DVA1933
Senior Captain, B727-200
Joined on September 19 2004
Triple Century Club
Monterrey, NL Mexico
357 legs, 860.4 hours
72 legs,
132.3 hours online 255 legs,
668.3 hours ACARS 1 legs,
1.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
January 05 2006 16:04 ET by David Eugenio Gomez
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OK I could use some help from the computer experts around here.
I want to (or maybe need to..) get a new HD, since this 19 GB one won't last long I think. Currently, I have 5 GB of space left on the HD, and that's it. It gives me low performance, and i'm afraid i could lose my files again.
Now, what I'd like is some good directions to buy a nice, reliable and decent HD. I'm looking for something @ or under $100, but it doesn't matter if it costs a little bit more.
I'm also looking for a normal HD, not a huge one, probably a 80 GB or 100 GB one.
I've been doing some research on www.newegg.com and www.zipzoomfly.com as some of you suggested in other Water cooler threads (yeah i ran a search for this topic), and read about this SATA stuff which I have no idea what it is; it appears that there are ATA133, ATA1.5GB, ATA3.0GB, blah blah.
Here's the questions:
1. What is the most reliable brand according to your experience or what you've heard? (I heard Maxtor is good, and their prices seem low)
2. What is better for performance? SATA, ATA, TATA, KATA....? LOL
3. What do you recommend me to go for???
Thanks very much for any help!
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DVA1385
Captain, B767-300
E-MAIL
Joined on November 09 2003
Century Club
"www.flyaoamedia.com" Western United States
122 legs, 479.3 hours
72 legs,
282.0 hours online 36 legs,
162.1 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
January 05 2006 16:54 ET by Chris Palmer
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SATA stand for serial ATA. Basically it is just a different hookup from your current IEEE ATA drive. I personally enjoy the SATA drives more. The performance seems to be slightly better, although the specs wouldn't say so. They respond easier to RAID and the cables are massive. Keep in mind some SATA drives have special power plugs and some have both. Also, your motherboard must be SATA compatable with special plugins. But, if you go with the regular IEEE ATA, you run the risk of getting too many drives for the amount of IEEE that your board will take. Consult me on this if you need help. Western Digital and Seagate are the best 2 brands in my experience. I also have a couple Hitachis in RAID-0. Anyway, Im here for ya.
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DVA2253
Senior Captain, DC-8-61
COMM
Joined on April 01 2005
Everett 250 Club
Online Century Club
Eight Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"I'd rather be flying!" Church Hill, TN USA
862 legs, 1,344.5 hours
108 legs,
165.2 hours online 299 legs,
485.1 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
January 05 2006 17:09 ET by George Lewis
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Segate and Maxtor work well for us Dave. As Chris said, there is a limit on the amount of drives you can have, but I doubt you've hit this limit.
If you have USB2.0, you can consider an external USB drive as well, and install your flight sim and backups to run on this instead of your main drive. The bonus to this is that you don't have to reinstall windows - just reinstall flight sim on the external drive as well as move alot of files off of it. Just removing flight sim will free up the drive quite a bit.
SATA drives are nice, but as Chris said, you'll need a setup that can handle this. They make adapters however, and if you buy an add-in SATA card, you'd be all set. A few months back I purchased a 250GB SATA drive for $103. The smaller sizes may not necessarily be any cheaper. Another thing to consider is whether your hard drive will even recognize a huge hard drive, or for that matter, booting off of a SATA card if that is the option you wish to look at.
Find me on MSN or email sometime if you like...
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DVA1464
Captain, B767-300
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Joined on January 03 2004
Triple Century Club
Independence, MO USA
318 legs, 1,377.4 hours
4 legs,
12.1 hours online 33 legs,
154.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
January 05 2006 17:19 ET by Phillip Page
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DVA1385
Captain, B767-300
E-MAIL
Joined on November 09 2003
Century Club
"www.flyaoamedia.com" Western United States
122 legs, 479.3 hours
72 legs,
282.0 hours online 36 legs,
162.1 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
January 05 2006 17:22 ET by Chris Palmer
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