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Buying a hard disk - which brand?

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From: Matthew Lloyd
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 1995 22:14

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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

    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,

       Matthew Lloyd

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Matthew Lloyd - Oxford, UK
Internet: mlloyd@oxfordll.demon.co.uk
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