Fast, reliable 3.5" IDE HDD

[Dabombinable]

I'm looking at making an old 2xPentium 3 rig into my daily driver, but as per usual I've had HDD constantly failing on me. I'm looking at buying some WD Blue (160-320GB), but I'm wondering if there are any other HDD that I should look at that are fast and reliable. What are some other options that would be just as good or better?

[dadasmithywinkle]

I'm looking at making an old 2xPentium 3 rig into my daily driver, but as per usual I've had HDD constantly failing on me. I'm looking at buying some WD Blue (160-320GB), but I'm wondering if there are any other HDD that I should look at that are fast and reliable. What are some other options that would be just as good or better?

I have my sister's computer running on a 12-year old Seagate 300GB IDE drive and it's running woth no issues. On the other side, I have a dead 6 year old  WD 500GB IDE drive... I know that doesnt sazy much, but I'd get Seagate if possible.

[dadasmithywinkle]

Or just get an SSD and this: http://www.amazon.com/IDE-SATA-Adapter/dp/B000RK89M4

[Guest]

Or just get an SSD and this: http://www.amazon.com/IDE-SATA-Adapter/dp/B000RK89M4

That'd be a waste of money, could get a cheap HDD it'd run at the same speed as a SSD bottlenecked by that.

[Dabombinable]

Or just get an SSD and this: http://www.amazon.com/IDE-SATA-Adapter/dp/B000RK89M4

I'm not sure how well the motherboard would handle an adapter, since the motherboard is so old. And why would I put an SSD which can manage 400MB/sec+ on an interface that only does 100MB/sec?

That'd be a waste of money, could get a cheap HDD it'd run at the same speed as a SSD bottlenecked by that.

That's pretty much what I'm looking for, I've already got an SSD and a few SATA HDD but they are for my i5 rig, hence the need for some IDE HDD (I want everything to be straight forward, I've already got enough problems as is).

[dadasmithywinkle]

I'm not sure how well the motherboard would handle an adapter, since the motherboard is so old. And why would I put an SSD which can manage 400MB/sec+ on an interface that only does 100MB/sec?

That's pretty much what I'm looking for, I've already got an SSD and a few SATA HDD but they are for my i5 rig, hence the need for some IDE HDD (I want everything to be straight forward, I've already got enough problems as is).

This is the one that I'd get: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-ST3300622A-Barracuda-7200-9-7200RPM/dp/B00N79KO7K

 

Just find it somewhere else for cheaper (I have a spare, too)

[Guest]

I'm not sure how well the motherboard would handle an adapter, since the motherboard is so old. And why would I put an SSD which can manage 400MB/sec+ on an interface that only does 100MB/sec?

That's pretty much what I'm looking for, I've already got an SSD and a few SATA HDD but they are for my i5 rig, hence the need for some IDE HDD (I want everything to be straight forward, I've already got enough problems as is).

Your motherboard should be able to handle an adapter fine. You've got a higher chance of getting a decent SATA HDD cheaper than getting a good IDE HDD

[ictdude1]

the old seagates or western digital drives are good

[Captain_WD]

I'm looking at making an old 2xPentium 3 rig into my daily driver, but as per usual I've had HDD constantly failing on me. I'm looking at buying some WD Blue (160-320GB), but I'm wondering if there are any other HDD that I should look at that are fast and reliable. What are some other options that would be just as good or better?

 

 

Hey Dabobminable,

 

You can check the Legacy drives of WD and see if any of them would be a good alternative of WD Blue: http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?level1=11〈=en

 

Captain_WD.