Seagate Barracuda 80Gb 7200rpm UDMA100 Hard Drive . ST380011A
That's probably a poor choice, as the bigger drives have bigger discounts. You should not pay more than $.50 per gb. Regularly 200 and 250gb drives are $70 on sale after rebate.
You should consider carefully upgrading your computer. If you want to play games and use Windows XP, here's what you're looking at for upgrade costs:
1) Going to 512mb memory assuming you have less - Probably $180 for two 256s. - not usable in a new computer
2) Windows XP Home UPGRADE edition (assumes you didn't lose the ME CD) - $90 - not needed in a new computer
3) Graphics card - $100 - $200 or more - won't be usable in a new computer with a PCIe slot
4) New hard drive - $80 - usable in a new computer
You should compare this cost to buying a new computer.
I have a dimension 4600 whit intergrated video card and 3.0cpu 800fsb...80gb....but i whant to get 200gb hard drive on it but whats a good one i can get thats fast it does not have to be the fastest thaNKS.........................................Also on my nero info tool it says master drive st380011A
Message Edited by billybill on 06-12-2005 11:58 AM
I agree with Rick, don't pay over $0.50/GB for the new drive. There are some good deals to be had at present time, look at Seagate or Western Digital models.
Good luck,:smileyhappy:
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I live in the UK so quoteing $ is no use to me . I went for the 80 Gig as it is what dell recomend . I was looking for EIDE bit noitice the fitment is ATA which puzles me . The cost in the uk is £40 for the drive. I also have a new Xp disc to install not an upgrade plus It is running 384 meg of ram at the moment as I upgraded with adding 256 meg a while ago. The graphics card looks like it will cost more.
Re the Graphics card..... £50-£60 should sort you something perfect for good gaming. Ok you can spend unbelievable amounts (£200+) but given the system spec your running it would not be justified.
I run a 8200 with Sparkle NVidia FX5500 256mb AGP card. It cost me £55 from www.mplex.com and runs Unreal Tournament 2003/4 no bother all day long on XP home, P4 1.9ghz, 768 RD RAM. However if your still running 384mb RD RAM this really should be your first priority. Minimum of 512 for XP, ideally 768+ for games, then sort then graphics card. The difference will be stunning!
Re the hard drive, go for a 120gb. The cost difference is minimal. Look at www.overclockers.co.uk for some stunning deals on HD, my choice is Maxtor Diamond Max 9 MUST BE 8mb Cache model costs about £45 + VAT. Have tried Western Digital but a little too noisy but others say most reliable of the lot! My Maxtor has run for 2 years trouble free.
My PC uses RD ram and has Kinston non eec in there. does it matter if you mix it with another make or use eec as well. ie 2 samson eec and 2 kinston non eec..
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Any AGP card compatible with a 4X slot will work.
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Something like this I take it .
Seagate Barracuda 80Gb 7200rpm UDMA100 Hard Drive . ST380011A
Message Edited by Spuduka on 06-12-2005 07:32 AM
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Message Edited by billybill on 06-12-2005 11:58 AM
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billybill.
You have a Seagate 80GB hard drive installed.
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:smileyindifferent:
thankssssssssssssssssss
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I agree with Rick, don't pay over $0.50/GB for the new drive. There are some good deals to be had at present time, look at Seagate or Western Digital models.
Good luck,:smileyhappy:
B4runo
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Iomega 80GB USB 2.0 External HDD
Pioneer DVR-109BK, Samsung DVD-ROM SD-616R
Leadtek GeForce 6600 GT 128MB DDR 8X AGP
17”, 1702FP Digital Flat Panel Display
PCP&C Turbo-Cool 425 Deluxe Dell PSU
SIIG US2275 USB 2.0 / 1394a / NIC PCI card
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shesagordie
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Spuduka wrote:
"I was looking for EIDE bit noitice the fitment is ATA which puzles me"
EIDE / ATA / IDE, are to all intents and purposes, the same.
Bev.
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Re the Graphics card..... £50-£60 should sort you something perfect for good gaming. Ok you can spend unbelievable amounts (£200+) but given the system spec your running it would not be justified.
I run a 8200 with Sparkle NVidia FX5500 256mb AGP card. It cost me £55 from www.mplex.com and runs Unreal Tournament 2003/4 no bother all day long on XP home, P4 1.9ghz, 768 RD RAM. However if your still running 384mb RD RAM this really should be your first priority. Minimum of 512 for XP, ideally 768+ for games, then sort then graphics card. The difference will be stunning!
Re the hard drive, go for a 120gb. The cost difference is minimal. Look at www.overclockers.co.uk for some stunning deals on HD, my choice is Maxtor Diamond Max 9 MUST BE 8mb Cache model costs about £45 + VAT. Have tried Western Digital but a little too noisy but others say most reliable of the lot! My Maxtor has run for 2 years trouble free.
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