Tips for Buying a new Hard Drive

[John Baltutis]

On 04/29/04, Richard Kriss <kriss at qsl.net> wrote:
>
> I have two Western Digital hard drives in my G4-450 AGP (20 and 40) and use
> the 40 as backup drive using Carbon Copy Cloner (CCC).  The old Western
> Digital drive is getting full and needs to be replaced.
>
> What are some of the things I should look for  in shopping for a new drive
> other than price?
>
> The old 20 GB Western Digital (WDC WD205BA) has been great and I would like
> the same drive with more storage.  The problem is there are so many
> different drives on the market (even WD models) it is hard to pick one.
>
> Yes, I know bigger is better but I really don't need the extra space.  The
> smallest I would consider is a 40 but something like an 80 or 120 sounds
> nice and they don't seem to be that much more expensive.

I'm a Hitachi/IBM deskstar fan. You can get the Hitachi (IBM) 120GB
DeskStar 180GXP 07N9214 UATA100 - Bare Hard Drive - 7200RPM for $92.00 at
Fry's/Outpost <http://shop4.outpost.com/product/3489893>. Max two day
delivery.