What 250gb HD?

trojan698 · 25 Mar 2006 at 20:15

Hey,

I'm after a sata HD for storage and unsure which one to opt for. 250gb drives seem to be the best priced capacity available. I was going to wait but will be ordering the gskill hz, so may aswell get it at the same time.

I've heard good things about the hitachi, samsung and WD drives. I run 2 raptors atm, so noise isn't really an issue. Any help greatly appreciated

TooNice · 25 Mar 2006 at 20:20

You may find this article useful:
http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200601/250_1.html

On a side note, the WD3200SE is priced very competitively with 250GB drives and may be worth considering too.

smids · 25 Mar 2006 at 20:22

Seagate 250GB 7200.9 if you want 250GB.

Rambaud · 26 Mar 2006 at 12:01

I bought a 250Gb WD SATA II drive with 16Mb cache a couple of weeks ago, and it is working fine.

At £55.95 + VAT, I think I might get another one!

[Edit]

And the 250Gb Seagate SATA II is on a special deal for this week at £52.95 + VAT - although it only has an 8Mb cache.