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"Which brand hard drive..."


12/31/1999 (8:31 am) by admin Staff    

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im building my first system right now, and ive reached the point where i need a hard drive. ive already got an AMD K6-3 450mhz cpu, a 50x cd-rom, a VooDoo3 3000 w/TV-out, a FIC PA-2013 ATX motherboard w/100mhz fsb, 64mb ram (will be 128mb when finished) a 3.5" drive, standard mouse + keyboard, and a 17" Princeton monitor, all of which im going to by running under RedHat Linux 6.1. im looking at 17/18GB which ill be purchasing for about $130. first off, is that a fair price? secondly, tell me my box isnt a piece of junk? and last but not least... which would be the better brand to buy: Maxtor, Seagate, Fujitsu, or Western Digital? thanking you in advance...



12/31/1999 (7:43 pm) by admin Staff    

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If you want to get a 17-18 GB drive a fair price is more in the range of $160, and then it will only be a 5400 rpm drive. Maxtor would probably be the cheapest however I've heard of problems with them locking up. This was a few years ago mind you, so they probably are better now... Two months ago I bought an IBM 16.9GB drive and have no complaints, what you decide to buy is more on personal taste than anything else.