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Which is the better overclocking hard drive?

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Seeko

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Maxtor 40.0GB ATA133 DIAMONDMAX PLUS D740X 7200RPM
or
IBM 40.0GB ATA100 60GXP 7200RPM

I'll be purchasing one of these and I'd like to know which can handle high FSB's, at least 145Mhz/36.25Mhz (145/4 = 36.25). What are you guys overclocking to with these HD's? TIA for any info.

 
I have heard that IBM usually makes HDD's with controllers that can handle higher FSB's. I personally was running my FSB at 150MHz for a long time very stable with a 75GXP. I would be still, but my motherboard died and I have had to revert back to some old equipment for the time being.
 
My 75GXP would run on a 42MHz PCI bus, but the 60GXP only likes 40MHz. 🙂
 
Both seems to handle 150 FSB. I used to prefer IBM (higher FSB) but these HDD fail u faster. I'll look into the Maxtor HDD.
 
Use a Promise controller designed for 66 MHz PCI. This will solve your timing issues. I've seen guys running 60GXP's in RAID 0 with 183MHz FSB! The PCI bus is running at nearly 46 MHz at this speed. Forget about using onboard controllers at that speed. Even ATAPI devices. USB on VIA will definitely dislike that. Overclockers will stop at nothing, however! :Q

Cheers!
 
Thanks Sharkeeper, i'm going to look into that, it seems i'm stuck at around 150-151FSB, Maybe this will propel me through this impasse.
 
I could be wrong. But... AFAIK

If you take a 66 MHz promise card and stick it in a normal PCI slot, it will run at 33 MHz. As you overclock, you will STILL strain the controller, and you will STILL strain the hard drive. Or do promise controllers not follow the laws of logic?
 


<< I could be wrong. But... AFAIK

If you take a 66 MHz promise card and stick it in a normal PCI slot, it will run at 33 MHz. As you overclock, you will STILL strain the controller, and you will STILL strain the hard drive. Or do promise controllers not follow the laws of logic? >>



No they don't, that's why vanilla Promise controllers can be RAID controllers with simple adjustments via resistors lol
 


<< If you take a 66 MHz promise card and stick it in a normal PCI slot, it will run at 33 MHz. As you overclock, you will STILL strain the controller, and you will STILL strain the hard drive. Or do promise controllers not follow the laws of logic? >>



I don't know as I don't overclock FSB one MHz. I do know someone that does and the 66 MHz TX2 solved their problems. I also did notice that the 60 GXP will NOT tolerate high pci bus speed on the built in controllers! I set up a KG7 once and tried formatting using 1/3 divider at 133 MHz FSB! This ran the pci bus at 44 MHz and I was puzzled as to why a new system that was running everything at default was producing corrupt data! :Q

Maxtor drives were notorious for not handling high FSB. The model you mention is really a Quantum drive (Quaxtor) and Quantums of past were known to handle high FSB's with aplomb.

Cheers!
 
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