8250 Dimension: S-ATA Harddrive

With regards to adding a hard drive, i am confused by all the types, what should i be looking for? ATA-100?? e.g


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Whats looking for the biggest that is good value, 500gb seems to be at the forefront of capacity/value, with 750gb a bit pricey? Is that correct to assume. Many Thanks Ali

Message Edited by aliriddle on 06-15-2007 04:21 PM

Message Edited by aliriddle on 06-15-2007 04:22 PM

aliriddle

If you are refering to the Dimension 8250, then you can use any ATA/IDE/EIDE [aka PATA] hard drive.

With the D-8250 model you need XP-SP1 or XP-SP2 and BIOS version A02 or later installed, for the BIOS to support a hard drive of that size.

Starting with that BIOS version A02, 48-bit LBA support was added to the BIOS, for hard drives larger than 137gb.

Bev.






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aliriddle

Both the ATA-100 and ATA-133 is compatible to the D-8250.

The difference between ATA-66/ATA-100/ATA-133, is the interface, not the speed.

7200rpm hard drives can deliver and sustain approximately 66MBps, no matter what the interface.

Bev.








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So in conclusion, without having to do any other hardware updates what is the best type of drive to go for, performance wise? ATA-100 or 133? Many Thanks for your help Ali

aliriddle

The performance of either a ATA-100 or ATA-133 hard drive, installed in the D-8250 system, will be the same.

Read the Dimension 8250 specifications.

Bev.






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