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Staples October 12-18 (US)

PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 4:02 pm
by David
Maxtor 160GB 8MB catch $149.94 - $20 instant - $30 MIR = $99.94 (504516)

PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 5:16 pm
by aviationwiz
Nice deal, too bad it's not SATA.

PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 5:40 pm
by wicked1
This is just what the old XBOX needs.Thanks!

PostPosted: Sun Oct 12, 2003 6:49 pm
by aviationwiz
wicked1 wrote:This is just what the old XBOX needs.Thanks!



For Xbox I would recomend an old 5400 RPM HDD, that would be because of heat purposes, using a 7200 RPM drive creates too much heat for a small thing like xbox.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 12:17 am
by wicked1
I have put 7200 rpm drives in about 25 XBOX's now without a hitch.The CPU never gets about 55 no matter how long they are played or you compile Linux software.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 12:53 am
by UALOneKPlus
aviationwiz wrote:Nice deal, too bad it's not SATA.


Do you have a SATA enabled motherboard? From what I read SATA doesn't really give a good performance edge due to the PCI bus limitation, except in RAID 0 configuration...

PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2003 7:29 am
by aviationwiz
UALOneKPlus wrote:
aviationwiz wrote:Nice deal, too bad it's not SATA.


Do you have a SATA enabled motherboard? From what I read SATA doesn't really give a good performance edge due to the PCI bus limitation, except in RAID 0 configuration...


Yup,

Asus P4S8X. All my drives are SATA. I have one Western Digital Raptor (36GB) and a Maxtor DiamondMaxPlus 9 (120GB)

The space is enough for what I do, and the speed is great, especially on the Raptor, which is where I keep Windows along with all the programs I have. I keep stuff like music (8.5GB) on the 120GB. Right now, I have about 12GB left on the Raptor.