Reccomended 80-120 GB SATA drives?

[Jim Bancroft]

I want to put two drives into my new machine in a RAID configuration. Any brands out there recognized as the least crash-prone? Any names or models to avoid like the plague? The quieter the better too, though reliability trumps any other consideration.

The last mobo I installed was for an Athlon 900, probably in...mid 2001 I guess. I've never used a RAID system on IDE or SATA and was wondering if anyone could point me toward a site that explains the various configurations and options you can choose. thanks!

 

[jvarszegi]

Why are you using RAID, out of curiosity?

Check out this Seagate 7200.7 160 GB. For $112, it's a steal-- you even get Native Command Queueing (NCQ).

 

[Rhin0]

Forget the raid...

for that size drive get the Seagate. My other fave is the Hitachi 250gb but you want a certain size. I'd get the SG in that size range

 

[Jim Bancroft]

Why RAID? Just to keep me running in case one drive dies....am I way off, trying it with 80 GB or 120 GB drive-- maybe I'm missing something? 😕

 

[ncage]

I got a hitachi and i have loved it every since. The only brand i really don't like is western digital. I know i know...a lot of people have had good luck with them but not me. Every western digital drive i have ever got has died on me at some point. Every other brand i have bough has not died on me. I have had maxtor, seagate, IBM (older drive), and hitachi.

 

[jvarszegi]

Nope. I was just curious, is all. So you want RAID 1, and I understand why you didn't want huge drives... bigger size equals bigger waste of space, if you have less than 80 gigs to protect anyway. I still stand by my recommendation, though; that drive is awesome for the price and the NCQ feature. I bought two of them myself.