Which 250/320gb ide drive?

_Ad_ · 8 Jul 2007 at 21:21

Pretty much filled my 60gb drive, lol. So im wanting a new one.
I have ata133 raid.
Opinions on Samsung, Seagate, Western Digital?
Cheers.

fobose · 8 Jul 2007 at 21:50

Why not get a cheap SATA PCI card (can get them for £10-15 if you look around), and then get a 500gb western digital AAKS drive (£65)

IDE drives seem to be quite a bit more than sata ones, ok the 250-320gb are similiar price but surely in the future your going to want to upgrade your PC anyway?

_Ad_ · 8 Jul 2007 at 21:57

If i used a sata drive as my main drive for windows etc will my other ide drives still show up in Windows?
To access them as normal.

fobose · 8 Jul 2007 at 22:11

Yup, you might need to change the boot order in bios to make sure it boots from SATA first but its nothing special. Also when you install windows on the sata drive you will need to press F6 to install the PCI SATA controllers drivers - however if you get a "XFX REVO 64 SPU 3 Port SATA Raid Card" it doesn't require any drivers at all