quick stupid question

2006-07-01 18:08:12

#1

rustynutz: I am British!; +124|6982|England and damn proud

I have an Asus A8N-E mobo (yea its prob shit i dunno)

I really need a new hard drive pref 250-300gb but i have no idea what hard drive i can use, so please help me, i want a good hard drive but a good price of course.

I have no idea about hard drives lol, please help

2006-07-01 18:24:06

#2

Maj.Do: Member; +85|7051|good old CA

hmmm im not that good with Mb and hd, but do you know the differences between ide and sata?

2006-07-01 18:31:39

#3

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6948

Apparently, the A8N E is SATAII.

2006-07-01 18:48:12

#4

rustynutz: I am British!; +124|6982|England and damn proud

Maj.Do wrote:
hmmm im not that good with Mb and hd, but do you know the differences between ide and sata?

Nope sorry no idea betweent the 2, why why i am asking for help on this

2006-07-01 21:57:36

#5

Fujin: Member; +18|6845

www.pricewatch.com

Pick a good SATA HD with your specs and price range in mind...it will at least give you a good idea on prices. Oh, btw, that's not a bad mobo...not the best, but not bad.

2006-07-01 22:29:09

#6

slo5oh: Member; +28|6960

go with a SATA drive
I prefer this order:

Seagate
Western Digital
Fujitsu
Samsung
Hitachi

Maxtor

2006-07-01 22:32:12

#7

Beer_Ranger: Member; +18|6994|usa

what slo5oh said. Maxtor Used to be one of my faves, but there factorys need retooled Bad. there teh sux.

2006-07-01 22:32:39

#8

rustynutz: I am British!; +124|6982|England and damn proud

Ok how bout this:

Some one finds me a good cheap hdd, im buying a new monitor, keyboard, mouse, joystick and hdd everything else is sorted but the hdd, im still slightly confused on some things but if some 1 could find me one i would be very grateful

P.S English is good but the US is cheaper see if they deliver

I'm asking alot but i no sweet FA

2006-07-01 22:45:06

#9

blisteringsilence: I'd rather hunt with Cheney than ride with Kennedy; +83|7001|Little Rock, Arkansas

I have this same mobo (is yours one of the freebies from last year's AMD tech tour?).

You can use any SATA or IDE hard drive you want. I suggest SATA, as its way, WAY faster. I love Hitachi drives, as their platters are coated with a micro layer of glass to prevent pitting from environmental factors. You can get a 250 gig drive for $85.35 shipped from Newegg (linky), and at that price, I'd get two for a half terabyte of storage for $170. In comparison, a 500 gig drive is $255 shipped.

You have 4 SATA ports on that board, so you should have at least 2 free right now. If you don't, SATA controller cards are pretty cheap, in the $20-$30 range. (linky)

Hows that?

Edit...Shit, none of those prices are shipped to the UK....my bad, lemmie look around and see what else I can find.

Last edited by blisteringsilence (2006-07-01 22:46:25)

2006-07-01 22:46:20

#10

rustynutz: I am British!; +124|6982|England and damn proud

Petty fucking darn good +1

lol well u have +1 anyway

Last edited by rustynutz (2006-07-01 22:48:26)

2006-07-02 03:42:44

#11

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6948

The best UK site to order from is www.overclockers.co.uk Have a look on there if you want to reccomend him something. HDD's aren't that much anyway, so buying from the US will cost you more. (with shipping and tax) I would look for one for you myself, but I supposed to be working

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