ATA100 HD recommendatoins
Im currently specing out my new system Im going to build in the coming months so i was wondering what HDs people like and recommend. Im looking to buy 2 drives so I can have a 2 drive RAID array. This/these drive(s) will be mostly used for buisness things such as audio editing multi-media spreadsheets, and some gam ...
Im currently specing out my new system Im going to build in the coming months so i was wondering what HDs people like and recommend. Im looking to buy 2 drives so I can have a 2 drive RAID array. This/these drive(s) will be mostly used for buisness things such as audio editing multi-media spreadsheets, and some game playing.
Pre-Reqs:
at least combined storage of 80gigs preferably 100.
7200RPM or higher
ATA100 support.
Stable drive that will last
Pre-Reqs:
at least combined storage of 80gigs preferably 100.
7200RPM or higher
ATA100 support.
Stable drive that will last
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Either 2x 45GB IBM 7,200rpm ATA-100 or 2x 60GB IBM 7,200rpm ATA-100.
You can't beat those IBM units.
You can't beat those IBM units.
I also recommend the IBM Drives as well as the Maxtor 7200 rpm ATA100 drives. Also what card are going to use to run your array? I have 2 Abit Hot Rod Pro 100 cards in my system now and they are working flawlessly with WinME, 2k, and XP.
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My System
Dell Demension XPS T500
Triple Boot
Windows 2000 Pro 2195
Windows Whistler Pro 2428
Windows Millennium Final Retail
PIII @ 500 Mhz (with after market heatsink and dual fan)
512 Megs Ram
Guillemot Maxi Gammer Cougar (TNT2 M64 w/ 32 Megs of RAM)
Matrox Millennium PCI (w/ 4 Megs of RAM for second monitor)
3Com Etherlink XL 10/100 Ethernet Card
2 x Abit Hot Rod Pro ATA-100 RAID Controlers
2 x 12.6 Gig Maxtor Hard Disks RAID 0 (for system)
1 76.3 Gig Maxtor Hard Disk (for storage)
40X LG CD Rom Drive
100 Mb Iomega Internal Zip Drive
MS Explorer Mouse
MS Natural Keyboard Pro
And not a single piece of software that I actually own
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My System
Dell Demension XPS T500
Triple Boot
Windows 2000 Pro 2195
Windows Whistler Pro 2428
Windows Millennium Final Retail
PIII @ 500 Mhz (with after market heatsink and dual fan)
512 Megs Ram
Guillemot Maxi Gammer Cougar (TNT2 M64 w/ 32 Megs of RAM)
Matrox Millennium PCI (w/ 4 Megs of RAM for second monitor)
3Com Etherlink XL 10/100 Ethernet Card
2 x Abit Hot Rod Pro ATA-100 RAID Controlers
2 x 12.6 Gig Maxtor Hard Disks RAID 0 (for system)
1 76.3 Gig Maxtor Hard Disk (for storage)
40X LG CD Rom Drive
100 Mb Iomega Internal Zip Drive
MS Explorer Mouse
MS Natural Keyboard Pro
And not a single piece of software that I actually own
