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Name: chris
Date: April 30, 2003 at 21:41:50 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
CPU/Ram: AMD
Comment:

I am going to be building a computer and I'm not sure what I should get as far as Hard drives. I'll be doing a lot of video editing.

I know I'm getting 1 120GB Hard drive for pictures, word files, etc.

In addition to this soley for the video editing, should I get two IDE 60GB hard drives setup in raid or 1 SCSI drive?

Thanks!



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Name: VeryCoolCat
Date: April 30, 2003 at 22:48:39 Pacific
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Ok Uhm Why do you need 120Gigabytes for Word & Pictures. Only need 120 Is if Ya got No-Life Combined with DSL, a lot of games, and/or are a internet software pirate.

Go Here- http://www.thepc.info/ide-scsi.html

But really, I'd suggest ATA and 2 Hdds. Just make sure its at least 7200rpm and has a large enough buffer.
Two Hdds is better than one.
Sometimes a virus will not always affect the 2nd hd, and incase of a registry failure, just go put in ur backup copy.

Oh and for Model type, i suggest Seagate. I've had my 3gig Seagate for 6 Years (only slight probs!), its now a slave for emergency backups etc. Western Digital are good for price, but most western digs arent the most reliable. Maxtor I've heard that its a cross of price & raliability.

Seagate - Expensive / Excelent (sometimes loud)
Western Digital - Cheap / Decent
Maxtor - Its the middle man.


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Name: Dan McGarry
Date: May 3, 2003 at 08:50:44 Pacific
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Didn't Quantum sell out their disk range to Maxtor over a year ago?? I'm pretty sure they did, as Maxtors have become a whole lot better since.


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