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Posted: Apr 5 2009, 12:24 AM
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QUOTE (Kamikaze Dynamite @ Apr 4 2009, 09:09 PM)
Then I remembered I still need to find a place with friggin' canned air to clean out the compy

you THINK they'd have them at Home Depot

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Posted: Apr 5 2009, 12:25 AM
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QUOTE (Retriever II @ Apr 5 2009, 12:22 AM)
So I actually looked it up, they are indeed RAID-optimized drives. It may or may not equate to better reliability in a desktop environment.

oh, okay.

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Posted: Apr 5 2009, 12:26 AM
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QUOTE (Bacteriophage @ Apr 5 2009, 01:14 AM)
I'll pay 10 bucks and 2 years of warranty for 250 more gigs than that.

Good luck with that. The 7200.11 family of drives are the last I would recommend.


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Posted: Apr 5 2009, 12:27 AM
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QUOTE (Retriever II @ Apr 4 2009, 09:26 PM)
Good luck with that. The 7200.11 family of drives are the last I would recommend.

I'm so confused.


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Posted: Apr 5 2009, 12:27 AM
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QUOTE (Xgoff @ Apr 5 2009, 01:23 AM)
"may not" ie raid0

Raid0 invented a new slot for itself on the reliability scale, somewhere below "retarded".


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Posted: Apr 5 2009, 12:28 AM
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QUOTE (Bacteriophage @ Apr 5 2009, 01:27 AM)
I'm so confused.

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3750330AS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM


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Posted: Apr 5 2009, 12:29 AM
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QUOTE (Retriever II @ Apr 4 2009, 09:28 PM)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3750330AS 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Oh, I knew what you were talking about.

I'm just so stunned that something as relatively minor as the hdd kicks up so much dust.


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Posted: Apr 5 2009, 12:31 AM
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QUOTE (Retriever II @ Apr 5 2009, 12:27 AM)
Raid0 invented a new slot for itself on the reliability scale, somewhere below "retarded".

some people buy a lot of drives to back up their data

some people buy a lot of drives to lose their data


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Posted: Apr 5 2009, 12:32 AM
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QUOTE (Retriever II @ Apr 5 2009, 12:26 AM)
Good luck with that. The 7200.11 family of drives are the last I would recommend.

well like i said my 250gb one has worked 100% fine for me


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QUOTE (Bacteriophage @ Apr 5 2009, 12:29 AM)
I'm just so stunned that something as relatively minor as the hdd kicks up so much dust.

you better hope not because they don't like dust


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Posted: Apr 5 2009, 12:33 AM
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QUOTE (CrashMan @ Apr 5 2009, 01:32 AM)
well like i said my 250gb one has worked 100% fine for me

your cost per gb is also 3x as much.


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Posted: Apr 5 2009, 12:34 AM
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QUOTE (Retriever II @ Apr 5 2009, 12:33 AM)
your cost per gb is also 3x as much.

but its a 7200.11


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QUOTE (CrashMan @ Apr 5 2009, 01:34 AM)
but its a 7200.11

No it's not.

It's an ES.2


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Posted: Apr 5 2009, 12:37 AM
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ignore this

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RII, I'd be thrilled if you could make a recommendation.


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QUOTE (Bacteriophage @ Apr 5 2009, 12:38 AM)
RII, I'd be thrilled if you could make a recommendation.

get a deskstar 75gxp


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QUOTE (Xgoff @ Apr 5 2009, 01:39 AM)
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Posted: Apr 5 2009, 12:43 AM
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Just fyi, RII, I have a bed to go to so that recommendation would be much appreciated


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QUOTE (Retriever II @ Apr 5 2009, 12:42 AM)
Get Xgoff a bear trap

those things are annoying in cc especially when you spent the last 15 tedious minutes pushing blocks into water


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