Fujitsu 73.5GB 15,000RPM

Cheekykid · 17 Aug 2006 at 15:24

Am interested for this HD to have my windowsXP run on. I alywas keep my pc for 2-3 years before changing anything so I am aiming for something good that will last.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/SCSI_Drives.html

Does this HD worth its money? Is the increase in speed noticeable? Am willing to spend £200 if they are well worth.

Messiah Khan · 17 Aug 2006 at 15:53

Remember that its a SCSI drive, so that you will need a seperate controller card and cable to use it. The speed will be good, but it will also be louder and hottere than most drives.

Cheekykid · 17 Aug 2006 at 16:03

messiah khan said:
Remember that its a SCSI drive, so that you will need a seperate controller card and cable to use it. The speed will be good, but it will also be louder and hottere than most drives.

hm....don't like the noise part. As far as Sata is concerned which is the fastest available drive(50-80GB)? I spare no expense

Messiah Khan · 17 Aug 2006 at 16:09

36Gb Western Digital Raptor (The newer 16Mb cache ones) or a 74Gb Raptor.

Edit; I don't own SCSI drives myself so I can't say how much louder they are, so it might not be that bad.

Cheekykid · 17 Aug 2006 at 16:14

This Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-087-WD) or this one :Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-015-WD)

Ain't no reviews around?

Messiah Khan · 17 Aug 2006 at 16:16

the 16Mb cache one. There are loads of reviews around. Hang on a sec, i'll find you one.

Messiah Khan · 17 Aug 2006 at 16:19

http://www.google.com/custom?domain...000000;GFNT:0000FF;GIMP:0000FF;FORID:1;&hl=en

There you go, quite a few on storagereview.

Cheekykid · 17 Aug 2006 at 16:21

Thank you,

Which of the two is newer one? It seems that they recommend the WD740GD 8MB one

Messiah Khan · 17 Aug 2006 at 16:36

The one with the 16Mb cache is the newer and better one. They might be reccomeding the 8Mb cache one due to the newer one not having been released at the time of the review.

hedgey · 17 Aug 2006 at 18:27

its a server drive. unless you run a server i wouldnt bother.

Messiah Khan · 17 Aug 2006 at 18:41

Why? Surely it will also benefit in things like loading times of programs/windows and game levels.

Combat squirrel · 17 Aug 2006 at 20:41

74 or 150gb 16meg cache western digital Raptor SATA drive - end of

daven1986 · 17 Aug 2006 at 20:50

it is over 80gb but the 150gb raptor is faster than smaller ones i believe....

Cheekykid · 19 Aug 2006 at 15:23

I went for the 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB

36Gb is too small for today needs and upcoming Vista so decided that its worth to get the 74gb. 150gb was too expensive for my budget. I already have 2 Sata seagate 400Gb and 200Gb