where to buy a 120 gb seagate hardrive uk

mrwolves · 03-20-2006, 07:37 PM

where to get a seagate 160 hardrive in the uk cheap, and with good service, i brought one a long time ago from a place called the savastore but after about 6 months or so the hardrive would not boot and started clicking, so dont mention the savastore.

3izzarre · 03-20-2006, 09:49 PM

I've been buying hardware from the following e-vendors for years without any probs. Only needed to RMA a harddrive to Komplett and router to Microdirect, both companys sent out replacements within a week.

Komplett

Overclockers

MicroDirect

Scan

CCL

BTW Due to crap reviews across the net I've always avoided savastore(dire aftersales). I still give them a miss when they were the only UK vendor with realtime stock of X1800XT's(and boy did I want one at the time).

GL.

mrwolves · 03-20-2006, 11:09 PM

thanks for links, very helpful

hope i find a good one, i going to use seagate all the time now as i have a old one from 6 years ago and it still works

also what do i need to look for to improve performance on the hardrive specs, the cache size help as the one i ahve now is only 2mb.

03-22-2006, 05:10 PM

Check out ebuyer.com and eclipsecomputers, I've used them both in the past and have no compalints with them

3izzarre · 03-22-2006, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mrwolves@Mar 20 2006, 11:09 PM
what do i need to look for to improve performance on the hardrive specs, the cache size help as the one i ahve now is only 2mb.

You can't go far wrong with the following specs(seek and burst times will naturally be good enough)imo.

IDE DRIVES:

Interface: IDE

Data Transfer: 133MBps

Spindle Speed: 7200rpm

Buffer/Cache Size: 8 MB

SATA DRIVES:

Interface: SATA

Data Transfer: 150 MBps

Spindle Speed: 7200rpm

Buffer/Cache Size: 8 MB

GL :thumbup:

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03-20-2006, 07:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
mrwolves is on the 2nd circle: Lust Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 158 Hellbux: 6,515	where to get a seagate 160 hardrive in the uk cheap, and with good service, i brought one a long time ago from a place called the savastore but after about 6 months or so the hardrive would not boot and started clicking, so dont mention the savastore.

03-20-2006, 09:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
3izzarre is on the 3rd circle: Gluttony Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 264 Hellbux: 5,760	I've been buying hardware from the following e-vendors for years without any probs. Only needed to RMA a harddrive to Komplett and router to Microdirect, both companys sent out replacements within a week. Komplett Overclockers MicroDirect Scan CCL BTW Due to crap reviews across the net I've always avoided savastore(dire aftersales). I still give them a miss when they were the only UK vendor with realtime stock of X1800XT's(and boy did I want one at the time). GL.

03-20-2006, 11:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
mrwolves is on the 2nd circle: Lust Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 158 Hellbux: 6,515	thanks for links, very helpful hope i find a good one, i going to use seagate all the time now as i have a old one from 6 years ago and it still works also what do i need to look for to improve performance on the hardrive specs, the cache size help as the one i ahve now is only 2mb.

03-22-2006, 05:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
64705 is on the 5th circle: Wrath & Sullenness Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,465 Hellbux: 13,893	Check out ebuyer.com and eclipsecomputers, I've used them both in the past and have no compalints with them