new (CHEAP!) hard drive

blighter · 11 Jul 2006 at 22:19

some of you may have seen my post about the new motherboard/cpu earlier today, basically, im building a new PC, and as a 16 year old who only works saturdays, i need parts as cheap as chips

i have been looking at some sites and have found some very cheap drives, but am unsure about the cache and speeds etc
i basically wanna pay £50 or under for a decent 40GB or over drive, any help would be greatly appreciated

thanks

pegasus1 · 11 Jul 2006 at 22:51

Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £41

Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £52

blighter · 11 Jul 2006 at 23:01

thanks

they're from OC right?

pegasus1 · 12 Jul 2006 at 09:36

blighter said:
thanks they're from OC right?

Yes
Both are SATA 2 capable although the Hitachi defaults to SATA 1 so you can use Hitachi's F Tool to change it (as well as changing loads of other stuff).
I have both of these alhtough larger size models and are both very good.

Explicit · 12 Jul 2006 at 14:46

pegasus1 said:
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £52

Or for £3 more you can get the 250GB version

harris1986 · 12 Jul 2006 at 15:35

Get the new seagate 7200.10's they are the muts nuts! i bought a 250gb sata2 version and it's awesome

pegasus1 · 12 Jul 2006 at 16:10

Explicit said:
Or for £3 more you can get the 250GB version

Or get another drive thats only a tenner more, well if your going to spend sixty then why not £80 or £100.

UKTopGun · 12 Jul 2006 at 17:36

pegasus1 said:
Or get another drive thats only a tenner more, well if your going to spend sixty then why not £80 or £100.

Because some people want to stick to a certain budget?

Or maybe they are stretched at £60 anyway?

blighter · 12 Jul 2006 at 20:55

thanks for all your help guys, about the budget.. im 16 and only work saturdays, i also need some money for my holiday this year, so yes, i need as cheap as possible

the parts i'm currently thinking about are at

thanks again

Link removed as the page had loads of links that would have been against forum rules - below is the list of parts
Albatron K8X250 Pro K8
Socket 754 nVidia nF3 250 800MHz FSB ATX AGP
£26.14

motherboard
AMD Sempron 3300+ (SDA3300BXBOX)
64Bit Architecture 2.0Ghz Skt 754 Boxed
£59.47

motherboard
Kingston 512MB DDR333 PC2700
NON-ECC CL2.5 DIMM
£31.91

motherboard
Extra Value DRACULA Shiny Black Case
Silver Chrome Front & Side Panel
£43.99

motherboard
Samsung HD160JJ SpinPoint P Series
SATA-II, 160GB & 8MB Cache
£41.07

Explicit · 12 Jul 2006 at 22:58

pegasus1 said:
Or get another drive thats only a tenner more, well if your going to spend sixty then why not £80 or £100.

We're talking £3, not £30. You can find £3 under the sofa

Anyway, OP has gone for the Samsung so it doesn't matter now.

pegasus1 · 12 Jul 2006 at 23:56

Explicit said:
We're talking £3, not £30. You can find £3 under the sofa

Anyway, OP has gone for the Samsung so it doesn't matter now.

What im getting at is that when a relatively new person on the forums posts about a max price, people always start to post "well for just a little more you could get this", the line has be drawn somewere and i admit my £52 was £2 over his budget but your sudgestion put it 10% over.

Explicit · 13 Jul 2006 at 01:46

pegasus1 said:
What im getting at is that when a relatively new person on the forums posts about a max price, people always start to post "well for just a little more you could get this", the line has be drawn somewere and i admit my £52 was £2 over his budget but your sudgestion put it 10% over.

So what? That's what forums are all about - a collection of opinions, suggestions and advice. Most people always help others by suggesting value for money options - in this case, £3 for another 90GB of hard drive space. You make that seem totally unreasonable. :confused: