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Hopefully this is on topic. It is for a machine built around an AsRock mb
(made by asustek) so maybe it fits.

Anyone have comments on (for general useage, i.e. net, typing, a little bit
of games, a general home computer):

a) White label drives... any warnings? any good comments?

b) 2M vs. 8 M buffers... for general useage, will the 8M buffer buy me much
speed wise?


If it matters... 1.7G celeron (upgradeable to P4 w/533 fsb) and ata133 max.

Thanks for any comments

Ed

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[Ed]

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On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 01:22:58 -0400, "Ed Edelenbos" <eded@spameasy.net>
wrote:

>Hopefully this is on topic. It is for a machine built around an AsRock mb
>(made by asustek) so maybe it fits.
>
>Anyone have comments on (for general useage, i.e. net, typing, a little bit
>of games, a general home computer):
>
>a) White label drives... any warnings? any good comments?
>
>b) 2M vs. 8 M buffers... for general useage, will the 8M buffer buy me much
>speed wise?
>
>
>If it matters... 1.7G celeron (upgradeable to P4 w/533 fsb) and ata133 max.
>
>Thanks for any comments
>
>Ed

The 8MB buffer does make a difference over a 2MB, it's like adding a
couple hundred MHz to the CPU. ;p

 

[Paul]

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In article <w7udnTwbCr7kZBTd4p2dnA@speakeasy.net>, "Ed Edelenbos"
<eded@spameasy.net> wrote:

> Hopefully this is on topic. It is for a machine built around an AsRock mb
> (made by asustek) so maybe it fits.
>
> Anyone have comments on (for general useage, i.e. net, typing, a little bit
> of games, a general home computer):
>
> a) White label drives... any warnings? any good comments?
>
> b) 2M vs. 8 M buffers... for general useage, will the 8M buffer buy me much
> speed wise?
>
>
> If it matters... 1.7G celeron (upgradeable to P4 w/533 fsb) and ata133 max.
>
> Thanks for any comments
>
> Ed

When buying a disk drive these days, it is all about "warranty".
What are the warranty terms of your OEM drives ?
That is the question I would be asking.
Warranty info might be hard to find, so keep digging.
(Plan a backup strategy too - drives are designed to fail -
the short warranty is the proof.)

For drive selection, visit http://www.storagereview.com/
They have a performance database here:

http://storagereview.com/comparison.html
(See "Idle noise" and "Net Drive Temperatures")

I select drives based on lowest noise and lowest temperature rise,
on the assumption that the lower the "self heating", the longer
the life will be. The last drive I bought was a Seagate 7200.7 ,
as a compromise between performance and those other factors.

As for the size of the buffer, I don't see a lot of conversations
about 2MB versus 8MB any more, so I take it the 8MB wasn't doing
much for people. I've never owned one (and wouldn't spend extra
money to find out 🙂

As long as the machine has enough memory for the mix of applications
you plan on running at any one time, there won't be any swapping
to/from disk on a regular basis, so drive performance won't be
much of an issue. Any 7200 rpm drive should have a high enough
sustained read/write rate to keep you happy.

HTH,
Paul

 

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"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
news:nospam-2404041036540001@192.168.1.177...
> In article <w7udnTwbCr7kZBTd4p2dnA@speakeasy.net>, "Ed Edelenbos"
> <eded@spameasy.net> wrote:
>
> > Hopefully this is on topic. It is for a machine built around an AsRock
mb
> > (made by asustek) so maybe it fits.
> >
> > Anyone have comments on (for general useage, i.e. net, typing, a little
bit
> > of games, a general home computer):
> >
> > a) White label drives... any warnings? any good comments?
> >
> > b) 2M vs. 8 M buffers... for general useage, will the 8M buffer buy me
much
> > speed wise?
> >
> >
> > If it matters... 1.7G celeron (upgradeable to P4 w/533 fsb) and ata133
max.
> >
> > Thanks for any comments
> >
> > Ed
>
> When buying a disk drive these days, it is all about "warranty".
> What are the warranty terms of your OEM drives ?
> That is the question I would be asking.
> Warranty info might be hard to find, so keep digging.
> (Plan a backup strategy too - drives are designed to fail -
> the short warranty is the proof.)
>
> For drive selection, visit http://www.storagereview.com/
> They have a performance database here:
>
> http://storagereview.com/comparison.html
> (See "Idle noise" and "Net Drive Temperatures")
>
> I select drives based on lowest noise and lowest temperature rise,
> on the assumption that the lower the "self heating", the longer
> the life will be. The last drive I bought was a Seagate 7200.7 ,
> as a compromise between performance and those other factors.
>
> As for the size of the buffer, I don't see a lot of conversations
> about 2MB versus 8MB any more, so I take it the 8MB wasn't doing
> much for people. I've never owned one (and wouldn't spend extra
> money to find out 🙂
>
> As long as the machine has enough memory for the mix of applications
> you plan on running at any one time, there won't be any swapping
> to/from disk on a regular basis, so drive performance won't be
> much of an issue. Any 7200 rpm drive should have a high enough
> sustained read/write rate to keep you happy.
>
> HTH,
> Paul

I agree with this post but would like to add that I didn`t worry too much
about hard drive temps untill I loaded a small programme that gave me the
temp of my hard drives and 50 to 53 deg C very quickly brought me out of my
dream world and I did something to get those temps down.
35C on HDD1 and 37C on HDD2 is normal now. HDD2 is mounted in a caddy so I
don`t expect it to run at the same temp as the exposed drive. I now expect a
decent working life from my drives though.