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Old August 17th, 2002, 12:29 PM
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pc hardware, changing hard drives
I have an old computer, not sure how old (about 1998), but it can handle almost any 1998 game =). I ran out of memory. and would like to change hard drive.

I was wondering, how to choose a hard drive, or are they all the same?

I looked in device manger>drives, it says "GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE 47".




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In lameman terms - get ibm deskstar120gxp of about 40gbs. Should be enough for you. Or maxtor's DiamondMax Plus D740X.

Whoever wants to flame on selection - feel free to do so, but I didn't want to go in all tech specs of each.
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lol a little snoby aren't u.

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>>lol a little snoby aren't u.
'snobby' is the word, yeah. 'little'? uhm, nah, more like 'huge' Actually I got lots on my mind right now, that's why.
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I recently bought a Maxtor 6L080L4 80GB drive. Runs on liquid bearings, so it's really quiet. It runs a little hot, but I've been very happy with it, and it was a good deal price-wise. Got it off of www.newegg.com
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yeah, newegg is by far one of the best places to shop for general hardware (along with googlegear and tcwo).
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And don`t forget eBay, you can always get good bargain hardware there.
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