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David--

I just installed a WD 1.6 and a promise 2300+ and am very sasisfied.  The 
new drive screams compared to my slow old Seagate 120M.

Things to look for when evaluating a drive include RPM, latency and seek 
time.  They are interrelated.  WD had a good combo, the only concern was 
that the RPM was 5200 compared with 5400 on some other drives.  As a 
percentage, tho, the difference is quite small.

The other thing to consider is rather nebulous, but perhaps most 
important of all--that is the mechanical quality of the drive.  Seagate 
and WD are (so I am told) the two best in this regard.


David Maddison 
(maddison@connexus.apana.org.au) wrote:

: I want to add an extra hard drive to my system.

: I currently have a Promise 2300+ EIDE controller and a Western Digital 
: Caviar 420 MB hard disk. I want to add at least 1 GB, probably a 1.2 or a 
: 1.6 GB unit. I was thinking of adding another WD mainly because I am 
: satisfied with the existing WD. I also want the hard disk to have excellent 
: reliability.

: I would appreciate advice on what HD I should buy that would be most 
: compatible with my existing controller and HD and whether the Western 
: Digital 1.2 or 1.6 GB drives are any good? What other drives in this 
: class would you recommend.

: Finally, I would like to know which Australian vendors you would 
: recommend for the HD.

: Thanks,

: David Maddison



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