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Myles114

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Best Xbox Hd-price Doesn"t Matter
« on: March 30, 2003, 07:34:00 AM »

i am restarting this thread, but this time price doesn't matter to me because of my relatives credit card points!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY.  What is they best deal?
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Killa200

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« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2003, 08:17:00 AM »

Maxtor 7200rpm 120 Gb 6Y120L0 seems to be the way to go
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Myles114

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« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2003, 08:20:00 AM »

i seem to have narrowed it down to that, or this, the  Western Digital Caviar WD1200JB Special Edition - Hard drive - 120 GB - standard - 3.5" - ATA-100 - 7200 rpm - 8 MB.  About same price, same rpm, same mb cache, and same seek time. anythin i should know before i buy either


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methadone_pretty

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« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2003, 09:04:00 AM »

yeah, the WD is a noisy drive - get a seagate
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MG_XPower

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« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2003, 09:26:00 AM »

Dunno where you heard a WD1200JB is noisy but the opposite is true! I think WDxxxxJB Special  is the way to go. I've done some intense research when I wanted a new hdd and WD outperforms most disks in speed and noise. But more important -> it keeps REALLY cool. I think a cooler hdd is more important to the xbox than a quiet one. The noise of the exhaust fan is by far greater than the hdd.

The problem in the whole hdd discussion is most people select a hdd on what they want for their PC. Bare to keep in mind specs for a Xbox are totally different form a PC:

Item ------> PC -------------------> xbox

Temp -----> less important ----> veryimportant
Noise -----> important ----------> important
Speed ----> very important ----> less important
ATAmode-> very important ----> couldn't care less
power-----> couldn't care less-> important
Price ..... never mind ;-)


I own a WD800JB a can recomend the special's to everyone who wants a xbox hdd.
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