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Old 07-17-2004, 12:44 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Recomend a harddrive (mainly for audio work)

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Originally posted by -Ever-
My 40gig Deskstar finally crapped out on me. Luckily I had everything backed up. (well the important stuff at least).

I don't really have too much time to read in-depth reviews of specific drives. Can anyone recomend a 75gig+ drive that will mainly be used for computer-based music production?

It should be SATA and 7200rpm of course.

Also, I just read a quick review of some drives at tomshardware. I found this quote:

"Both Maxtor and Western Digital boast faster minimum transfer rates, for example, which represent the really critical figure for professional audio and video applications: this is namely the data rate that must be achieved for a digital video or multi-track hard disk recording if the entire hard drive is to be used (including the slower, inner clusters). Maxtor and WD share the lead here, as neither the DiamondMax Plus 9 nor the WD2500JD comes in under 31 MB/s."

I just wanted to throw that quote in, as it seems to be refering to my type of people.

Thanks for any info guys.
-T
For the low cost option we have:

A SAMSUNG 160GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model SP1614C, OEM Drive Only. This is the drive I use on my computer and it has kept me quite happy.

Newegg, 105 dollars http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...152-015&DEPA=1


For the high cost option we have:

Two Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD740GD, OEM Drive Only in a Raid 0 array.

Newegg, ($183 - $20 (mail-in rebate)) X 2 for about $325 when the rebates come.
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