[ILUG] Hardware question

[Stephen_Reilly at dell.com]

Justin,
	Go for a 5400rpm if it's just for backup, i.e. cheaper and you won't
really need fast read/write. Prices below found on scan
http://www.scan.co.uk/today.htm (Prices in GB£)

80.1GB Hard Disk Drive 
ATA-100 -9.5 ms access - 2MB Cache 7200rpm
£119.00 
(£139.83 inc VAT) 
DiscWizard Hard Drive Software 
Other Seagate Hard Drive Utilities

80.1GB Hard Disk Drive 
ATA-100 -9ms access - 2MB Cache 5400rpm
£89.00 
(£104.58 inc VAT) 

120GB Hard Disk Drive 
ATA-100 -9ms access - 2MB Cache 5400rpm
£148.00 
(£173.90 inc VAT) 

100GB Hard Disk Drive 
ATA-100 -9ms access - 2MB Cache 7200rpm 
£158.00 
(£185.65 inc VAT)

steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Colm Buckley [mailto:colm at tuatha.org]
Sent: 20 February 2002 15:22
To: macarthy at iol.ie; ilug at linux.ie
Subject: Re: [ILUG] Hardware question


On Wed 20 Feb 2002 15:13, you wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a good priced/reliable hard drive in the 40 -
> 60 gig range and a good place to buy it in the Dublin area (ide)

IT Direct on Parliament street usually have a bunch of midrange drives
off the shelf.  You should be able to get a decent 60Gb drive for ¤200
or less.  Good brand names : Seagate, IBM, Maxtor.

Hope this helps,

          Colm

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