Hardrive recommendations

[Feldspar]

I need some hard drive recommendations using the following

1. $150 or less canadian

thats it lol. I've got an older 80gb maxtor thats on its way out. and I'm just looking for something to replace it. I don't need a 250gb hardrive, but I'd like it to be at least 80.

[Maical]

sata or ide ?
hitachi are the fastest for booting / file transfer from what ive noticed in some benchmarks, otherwise they're all quite equals, seagate havin a reputation on being much more durable...

[OTZ]

Depends on your mobo. As Maical said, you'll have to tell us if you have SATA capabilities before we can recommend anything.

[SweetDreamz]

You can get a 320GB harddrive with about $114 + GST.

If you think 250GB is too large, then you can get the 160GB for about 70 bucks.

[mukali]

A 80 gb hard drive will cost you about Ca$ 55, a 250 gb about Ca$ 95 and a 320 gb about Ca$ 110.

From a cost/gb point of view the 250 to 320 gb range is the sweet spot now. So if you can spare the extra Ca$ 40 -50, I would recommend the bigger drive. I find that I can always use the hard drive space.

But check your motherboard supports such a large drive. I recently replaced a failing 40 gb unit on my tertiary PC (Pentium 3/700) with a 200 gb drive I picked up on Boxing Day for $70 and had no problems installing it. The Pentium 3 has Win XP pro as the operating system.

[Titus]

Make sure you get a sata no ide unless you cant use sata on your computer!

[UnderdawgIV]

Just check on www.ncix.com

Weekly sales FTW!

[SweetDreamz]

Check your local B&M stores first, they usually have better pricing + easier to return. Unless of course, you're near NCIX's warehouse.

I find HD at NCIX a bit more expensive than some of the local stores here, and you gotta factor in shipping. But they have a large selection.