so far i use quite okay (1year+) im using 80GB Hitachi Sata2 8MB but just now i tryied benchmark it. the results obtain is not tat satisfied (average transfer rate at 43MBps, Burst Rate 110+-, access time 17ms+- is it normal??) is there any place to make sure my hdd runs at 3Gbps? or is there a place for me to set the HDD performance? however my current HDD temp is 31 celcius...

Correction : SATA 2 not 3.
Sata's transfer at 150MB/s while Sata2 at 300MB/s. and yes, tats reverse compatibility because ur board only can support SATA so the SATA2 would run at 150MB/s.

I'm using 80GB Hatachi Sata2 8MB and its running at 30~32celcius in an airconed room. counted low?

mine running at 24/7 30~32 celcius because i think i got 1 8cm fans infron of my casing there blowing eh.

Seagate is the King among the same level HDD (performance + longer warranty)... about the Samsung ah... hmmm the benchmark score was not tat impressive due to its lower buffer value (8MB) if compare with the other in the same price range. but its good in low temp and low noise. got this info from D.I.Y zone.

sooner or later its gonna comes true. according to San Jose Research Center conducted by Hitachi, they had first raised the density of single disk to 230Gbit/square inch which is equal to 250GB (roughly). since most of the manufacturer today had master the skill of compacting 4~5 disks into a harddisk, therefore perhaps end of next year it would be time for the 1.2TB HDD to be borned.

just love wat you bought . i had indeed heard alot of ppl complaining for thier Maxtor, but u might be the lucky one though. it doesn't mean anything that comes from china sux although most of the time they are my 80GB Sata2 hitachi's temp is around 32~35 in air-con room, 39 in non-aircon room. maybe u need a small fan to blow the heat away. as for the 3 disks knocked out in the same time i think its not something to do with luck but something to do with the motherboard eh. BTW, Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB is the strongest now (compared with the same level HDD by D.I.Y zone)

how come barely no one reply to this?
like u said, u don need much storage. so just go for 36GB raptor. but for me, i'll go for 300GB Seagate. two reasons, 1)5 years warranty, 2)impressive benchmark results i saw before and its on top of the rest (WD, SS) and Maxtor is close to it but heard too many ppl complaining bout maxtor. i don think there would be much improvement as for the 36GB Raptor in real life gaming. lets just say the price/performance is not right for me.



@yehlai
do u think tat liquid thingy would leak or not? recently i open up my 2-yeald-old 80GB Samsung and found out tat there is something greasy/oily around the core there. any idea?

This post has been edited by ddww: Oct 4 2006, 07:00 PM

might be true, but i always heard complains from my fren. (the only fren tat using Raptor) always murmuring tat not worth buying it. neway, it depends on every ppl. pour ppl might had pour talk here