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Article #47Re: Buying a hard disk - which brand?
From: Suzanne
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 1995 23:22
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 1995 23:22
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Matthew Lloyd (mlloyd@oxfordll.demon.co.uk) wrote: : Greetings - : I am about to buy myself a 150-200 540Mb hard disk from Watford : Electronics, UK. I have four choices, all IDEs: : Make Model number Size Access time Price : IBM DSA-3540 546Mb 11ms 149 : MAXTOR 7540AV 540Mb 12ms 159 : SEAGATE ST3660A 540Mb 12ms 179 : WESTERN- AC2540 540Mb 12ms 179 : DIGITAL Buy the western digital - they have a VERY high DTR, we have them on P90s at work and get about 3-4Meg/sec out of them at times... : My question is this: which is the best make (both in terms of speed and : reliability)? I have very little experience in these matters. I am not : too concerned with the IBM's 1ms advantage, although it is cheaper. : Which drive offers the greatest throughput? Why are the prices so varied : (often against common sense?) Which would you buy? Would I need a VLB : controller card (rather than ISA bus) to take advantage of any high speed, : on my 486 DX2 66Mhz PC? : Thanks very much for your time. : Regards, A : Matthew Lloyd : -- : Matthew Lloyd - Oxford, UK : Internet: mlloyd@oxfordll.demon.co.uk : Worlds Beyond: Ensign David Roberts, CSciO, USS Odysseus, Blue Fleet
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