Sata

Hello Everyone,

Quick question on which internal sata drive would be best for me. I have done alot of reading and I am leaning toward a Western Digital 750GB drive. I believe I can only run up to 1.5Gp/s. Is there anything I should take into consideration before going further on this? Also, I am not commited to WD. So any help on this would be great. I am going to use this to edit video. Vacation videos mostly. I have a couple of my family's wedding videos to do also. So I believe in this case, the bigger the better. Thanks for any help.

 

Do you have a link to the particular drive you are thinking about getting? As far as brands, people like different ones. I look for the largest cache memory and the best warranty. I would also get a SATA2 drive for use down the road.

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i agree with fred, you can get a SATA2 and set the jumper for 1.5gb/s

 

here is the Newegg link I was looking at.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...10150014+1035915133+4802+1035424340&name=32MB

Maxtor seems to have a pretty good 750GB drive. But who knows.
Just for some backround I looked up the time when I built this computer. It was Dec 2003. I used a Gigabyte GA-7nnxp Motherboard. To be honest, I know it is old but it still works great and I just can't pull the trigger on upgrading the whole system yet. I figured I would upgrade from one to two gigs of ram and get a new Sata drive.

Someday I guess I will upgrade my motherboard since I am limited without sse and such, But thats a whole nother ballgame

I do appreciate the replies though.
Thank You

 

Old 'puters still work! Your link only shows Seagate and Samsung drives though...

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Yes I know but those are the only 32MB cache drives that they had listed. I like Newegg because I have always had good luck with them and am hesitant to change. If you know of a better place to look, please by all means let me know.

Thanks though Fred_G. I like my old puter
I think I may pull the trigger this afternoon on a new one. I know to look for the highest cache and a good warranty. I actually am having a bit of a hard time trying to locate a sata2 drive.

 

I usually shop at the 'Egg myself.

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