Need help buying a HDD

ST34LTH

ST34LTH

ST34LTH

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Hey guys, i really dont know much about hardware terminology etc and I want to buy a new HDD for my PC. (since ive decided not to buy a new case)

Neways, my pc HDD has this spec:

Capacity: 80 GB
Speed: 5400 rpm
Cache: 8 MB
Brand Seagate
Type: ST980811AS
Family Momentus: 5400.3
Form Factor: 2.5"
Interface: S-ATA

here is a link to it
http://support.packardbell.com/uk/item/index.php?i=spec_hdd_7415310100&ppn=PB81X06201


Ive looked at the HDD on the website but most are SATA II and the ones that are not has speeds like 3gb/s which i think will not work on my pc

So is it ok if i pick up any Sata HDD? or would i need a specific one?

If its possible can you recomend a 1TB - 2TB HDD please?
Thank you very much
 
If your motherboard supports SATA as it must if you are already using, then it will support any SATA, but it looks like you don't know if it supports SATA II, so yes any SATA will work, not SATA II (unless you check) and not SATA III if you can find any..

List your motherboard rather than current HDD

EDIT: and PSU
 
 
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I was wondering if sata 2 would work with sata 1 myself. I found this information in the sata 2 sticky on this board.

"5. Will my new 'SATA-II'/SATA300 drive work on my SATA150 controller (and vice versa)?

- All SATA drives should work with all controllers. This includes SATA300 drives working on SATA150 controllers and vice versa.

NOTE: Some SATA150 controllers do not support auto speed negotiation. When using a SATA300 drive with such a controller, it is necessary to change a jumper setting on the drive to force the drive to use the 150MB/s interface speed. The best approach is often to try the drive out and to change the jumper if the drive is not being detected in the BIOS when the system is powered up. Some owners of SATA300 drives may still experience problems however as some older SATA300 drives may require a firmware flash of their drive (in which case the manufacturer will need to be contacted). These issues arose as a result of manufacturer's bridging chip and firmware conflicts. Some drives have no jumpers e.g. Hitachi and require a firmware setting to be changed - see Q7 below. In most cases however, a SATA300 drive should function fine on a SATA150 controller."
 
Well I'm installing my new sata 2 hitachi drive into my sata 1 laptop tomorrow I'll post back and let you know if I had any issues. Doubt I will though because apparently hitachi SATA 2 drives run at SATA 1 compliant speeds unless you update the firmware through ms DOS. So maybe hitachi may be the way for you to go as you will still experience all the benefits of the new drive speed i.e. 7200rpm and 32MB/16MB cache (most hdds dont get near 1.5gb sustained speed from what I've been reading so you wont see much of a difference between sata 1 and 2).
 
ST34LTH said:
ah thanks for the replies, ill c if i can get a SATA 1 if not then ill buy a SATA 2 and c what happens
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A SATAII HDD is generally backward compatable to SATAI, ie., a SATAII HDD will work on SATA1 cont., and you will get the full performance of it, except that the Burst Speed will be reduced to reflect the 150 SATAI speed, however, the Burst Speed is off no importance, so I would just buy This...

EDIT: If you look Here you will see that one of the HDDs that your comp can come with is a Seagate 320GB HDD ST3320820AS, which is SATAII, so this motherboard must support SATAII...
 
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jbloggs said:
A SATAII HDD is generally backward compatable to SATAI, ie., a SATAII HDD will work on SATA1 cont., and you will get the full performance of it, except that the Burst Speed will be reduced to reflect the 150 SATAI speed, however, the Burst Speed is off no importance, so I would just buy This...

EDIT: If you look Here you will see that one of the HDDs that your comp can come with is a Seagate 320GB HDD ST3320820AS, which is SATAII, so this motherboard must support SATAII...
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+1 for the samsung f3 1tb. This is my main OS drive and it is amazing, big storage, runs very cool and quick. 50 seconds to boot into windows 7
 
jbloggs said:
EDIT: If you look Here you will see that one of the HDDs that your comp can come with is a Seagate 320GB HDD ST3320820AS, which is SATAII, so this motherboard must support SATAII...
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Thanks a lot, didnt know that hehe

@icedbullet - Ive read reviews and couple of them say it makes a loud humming noise, is that true? if not then im buying it :)
 
ST34LTH said:
Thanks a lot, didnt know that hehe

@IcedBullet - Ive read reviews and couple of them say it makes a loud humming noise, is that true? if not then im buying it :)
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No my F3 is close to silent. No audible humming on the F3 that I know of. Now my 280GTX on the other hand....likes to make aeroplane noises :P
 
yeh when you posted that link i realised that my pc came with the 3.5 320gb version, since that died ages ago and PCworld changed my HDD I thought it might of come with the 80gb version,
anyways thanks for all the replies, really appreciated
 
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