Western Digital Caviar SE WD5000AAJS 500GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136178
$99.99

OR

HITACHI Deskstar P7K500 HDP725050GLA360 (0A35415) 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145215
$109.99

OR

suggest something better in my price range

1/23/2008 5:02:56 PM

Seagate 500GB SATA 32MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148288
$119.99

1/23/2008 5:06:09 PM

^ the seagate has a larger platter = faster, more cache for your cash

1/23/2008 5:09:57 PM

nice

looks great, thanks!

any unbelievable deals on LCD monitors I might need to know about?

1/23/2008 5:19:35 PM

you know if anyone has a PMR paired with a 10,000rpm drive?

^missed last week's 24" Soyo LCD deal for 254 + tax.

[Edited on January 23, 2008 at 5:20 PM. Reason : lcd]

1/23/2008 5:20:05 PM

no, the only 10,000rpm drive on the market that's SATA is the raptor

unless you go SAS or SCSI

the fastest PMR drive you can get right now is the Hitachi 7K1000 drives (which are faster than raptors)

[Edited on January 23, 2008 at 5:30 PM. Reason : .]

1/23/2008 5:26:43 PM

Wants PMR + raptor.

1/23/2008 5:38:35 PM

you mean "Wants PMR + large platter + 10,000rpm"

the Hitachi is shown to be faster than the raptor and it's only 7,200rpm, the one factor that makes the raptor so quick is the spindle speed, the factor that makes the hitachi so fast is the platter size

[Edited on January 23, 2008 at 6:06 PM. Reason : .]

1/23/2008 6:05:23 PM

yes, gotta have em all.

1/23/2008 6:13:47 PM