Decommissioning old hard drives
- Thread starter Handruin
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blakerwry
Storage? I am Storage!
Mercutio said:
The Speeze is quieter AND it cools better.. but the Tbred 1700 will be a (reletively) cool runner anyway...
The stock AMD HSF that I got with my Duron sucked... it was not flat at all and made very poor contact with the CPU surface... I used a generic coolermaster heat sink with the same AMD retail fan and it lowered my temps several degrees... just a thought.
I just lowered my Speeze WhisperRock III to the lowest setting on my Thermal take fan switch... the HSF is very quiet now, spinning at a regimented 1541 RPMs....
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Although the (tiny) letters aren't very clear in the pictures I sent to Doug, I hope it is enough to understand the principle.
One last thing Doug. Crucial has gotten aboard the DDR train much later than several other memory manufaturers, so while their SDRAM modules were very above the field, their DDR modules are just average. Their Cas latency is generally quite poor. You would be better of with Samsung or Infineon sticks. Both are ~5$ cheaper and tend to work at more agressive timings than the DDR Crucial modules. I have heard good things about the Kingston DDR modules too, even if they aren't cheaper than Crucial's.
One last thing Doug. Crucial has gotten aboard the DDR train much later than several other memory manufaturers, so while their SDRAM modules were very above the field, their DDR modules are just average. Their Cas latency is generally quite poor. You would be better of with Samsung or Infineon sticks. Both are ~5$ cheaper and tend to work at more agressive timings than the DDR Crucial modules. I have heard good things about the Kingston DDR modules too, even if they aren't cheaper than Crucial's.
Adcadet
Storage Freak
Doug -
as a resident of the State of Minnesota, I must ask you to replace your avatar. I have suffered for four years under Jesse Ventura, and I do not want to be forced to view hiw putrid face at my beloved SF.
Due to a budget mess largely exacerbated by Jesse, some of the funding for the MD/PhD program I'm applying to is in jeopardy.
Thanks,
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as a resident of the State of Minnesota, I must ask you to replace your avatar. I have suffered for four years under Jesse Ventura, and I do not want to be forced to view hiw putrid face at my beloved SF.
Due to a budget mess largely exacerbated by Jesse, some of the funding for the MD/PhD program I'm applying to is in jeopardy.
Thanks,
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Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Hey Doug, if you can wait a few days before buying anything, I'm going to be able to shake loose a couple of 1700s from my personal collection very shortly. Normally I'd use them to upgrade more of my stuff but since there's a need...
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Winbond, I forgot Winbond. Many highly overclockable modules use Winbond chips. So if you see Winbond on your chips, don't flee while screaming.Handruin said:
April is supposed to bring a 10-15% price drop for memory modules too, if you are willing to wait that long.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Handruin said:
$20ish.
It's for a good cause.
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
I like that picture, is it from Predator?
blakerwry
Storage? I am Storage!
yup... with Arnie and a few other bad ass guys with too much testosterone... ahve to rent that one of these days
e_dawg
Storage Freak
CougTek said:
Yes, I'll confirm it is rock solid stable and runs well. I'll also confirm that it is impossible to overclock even just using the FSB despite soldering the offending jumper and flashing to the necessary BIOS version. As for Linux compatibility, I believe Future Shock at SR has confirmed that the board is compatible with Linux, but warns it was a complete PITA to get it to that state.
e_dawg
Storage Freak
Mercutio said:
Merc,
I have a 9 GB Atlas 10k U160 drive that I don't need. It's about equivalent to the 4th gen Cheetah drives (18XL) in performance and noise. Would you have anything I could trade you for? I could actually use an old 7200 rpm drive like that WD Expert... Maxtor's DM+ 6800, IBM 34GXP, etc. to replace the dog slow 6 GB 5400 rpm Seagate Medalist from 1998 in my parents' computer.
Tea
Storage? I am Storage!
If Zonyz are Lite-On drivez, why are they zuch crap? I hate Zony'z optical pox devicez! With a pazzion! (And I don't like them much either.)
blakerwry
Storage? I am Storage!
could be that they buy the cheapest lite-on's or that their Sony formware screws them up... and the fact that they never seem to release firmware upgrades....
my creative DVD was a liteon LT 122 or something or rather... it's a piece o' crap... very loud and has a lot more trouble reading crappy discs when compared to my other drives.
my creative DVD was a liteon LT 122 or something or rather... it's a piece o' crap... very loud and has a lot more trouble reading crappy discs when compared to my other drives.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
e_dawg said:
Umm... I've got a few RMA-able Barracuda IIs in the 20GB range. I'm using everything I've got down to 20GB, and I have a couple of 8GB drives still in service as well. I'd probably be using the Seagates, too, except that they suck in almost every way (hot, loud, slow for 7200rpm).
Anyway I've got 2 10s and a 20, all failed but with about 6 months left on the warranty. I've also got a WD1360AA, but that's 5400rpm, and a 10GB Fujitsu of some kind that might be servicable.
I'm pretty good at finding homes for my old drives, so except for a couple of 4.3s I use for testing, and a small collection of antiques, I don't have any sitting around that actually work.