any one know price for Toshiba 2.5 ex HDD 500G in lowyat???

Thanks. Very Info
For me non-RAID, i think I go for normal 2TB WD Black Edition
If use some more RAID, too many HDD in system, very hot inside !
DO u think it's good idea to get an SSD instead, for Windows Partition ? Now using velociraptor.
Can discuss SSD stuff here ?

We already have a thread for SSD.

Iirc, somebody mentioned that the firmware for RAID HDDs are different than standard HDDs. As in they have shorter timeouts so that the array knows there has been a difficulty in retrieving the data instead of thinking the entire HDD has failed.

The Velociraptor is already well on the path of the dinosaurs. It is recommended to pair an SSD for performance with a large HDD for storage.

I'll say this first as I'm in no offence of WD Black but the speed compared to Samsung is slower and the price way higher (not sure what so good about the premium).
I'm using one so I know about this, the heat is an issue, way too high in my prespective, if you really want cool harddisk, take Samsung, for the 1TB F3 version, it's faster, cheaper and way cooler than WD Black.
But, if you're royal fan of WD, then by all means, get a better fan to cool it down fast.

Can anyone specify the model of Samsung 1TB F3 ?? F3 definitely not the model name rite ?

The model name is HD103SJ
Spinpoint F3 is the product description

One main thing is that WD has reputable RMA services even you need to pay for if drive > 6 months (around RM25),
Samsung, I haven't try to RMA yet, because, no drive failed yet, touch wood

Black drive also has 5 years warranty, it does worth to pay the extra to me, my humble opinion

My top priority is a Hard Disk need Reliable.
I don't mind paying higher for Drive to store my stuff.
I also buy better fan to blow it.
Samsung not so confidence for me, my opinion, there are not originaly manufacture hard disk, so that's why.
I also don't mind loud noice, reliability VERY VERY important.

Will the best SSD in market now is RELIABLE than the best Hard Disk Drive ?

the samsung 1TB F3 still offering best bang for the bucks currently?

A good SSD now is more reliable than the best HDD. HDD can't tolerate being dropped, whereas SSD can be thrown to the floor and still work.

But for the price of a good SSD, you can buy three or more HDDs. For example, the Kingston SSDNow 128 GB can be had for RM 859 and you can buy four Samsung F3 1TB for the same amount of money. With four 1TB HDDs, you can RAID-1 the HDDs. You could even use two of them for periodical offline backups, one stored in a cupboard and another stored in another house/office/etc, to prevent data loss from lightning, fire or theft. And you will get almost eight times the storage capacity.

Getting a single SSD will not protect you from lightning, fire and theft and will have much more limited capacities to work with. SSDs tasked for storage duties does not appeal at this time. Maybe later when their capacity has increased a few times.

i wanted to buy a new hdd for my pc(slimcase)...
because that ive never bought a hdd before this,so ive no idea about what im suppose to look for...
n surely,ive no exp in installing a new hdd...
so,please guide me k...

my specs :
dell inspiron 530s(slimcase)
an old hdd(250GB)
and a 250w psu

This post has been edited by qiffahsnissuh: Sep 14 2010, 12:28 PM

any hdd will do,
just see ur mobo is running sata/pata hdd,

Western DIgital 500GB (PATA)- Rm238
Western Digital 500GB (SATA) -Rm130

how to check wether its a SATA or PATA???
n is there any diff between those???

SATA offers several advantages over the older parallel ATA (PATA) interface: reduced cable-bulk and cost (reduced from 80 wires to seven), faster and more efficient data transfer, and hot swapping.

o k...
so ive to check wether it is a sata or pata right??

more question,hehehe

what is IDE,eSATA???same like those two??

edit:ive checked...my pc have sata hdd...
after i bought my new hdd,what 1stly should i do???
becoz i dont want any data to be lost...
can u guide me??

This post has been edited by qiffahsnissuh: Sep 14 2010, 01:11 PM

IDE = Pata

eSata = external Sata.
There is mobo, casing that come with eSata port interface to connect the external hdd.

eSata port is slightly different with ordinary Sata port, which you cannot plug ordinary Sata cable into it one. It is basically a Sata port using interface/plug different.

still yes

my samsung f3 still running strong and steady.

if i wanted to install a hdd on my computer...
n i want juz a hdd on that computer...
how can i do it w/o losing any data and os??

My Samsung F3 feels sluggish when compared to my Kingston SSDNow.

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Added on September 14, 2010, 10:21 pmThat computer will probably need to be able to hold two HDDs at the same time. Then you will need to use some cloning software to clone the old HDD into the new HDD.

This post has been edited by everling: Sep 14 2010, 10:21 PM

before that,should i make partition or something??
or directly install and clone juz like u said??

and inside the hdd box,does it have sata wires that connect to the mobo??

This post has been edited by qiffahsnissuh: Sep 14 2010, 11:13 PM