Which hard drive to get

[Sonikku]

I've been having system trouble recently (documented in this thread http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2333361 ) and am in need of a new hard drive. My main 250gb drive failed and my vista installer disc can't pick up on my old 80gb back up drive no matter what storage configuration I use in the bios, but the XP installer can and is what I'm on atm. The question is, would this hard drive be picked up by my vista disc installer?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769

John Conner came from the future to warn me to get this one instead.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...tem=22-136-797

But it's a bit more than I would like to spend if possible and seems to be designed for servers, not gaming PC's. Any other suggestions?

My specs are

Asrock H77M socket mobo
Intel Pentium Sandry Bridge g6300
4gb ddr3 corsair ram
Radeon HD 7770 video card. The installer disc is Vista Ultimate 64 w/SP1

 

[Sonikku]

For some reason anandtech is screwing with the url's I type and making the first hdd listed into the second one Conner suggested for reasons I can't explain. This was the first hdd linked.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136769

 

[C1]

You dont need an enterprise HDD. The less expensive one will do fine.

From your description though, it is not evident that you even need a new HDD except because of the limited capacity of the current one. Have someone else verify that it is your HDD that is the issue, otherwise you may end up buying something that you didnt really need. BTW, HDDs like that are very inexpensive and the older built ones effectively seem to last forever. Typical:

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/esd/sys/4001711912.html

 

[Sonikku]

I tend not to like dealing with the craigslist crowd but I'll consider it.

It seems a drive identical to the one conner linked is on amazon for half the price.

http://www.amazon.com/RE4-250-Enterp...rds=WD2503ABYX

Would it be the better buy for $50?

 

[mfenn]

The only real difference between the drives is TLER (only needed for hardware RAID) and the warranty. Since you're not running hardware RAID, it comes down to whether or not the extra 3 years of warranty is worth $30 to you.