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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 6:22 am Post subject:
pcmodem wrote:
Okay, have the new PC case, power supply, and case fans.
Holding off on ordering a video card, as the next generation video cards are due to be announced at Comuptex at the end of May.
Probably will order a 74 GB Raptor HDD, as I want fast boot times. Maybe one of those new 6x DL DVD burners from Pioneer.
-PCM
I've read lately that Western Digital isn't up to par as what it used to be. Here's the tiering (that I've heard) as far as HDD selection goes:
Top: Seagate, Hitachi
Middle: Western Digital, etc
Low: Maxtor, IBM
Well, I guess as long as it's not a Maxtor. Good thing IBM isn't making anymore HDDs. But I'm still kinda worried that they sold it to Hitachi and that might effect their products. Anyone own an IBM "Deathstar"? I had two.
I've read lately that Western Digital isn't up to par as what it used to be. Here's the tiering (that I've heard) as far as HDD selection goes:
Top: Seagate, Hitachi
Middle: Western Digital, etc
Low: Maxtor, IBM
Well, I guess as long as it's not a Maxtor. Good thing IBM isn't making anymore HDDs. But I'm still kinda worried that they sold it to Hitachi and that might effect their products. Anyone own an IBM "Deathstar"? I had two.
I've had a 60GB Deskstar and it's been fine since 2002...
What was that? I remember some IBM disks from a long time ago that would pretty much die exactly 5 years from their manufacture date. They would start making horrible noises, and then croak. It was ugly.
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 6:48 am Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
I've had a 60GB Deskstar and it's been fine since 2002...
loris wrote:
What was that? I remember some IBM disks from a long time ago that would pretty much die exactly 5 years from their manufacture date. They would start making horrible noises, and then croak. It was ugly.
I'm not quite sure if it was the 60GXP series or the 75GXP series. I'm definetely sure it's one of those. The 120GXP ones are safe, I think.
And yes, the make awful noises when they're about to die. It's a really high pitched whirring sound that cuts through anything and everything.
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 8:52 am Post subject:
koolie_hi wrote:
i'm die'n you guys, all my yukie stuff is gone, hard drive crashed, 250gigs gone, if ya could help me out with some tips to retieve this data, if i boot it up with it connected, os goes blank after startup, the platters are spinning, so freezin it is out of the question, any guidance what soever, i was planning to buy one of those hard drive enclosure to hook up to usb for a shot, please help this yukie fan
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 11:48 am Post subject:
eightysix wrote:
I've read lately that Western Digital isn't up to par as what it used to be. Here's the tiering (that I've heard) as far as HDD selection goes:
Top: Seagate, Hitachi
Middle: Western Digital, etc
Low: Maxtor, IBM
Well, I guess as long as it's not a Maxtor. Good thing IBM isn't making anymore HDDs. But I'm still kinda worried that they sold it to Hitachi and that might effect their products. Anyone own an IBM "Deathstar"? I had two.
Yea go Seagate Cheetah's! Definately the way to go. I actually like Maxtor. I have a 250gb HD and it works fine. No problems whatsoever so far. Maxtor is slow and cheap and they also are my parent's customers so I gotta support them. That and they've got 50 comps in their company that they're using which are made by yours truly
Isn't WD and IBM the same company? One owns the other so yea...
Yea go Seagate Cheetah's! Definately the way to go. I actually like Maxtor. I have a 250gb HD and it works fine. No problems whatsoever so far. Maxtor is slow and cheap and they also are my parent's customers so I gotta support them. That and they've got 50 comps in their company that they're using which are made by yours truly
Yeah, I've got a 160GB and it's fine, too *knocks on wood*
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Isn't WD and IBM the same company? One owns the other so yea...
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 12:05 pm Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
You didn't get another Pioneer?? The DVR-109???
Uragirimono...!
HAHAHA, I actually used that for a month while my 107 was getting repaired. I liked it a lot but I did get a few bad burns from it. Didn't really get the same feel from it as I did the 107 so I looked into some reviews for 16x burners and seems like NEC has the best one out.
HAHAHA, I actually used that for a month while my 107 was getting repaired. I liked it a lot but I did get a few bad burns from it. Didn't really get the same feel from it as I did the 107 so I looked into some reviews for 16x burners and seems like NEC has the best one out.
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Posted: Thu May 05, 2005 12:13 pm Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
Hmm.
What's 16X media going for right now? Burn any DL stuff yet?
A buck a piece?
This is kind of funny, I put in my prodisc 8x and I have an option for 12x burning I did 2 burns at 8x and are fine. These were copying, not direct DVD to DVD though. I think I'm going to see if that 12x is a hoax or for real now
That's not bad, huh? Are we talking quantities of 1000?
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This is kind of funny, I put in my prodisc 8x and I have an option for 12x burning I did 2 burns at 8x and are fine. These were copying, not direct DVD to DVD though. I think I'm going to see if that 12x is a hoax or for real now
If it does work, that's a 50% burn speed increase over the 8X, so we're talking about four minutes or so...
I just need a stronger graphic card lol. I can live with having only a 2.6 GHz and 1500 MB RAM, but it's a pain when you can play Doom 3 with full details only at 800*600 lol *hugs the 160 GB HD* though... it's scary when you download Musashi and it takes more than 30 GBs in the end lol
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I did 2 burns at 8x and are fine. These were copying, not direct DVD to DVD though. I think I'm going to see if that 12x is a hoax or for real now 
