guys the 320gb SATA II 16mb buffer from WD is it good?
guys how to see my HDD is how many buffer ?
any software to see it?


This post has been edited by milky: Jul 24 2006, 12:07 PM

http://www.hdtune.com/

it gives u harddisk information (include the buffer cache and SMART status), check bad sector and do benchmark.

another benchmarks software also can be used such as sisoftware sandra, pcwizard and everest.

thx...
guys between seagate & WD which one is better? in terms of reliable..

welcome.

about these harddisks, i cannot tell the best answer yet because i have no recent seagate harddisk to be compared to my WD harddisk in my rig.

but personally i believe WD would be alright after all.

Maxtor sucks,mine last 2 years 160 Gb

Does cache matter for HD?

cache?? the more cache, the smother the data can flow..
i've got an uncle working at WD.. so occasionally he give hdd...hehe..
anyway, Maxtor ain that bad, is it?? my dad using a 80GB for the last 2-3 years, so far no problems.. ever since he found out about torrents, the 80GB almost filled up.. now he took my maxtor 80GB, and added to his collection.. luckily my uncle gave me a 120GB.. the thing is, when the PC is on standby, just the fan wirring, its not too noisy, but when the thing on, the hdd starts to get very noisy.. do you guys have any good experience with Samsung??

Just bought myself a new SATA II Seagate 250GB recently for my new rig.

I noticed something though, hopefully u guys can give some comments:

My old Seagate IDE HDD(20,40,80,120GB) were all made in Singapore.
However, my new HDD is Made in China and somemore it says there "for OEM"!!!!

Somehow, i've a feeling being screwed...

What about your HDD? Are they OEM or made in China???

Usually saw made in singapore, thailand, but no china yet.

i dont have first hand experience with samsung hdd, but my friend died within 1 year.. not sure how intensive he BT in australia

edit : it's extremeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeely quiet

This post has been edited by Sky.Live: Jul 24 2006, 06:27 PM

even died also quietly. i trying to looking for hitachi now.

I have Samsung HD (notebook external)& it still working gd after 4months. Later i might consider buying Samsung desktop HD 400GB

those Seagate 320GB 16MB IDE in my shop are all made in China,
but 320GB 16MB SATA2 all are made in Singapore.

you can double check the serial number under warranty status in Seagate website.

This post has been edited by ahpaul82: Jul 26 2006, 12:14 AM

now using maxtor stil ok ...=]

Can someone recommend me a quiet (sata)hard drive.

My current rig with the stock p4 fan, gc fan and hd noise... is like a mini disco going on everytime i on my machine

I'm trying to build my next machine with minimum noise pollution

u can try the WD320gb scsi motor sata2 hdd in cycom RM348.

Cheers super macgyver, any other option?
Will the WD 160gb sata2 be just as quiet?

i think is quiet too as nowadays sata hdd is build to be quiet.

Nowadays the hd not very noisy la, even my raptor 36gb also quieter than my old maxtor 120gb

WD tha best....

Any proof in your statement?