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Old 21 April 2006 | 03:07 PM
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Question Want to buy 2 160Gb hard drives, which one should i buy ?

Want to buy 2 160Gb hard drives, which one should i buy ? I assume some are more reliable than others, and some are faster etc etc...

problem is...i got no idea ...


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Old 21 April 2006 | 03:14 PM
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What do you want them for? Desktop? Server? DVR?
Old 21 April 2006 | 03:38 PM
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Western Digital have always been my drive of choice. Never had problems. But others will say the same about other brands. I have a bunch of these in my PC.

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=47654

Also, www.storagereview.com is a good site to pick the one you want.
Old 21 April 2006 | 04:04 PM
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i jus running outta space for all my movies an music, so want one for a day to day, and one set up as a backup.

thanks for the link. will check that out now
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Or what about 2 of these:

http://tomshardware.co.uk/2006/02/06...mance_lead_uk/

Not cheap.
Old 21 April 2006 | 06:46 PM
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I've got on well with the new Seagate 7200.9s SATAIIs - blinding performance for the money
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