KVR Audio

cmdratz · Post by **cmdratz** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:35 am

Hi everyone,
I bought a Seagate 7200.8 400-GB sample drive in 2005 and now I am getting disk streaming dropouts. The drive still works for everything else, so I can't send it back under warranty. It has 3 133-GB platters and is only 108 GB full. I can only support PATA in my system and have read that 1-platter drives are most reliable, so I was looking at this drive which is 160 GB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6822148247
Does anyone have any recommendations for the best 1-platter PATA sample drive for reliability and speed?
My sincere gratitude,
Chris. Dratz

Dayl · Post by **Dayl** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:15 am

A realistic option would be the WD Raptor.
Fast and reliable.
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=189

Mixtremist · Post by **Mixtremist** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 8:11 am

Dayl wrote:A realistic option would be the WD Raptor.
Fast and reliable.
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=189

The WDC Raptor is SATA. The OP can only use PATA...... Having said that, you might want to look into Western Digital's PATA drives. They have tested well at Storage Review... http://www.storagereview.com

pljones · Post by **pljones** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:20 am

Of course, the Raptor is also louder than the Barracuda - 36dBA vs 2.9 bels...

What's the fastest & most reliable HD for disk streaming?