B00STWAG1N Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 i have hardly any knowledge of computers. but a good buddy of mine who has build a few took a once over of the error messages i have( it says hard disk failure is immenent whenever i start my computer) and decided i should start serisouly looking for one. soo does anybody have a good deal on one? or a used one? or any advice on where to get one?any help is appreciated. thanksedit: i might get this oneclick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keaton85 Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 What do you have for a computer? if you have a newer computer then yeah its probably SATA but if its older then it could possibly be IDE...You might not have a problem with your hard drive either. Windows will sometimes get issues and the error will state hard drive when its really a file corruption. Ive reinstalled windows many times from "hardware errors" and it was fine after.Samsung isnt bad, i would look into Maxtor, WD or Hitachi as well. 500GB!! do you think you need all that space? I do a stuff ton with computers and dont really require to much more then 300GB but i also dont do video.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithwicks Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16822148140i got this one in the beginning of january and its been working great ever since, havent had a single problem with it. although its only 320gigs, so not 500. also idk if would be compatable with yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keaton85 Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Stay away from seagate!! thats the best advice i can give you... they fail prematurely plus ive found them to have more noise issues then other HDs. cheap though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithwicks Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 Stay away from seagate!! thats the best advice i can give you... they fail prematurely plus ive found them to have more noise issues then other HDs. cheap though!interesting..........noise really doesnt bother me and i was going for cheap. nothin important on it so im not worried if it craps out. and by prematurely failing, time frame? just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keaton85 Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 interesting..........noise really doesnt bother me and i was going for cheap. nothin important on it so im not worried if it craps out. and by prematurely failing, time frame? just curious.this is just my experience from building many different systems while also repairing systems. Its not a massive deal but when your talking about 20-40 bucks here and there its worth going with a good company. I've stock with maxtor for desktops and toshiba for laptops. Maxtor really takes good care of their customers and I've never had an issue with their drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
db130 Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 this is just my experience from building many different systems while also repairing systems. Its not a massive deal but when your talking about 20-40 bucks here and there its worth going with a good company. I've stock with maxtor for desktops and toshiba for laptops. Maxtor really takes good care of their customers and I've never had an issue with their drives.Seagate purchased Maxtor for $1.9B back in 2005 and many Maxtors are now rebadged Seagates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookforjoe Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Newegg.com is a great source for any PC disposables.I've used Maxtor drives since the 90's - and have only ever had two fail - both were covered under their warranty (used to come with 3 year).I'd still go with Maxtor over Seagate, even if they were bought out by them.Hard drives are usually only good for around three years anyway - especially if you're doing any heavy graphic work - probably less if you're doing video - I wouldn't use the main system drive for anything like that, it's asking fro trouble - get an external or add additional internal drives purely for crunching audio/video/graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keaton85 Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Seagate purchased Maxtor for $1.9B back in 2005 and many Maxtors are now rebadged Seagates.damn, this shoes you how long I've been out of the game for. 05-06 was when I found OS X and ended up selling off all my windows based hardware and working just with OS X. No more pain and suffering :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B00STWAG1N Posted April 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 my computer is a 2005 hp pavillion. i dont think i need 500gb' but that deal is really amazing. i shopped at local computer places to day and it was 99.95 for 250gigs so the one in my first post is really just a great deal. why not get it. yea my comp is ATA im about 95% sure on that.damn, this shoes you how long I've been out of the game for. 05-06 was when I found OS X and ended up selling off all my windows based hardware and working just with OS X. No more pain and suffering :-)must be nice. i wish i was that lucky! my next comp is def going to be a mac!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keaton85 Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 my computer is a 2005 hp pavillion. i dont think i need 500gb' but that deal is really amazing. i shopped at local computer places to day and it was 99.95 for 250gigs so the one in my first post is really just a great deal. why not get it. yea my comp is ATA im about 95% sure on that.must be nice. i wish i was that lucky! my next comp is def going to be a mac!!It's a very wise choice, ive had a lot of people come to me about computer questions since all my family and friends know that im the "computer wize". I tell them to buy a Mac and they always give me "its to expensive" or the great one is "I dont know how to use a mac" my responds to both is that macs are on par if not cheaper then most windows computers. As for the "I dont know how to use a mac" haha this one is great because anyone i talk to dont even know how to use windows, they surf the internet and have hundreds off photos scattered in there documents folder, thats all they do. So if you dont know how to use windows in the first place what will it hurt to use a mac? I also get the "but they are just for photos and video stuff" bull stuff! I just got one of my old bosses to buy an iMac to run his business on. I worked him through getting it all set up with finance software and what not. Now he wont even touch his dell plus he has more free time with his kids since he doesnt have to fix the windows system every week.Anyway, you are right about the price, thats not all that bad!! whatever you get will work just fine for you since the price per gig these days is great!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NGB Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 It's a very wise choice, ive had a lot of people come to me about computer questions since all my family and friends know that im the "computer wize". I tell them to buy a Mac and they always give me "its to expensive" or the great one is "I dont know how to use a mac" my responds to both is that macs are on par if not cheaper then most windows computers. As for the "I dont know how to use a mac" haha this one is great because anyone i talk to dont even know how to use windows, they surf the internet and have hundreds off photos scattered in there documents folder, thats all they do. So if you dont know how to use windows in the first place what will it hurt to use a mac? I also get the "but they are just for photos and video stuff" bull stuff! I just got one of my old bosses to buy an iMac to run his business on. I worked him through getting it all set up with finance software and what not. Now he wont even touch his dell plus he has more free time with his kids since he doesnt have to fix the windows system every week.Anyway, you are right about the price, thats not all that bad!! whatever you get will work just fine for you since the price per gig these days is great!!Please don't start the Mac / PC debate...it'll never end.my computer is a 2005 hp pavillion. i dont think i need 500gb' but that deal is really amazing. i shopped at local computer places to day and it was 99.95 for 250gigs so the one in my first post is really just a great deal. why not get it.I wouldn't do anything with Compusa. I wouldn't even buy toilet paper from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keaton85 Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Please don't start the Mac / PC debate...it'll never end.I wouldn't do anything with Compusa. I wouldn't even buy toilet paper from them.I'm just supporting his choice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookforjoe Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 It's a very wise choice, ive had a lot of people come to me about computer questions since all my family and friends know that im the "computer wize". I tell them to buy a Mac and they always give me "its to expensive" or the great one is "I dont know how to use a mac" my responds to both is that macs are on par if not cheaper then most windows computers. As for the "I dont know how to use a mac" haha this one is great because anyone i talk to dont even know how to use windows, they surf the internet and have hundreds off photos scattered in there documents folder, thats all they do. So if you dont know how to use windows in the first place what will it hurt to use a mac? I also get the "but they are just for photos and video stuff" bull stuff! I just got one of my old bosses to buy an iMac to run his business on. I worked him through getting it all set up with finance software and what not. Now he wont even touch his dell plus he has more free time with his kids since he doesnt have to fix the windows system every week.Anyway, you are right about the price, thats not all that bad!! whatever you get will work just fine for you since the price per gig these days is great!!Finally got my Mum to ditch her PC & all it's endless viruses/ anti virus fees, subscriptions, blah blah for a Macbook - Now she hardly ever calls me.Macs Rule - PC's Drool :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B00STWAG1N Posted April 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 I wouldn't do anything with Compusa. I wouldn't even buy toilet paper from them.really why is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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