Reliable storage for $100

[chakraps]

How best can I spend $100 for reliable storage. I want to avoid RAID setup if possible. Need atleast 120 GB internal and am okay splitting the rest between internal and external. Any insight on historically reliable brands/models/sizes and configurations appreciated.

 

[Mondoman]

Seagate has a good rep and recently has boosted its warranty to 5 years.

 

[dighn]

Another vote for Seagate. That 5 year warranty really says something. I buy it exclusively and never had a problem with it.

Of course you could still end up with a lemon so it should go without saying that backup is still a good idea.

 

[NinjaJedi]

what type of hard drive are you loking for? Internal or external? what interface will you be using?

 

[chakraps]

Originally posted by: NinjaJedi
what type of hard drive are you loking for? Internal or external? what interface will you be using?

The DS3L mobo I plan to get has 1xIDE and 4xSATA. I have a 60GB IDE disk I can use, and looking to purchase some internal SATA and possibly external USB ones for total storage >300GB. How can I split my new purchases for better risk protection (assuming I backup data manually among the disks no RAID).

Option 1:
IDE internal - 60 GB
SATA internal - 250 GB (brand/model suggestions ? )
SATA internal - 250 GB

Option 2:
IDE internal - 60GB
SATA internal - 250 GB
USB external - 250 GB (brand/model suggestions ?)

Hope this makes it little more clearer. If you happen to know ballpark price for models please list that too. Thanks.

 

[NinjaJedi]

Since you don't plan on using raid then I would say going with one large SATA drive would be the better bet. Any of the top tier manufacturers will be good. seagate, western digital, samsung or hitachi. For $100 you can get a good 400-500gb drive. I say 1 drive is better than 2 or 3 because it will use less power and with that many drives more heat is created in the case.

$100 with free shipping.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16822136178