buy it online?

 

[dakels]

search the hot deals forum. They always have something going like a 80gb WDSE for $80 A/R or something.

here is one example.
WD 2mb cache 40gb 7200rpm for $49.99 A/R

here is another deal for a 80gb WDSE 8mb cache for $79.99 A/R

personally I recoomend going for the 80gb WDSE

 

[Krk3561]

I would say go with either the WD 80GB 8MB Cache or Maxtor 80GB 8MB Cache models.

Heres a link to the thread on how to get the Maxtor for $66 @ Staples:Link

 

[Davegod]

what do you want it for?

if its purely storage, a cheap 5400rpm will be perfectly fine and a fair bit cheaper (probably quieter too). If you want better performance, practically any 7200rpm hdd, erring towards a seagate 'cuda if you want quiet or a WD SE if you want best performance (and 3 yr warranty).

 

[everman]

Last month I got a WD 120GB for $100 after rebates. 8mb cache model.