My C drive has only about 5.9 GB of memory left and I need 13 gb to convert avi to dvd. What is the best/cheap harddrive I should get for my computer? I usually go to Fry's to buy comp. stuff. Where is another good place to shop for computer supplies?
I don't know where you live so therefore I don't know what is available locally for you. On the other hand, I can give you some internet sites you might wanna review: TigerDirect.com, NewEgg.com, Directron.com, mWave.com to name a few. Tiger Direct always has good hdd deals, there are a couple going on right now.
Western Digital or Seagate are the best drives out there, whatever you do dont get a maxtor, cheap unreliable drives...... persoanlly i would go with Western Digital..... Great drives and great warranties... go to the two links in the previous reply, and see what you find in your budget...
i have a Seagate160GB Barracuda and its a great harddrive.i would use newegg.com instead of tigerdirct though
I would go with Seagate and the file sys i would go NTFS its more reliable than FAT32 file sys... To many problems with FAT32
I have used for myself and others plenty of hard drives. And bought them from all over the place. If using XP , I would use NTFS. Seagate , Good drives , No problems Western Digital , also very good , No problems. I use 3 Western Digital and 1 Maxtor drive in my machine. Maxtor , also very Good. No problems with the new drives I`ve bought. The machines I have fixed with dead drives, also turned out very well. Customer service / RMA would replace the drive with a larger one at least one third of the time. Samsung , I do not like . Would always give me problems of some sort. IBM , since bought out by Hitachi. Sucks !! Three out of the four drives I bought died. One was DOA. And several of the replacement drives also failed. Stopped buying IBM drives !!!I will NOT buy another IBM drive EVER, NEVER !! Do not like TigerDirect. Prices seem high at times. They offer rebates that you can not get forms for or that do not come in the mail. Wont buy from them anymore. NEWEGG. I highly recommend !!! Prices are very good , service is excellent. I have an NEC 3500 DVD-RW that I bought from them that is great. I just bought a Lightscribe DVD-RW 640 from them to replace a CD-Rw that I do not use much anymore.For $52.00. The drive is OEM . Which usually means it comes bare, with nothing. I got a disc that that says bundled software for HP DVD640. It`s a full version of Nero 6.6.0.13 , with serial number. Nero is worth $50.00 and I got the Lightscribe drive to play with too !!
I just got back a machine that I built with an IBM drive in it. The original drive failed, I RMA`d it and got it replaced. The replacement drive just failed too !! Now its out of warranty. This has NEVER happened with any other drive I have used. IBM`s suck.....
I would recomend Maxtor anyday they are great and their Online Warranty is excellent... But if you want higher RPM drives like 10,000rpm then go Western Digital Raptors... As a Maxtor Reseller, of course i would big them up : ) Remember all drives can fail, thats why you should backup or go with a Raid 1 Mirrowed system (if your mobo supports it)...
I, myself, prefer Western Digital. I have used Maxtor with no ill effects. You said you would go to Fry's means you are on the west coast some where. Wait for a sale, then buy at the best price. George
My first choice is Maxtor, never had a problem with them. Ibm would be my last choice, many problems with them. Western Digital is my middle choice, and I have had a problem here and there with them.
i've had horrendous experiences with Maxtor but i've got 4 seagates (2 in my pc, 1 in my ps2, and a portable) and i've never had a problem
Seagate (retail) hard drives have 5 year warranties. If you check out some of the bargain webforums, like http://slickdeals.net or http://fatwallet.com, they usually have threads on how to get things like hard drives CHEAP. I purchased 2 seagate 160gb 7200rpm harddrives for $20 each after rebate at best buy and compusa by following their links to rebates and coupons.
i just got done doing a job for Wellpoint Health out here in california, and what drives do you think had a massive recall....hmmm..... 3000 PC's (just in southern california alone) , of course it had to be maxtor, and sure enough it was...... And through the years of reapairing, and building PC's, ive diagnosed, fixed, and seen more D.O.A's then any other manufacturer from MAxtor..
Yeah but that is because Maxtor is the biggest hard disk storage manufacturer and has large companies like Dell using them.... Its like when people say it is safer to fly than drive a car... Well thats because there is more cars than planes! All those recalled Maxtor hard discs may not have all been faulty, but Maxtor are just playing safe (Like Sony and the slim psTWO PSU's) as some of them may not be upto standards due to a manufacturing defect?
I believe that Toyota just had a massive recall as well on some of their Pick-Up trucks. Guess we all should start buying Yugo's since they never had a recall campaign! <G> Just like vehicles, everyone has an opinion. Since I've been building and repairing PC's plus developed software I have never had a bad Maxtor HDD.
yeah you could say a defect, considering they are the first hard drie ive ever seen melt in over 150 PC's. And the other thing for instance that dell doenst tell you, is most of the maxtor drives you get in your "brand new" system, are actually refurbished drives that they send out to thailand, or india, and then when they are sent back they throw them in your PC saying there new..... Both Dell, and MAxtor are at fault there......
Yeah ok you dont like Maxtor, thats fair enough everyone has their views : ) Dell may use referbed drives, maybe thats why they are so competative in pricing... Also a referbed drive aint a "second hand drive" its simply fully striped, parts replaced and rebuilt by the manufacturer under their conditions... We could get maxtor referbs for use in our systems but you have to buy like 5000 units in one go.... At the end of the day does your average customer know what a hard drive is? lol Im not having a go at you jaydee, just having a nice dicussion about Maxtor : )
dont trip, i sint taking this personal bro, cuz yes everybody had their opinion, and once in a while its good to have a little debate over things....it keeps our minds fresh and thinking.... first of all by maxtor allowing Dell to represent its company like that, shows that at the end of the day, does Maxtor really control the production of their company, does the customer matter at all, by them letting Dell fraud the end user with a refurb rather than a new drive their are supposedly paying for...... And yes most end users now a days have pretty much figured out what a hard drive is...
Im online not outside? But thanks anyways... Well the end user is not frauded at all they should read the terms and conitions, Dell clearly state that they may use refurbs.. : ) http://www1.us.dell.com/content/top...y/en/policy?c=us&l=en&s=gen&~section=012#ustc Taken from the terms.... I think Maxtor do have control of their company, they are just a storage manufacturer not a PC manufacturer, and by selling referbs that is just one part of their company. It means the end user can have value for money and spend less, isnt that what everyone wants?... Ok alot of end users may know what hard drives are, but their is more that dont...
