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Phrozt · TweakNOOB Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 100

Hard drive just crapped out.

I eventually plan on building a completely new system (prolly w/in the next half a year), so I want to get SATA. I was looking at getting a pretty good replacement drive for this system, but just carrying it over to the new one when I build that. Because of this, I want the latest and greatest. However, I want to make sure that my old board will support the latest and greatest. I'm 97% sure it will, but I just want the ok from you guys, so I don't get into too much of a hurry and screw stuff up.

Here's my board:
http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=12&l3=31&model=178&modelmenu=1

Am I good to go for SATA 3.0Gb/s ?

Thank you very much!!
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fussnfeathers · Lord of the Tweak Joined: 14 Dec 2004 Posts: 2763

New SATA drives are fully backwards compatible.

Your older Asus board will only transfer at the original SATA speeds, of course, but the drive will work just fine.
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Phrozt · TweakNOOB Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 100

that's exactly what I thought.. but like I said, I just wanted to get the thumbs up before I dropped the money

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Any recommendations? I was just going to go w/a decent price on a 7.2k rpm WD...
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Phrozt · TweakNOOB Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 100

I ***ALLLLMOST*** went w/the 750 GB Seagate with perpendicular recording.. but didn't. I took a look at the tomshardware review of it and the numbers were amazing.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/06/29/seagate_750_gb_barracuda_enters_the_big_league/

I went w/the 320 GB Seagate w/PR. Was a LOT cheaper, and I should still get a pretty good feel for whether or not the technology is worth it. Ended up being $121 altogether... instead of $421 ;x

Qty. Product Description Unit Price Total Price
1 SATA CAB LINK DEPOT|SATA-L0.5-UVB R - Retail
Item #: N82E16812104055

Return Policy only $2.99 $2.99
1 HD 320G|WD 7K 16M SATA2 WD3200KS % - OEM
Item #: N82E16822136003

Return Policy only $109.99 $109.99
Subtotal: $112.98
What's this? Tax: $0.00
Shipping: $9.00
Grand Total: $121.98

GO NEWEGG GO!! (no.. seriously New Egg.. my drive is going to die very soon

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Phrozt · TweakNOOB Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 100

awesome... I just realized I bought the wrong one when I looked at my post.. ahahhaha

OHHHHHHHH me. Silly me.

Yeah.. so I called up newegg, they cancelled that one, and I replaced it w/a new order. Turns out the seagate one was $5 cheaper AND had free shipping!! So the new order is $10 cheaper! yay! I loves me some newegg!

Specs on it (for anyone interested):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148140
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 11:21 am Post subject:

I would have got the 150g Raptor. But that is just me.
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Phrozt · TweakNOOB Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 100

Eh... this one performs RIGHT under a raptor (sometimes better), has over twice the space, a 5 year warranty, and is about a third of the price.....
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(DJ PhiLO) · TweakNOOB Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 34

Seems like a good fast drive by what the reviews say, ive been eyeing out a 320G SATA Seagate at MSY doesnt give any other details then that on thier price list i hope its the one.

(DJ PhiLO) · TweakNOOB Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 34

Sorry for double post.

Phrozt how is your new drive going, i bought it on thursday its fast but its pretty noisy is yours like this or is it just mine. Im also curious to why smart says its already at 91% fitness/performance bad drive?

smith.p.sean · Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:23 am Post subject:

so... i was looking for a raptor for my new rig, but after reading this im interested... how are load speeds for games? Is the os quicker than with pata drives? Let me know how its running.

(DJ PhiLO) · TweakNOOB Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 34

Hi frnchpplesuck516 im using this drive for data storage so im not sure how it handles the os and its a bit noisy under hard load

Click this link and look at the newegg reviews to see peoples opinions and test burst speeds if u want. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148140