Got a good HD?

zarathustrazarathustra
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I need to add storage space for a (saga.. <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" /> ) project on FCP. Can anyone recommend a good drive?



I want to go internal to avoid clutter and would rather stick with the IDE interface than go SCSI. There seem to be some good deals out there but I don't want to get stuck with a turkey.

Something fast & reliable, quiet & not too hot would be a start, perhaps about 80 -100GB.



[ 05-28-2002: Message edited by: Zarathustra ]</p>

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    amorphamorph Posts: 7,112member
    I'm happy with the Western Digital Caviar drive I picked up last month. It's fast and reasonably quiet.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    otherwise Maxtor has a liquid ball bearing series that's well priced and reliable.



    i would just make sure to steer clear of IBM drives.
  • Reply 3 of 5
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    The Seagate Barracuda ATA IV series should be one of the quietest and coolset on the market. They only go up to 80 GB though.
  • Reply 4 of 5
    darren smithdarren smith Posts: 26member
    I have a 100 GB WD Caviar installed in my G3 B&W. Runs great -- sustained read/write around 40 to 60 MB/sec. It's fairly quiet and seems pretty cool.



    Check out <a href="http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/IDE/WD_100GB_8MB_cache/wd_100GB_8MB_vsIBM_75GXP.html"; target="_blank">Accelerate Your Mac</a> for more info on this drive.



    Darren



    P.S. I'd recommend avoiding IBM drives. I also have a Deskstar 75 GXP. It runs great until the drive is nearly full (&lt;5 GB free). Then it freezes up at random.



    [ 05-29-2002: Message edited by: Darren Smith ]</p>
  • Reply 5 of 5
    zarathustrazarathustra Posts: 264member
    Thanks everyone... I've seen the Western Digital drives at good prices I think I'll try one of those.
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