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Old 09-13-2005, 04:06 PM   #1
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Unhappy hdd to buy

i need to buy a new hdd and since i only know newegg.com i thought that u experienced merchers might help me find a good deal on an HDD. Umm it has to be IDE im thinking on a price range between $60-$80. Umm sata is a new thing right? Cuzz this comp is a brand bought and its like 4-5 years old so i dont think it will support SATA drives.

All help and ideas will be appreciated, so plz help me find a good deal on an hdd
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CompUsa has a 120Mb Western Digital for $39.99 after $50 mir. Same drive is $74 + frt at Newegg.
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CompUsa has a 120Mb Western Digital for $39.99 after $50 mir. Same drive is $74 + frt at Newegg.
can u post me some links please?
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i need to buy a new hdd and since i only know newegg.com i thought that u experienced merchers might help me find a good deal on an HDD. Umm it has to be IDE im thinking on a price range between $60-$80. Umm sata is a new thing right? Cuzz this comp is a brand bought and its like 4-5 years old so i dont think it will support SATA drives.

All help and ideas will be appreciated, so plz help me find a good deal on an hdd
Make sure to consider that you have sufficient power. Hard Drives generally chew a fair amount of power and most low-level power supply units, such as those found in store-bought systems (HP, Compaq, Dell, etc.) tend to not like anything more than its stock settings components.

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Make sure to consider that you have sufficient power. Hard Drives generally chew a fair amount of power and most low-level power supply units, such as those found in store-bought systems (HP, Compaq, Dell, etc.) tend to not like anything more than its stock settings components.

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since im taking my only one hdd and putting a new one i dont think the PSU will be a problem. Unless the new HDD's are more power consuming but i'll get some sort of a software online if there is one and check how much power is being consumed and if it can handle the new hdd. thanks for the tip btw
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If your just replaceing the Hdd then your shouldnt have a problem with power consumption.
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If your just replaceing the Hdd then your shouldnt have a problem with power consumption.
thought so, thanks
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Check CircuitCity ads every sunday. You can often find hard drives that are lower than 60 bucks, with excellent performance, without any mail in rebates. Instant rebates are definitely the best.
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If the computer is that old it may have issues with large hard drives - what brand/model is it and what version of Windows is on it?
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