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Re: Harddisk sugguestion?



On Sun, Apr 15, 2001, Chun Kit Edwin Lau wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> 	I am planning to buy a new harddisk about 10 - 20 GB. Is there any
> recommandations? I am using P3V4X motherboard from ASUS with VIA chipset (I
> heard there were some problems with this chipset) Anyway, an ATA66 harddisk
> is what I want but I guess ATA100 with ide card is welcome too. thanx
> everyone
> 
> Edwin Lau (lauedw@waves.utoronto.ca)

Edwin,

Hi.  Based on current bang for the buck, I'd go for a 40 Gb rather
than 10-20Gb.  It seems to be the sweet spot in pricing right now.
The 10-20Gb start at 60-70, while the 40Gb start at 90.  It seems
worthwhile to get 4x the capacity for the extra $20-30.  As for
looking for them:

Pricewatch.com is your friend...

http://www.pricewatch.com/1/26/2119-1.htm

Shows numerous 40Gb IBM drives for less than $100.

Hope this helps and take care,

Daniel


-- 
Daniel A. Freedman
Laboratory for Atomic and Solid State Physics
Department of Physics
Cornell University



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