hard drive failure, what drive can i replace with?

ingen

hi folks have the seagate ST3200827AS drive in my pc and the drive has failed... does anyone know what currently available drive i can replace this with? the pc is a hp with raid controller, model m7580.uk but im not sure what max size drive the pc will support, any ideas?

attached picture of connector on the drive


would any of the drives on this page http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/catalog/ZKB_01COM/11_HDD/default.aspx#&&/wEXBQUIcGFnZVNpemUFAjUwBQxzZWxlY3RlZFBhZ2UFATAFD251bWJlck9mRmlsdGVycwUBMQUJc29ydE9yZGVyBQE0BQdmaWx0ZXIxBZYBPEZJTFRFUiBGSUVMRFRZUEU9IkJyYW5kIiBGSUVMRE5BTUU9IkJyYW5kIiBTVEFSVFRFWFQ9IlNFQUdBVEUiIEVORFRFWFQ9IiIgSUQ9IlNFQUdBVEUxNyIgU1RBUlRWQUxVRT0iU0VBR0FURSIgRU5EVkFMVUU9IiIgREFUQVRZUEU9IlN5c3RlbS5TdHJpbmciIC8+0t6r+AicM6V9nkPycM4QpwviULc= do the job?


cheers

the_syco

From the fuzzy picture, I'd say it's a SATA connection.

marco_polo

That was a Seagate 200Gb HD?

Basically any 3.5" Sata drive will do the job, I would reccommend the Samsung F3 1TB or 500Gb versions as they probably still the best 7200 RPM hard drives around at the moment.

No size limit on what you can get, although for performance reasons I wouldn't get the larger 2TB 5400RPM drives if it is to be used as Operating System / Application installations, only go for the drive is for media / file storage only.

ingen

marco_polo wrote: »

That was a Seagate 200Gb HD?

Basically any 3.5" Sata drive will do the job, I would reccommend the Samsung F3 1TB or 500Gb versions as they probably still the best 7200 RPM hard drives around at the moment.

No size limit on what you can get, although for performance reasons I wouldn't get the larger 2TB 5400RPM drives if it is to be used as Operating System / Application installations, only go for the drive is for media / file storage only.

hi yeah there is 2 of those 200gb drives in the pc, raid, one has started to click, so its on its way out....

the_syco

If you can wait:
http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZKB_01COM/11_HDD/07_INTHD35/productdetails/20001882/WD_Caviar_Green_WD20EARS_Hard_drive_2_TB_/WD20EARS/default.aspx

If you can't:
http://www.komplett.ie/Komplett/product/ZKB_01COM/11_HDD/07_INTHD35/productdetails/20002986/WD_Caviar_Black_WD1001FALS_Hard_drive_1_TB_/WD1001FALS/default.aspx

Have been using WD for the last 10 or so years, having got burnt by Maxtor.

Venom

marco_polo wrote: »

That was a Seagate 200Gb HD?

Basically any 3.5" Sata drive will do the job, I would reccommend the Samsung F3 1TB or 500Gb versions as they probably still the best 7200 RPM hard drives around at the moment.

No size limit on what you can get, although for performance reasons I wouldn't get the larger 2TB 5400RPM drives if it is to be used as Operating System / Application installations, only go for the drive is for media / file storage only.

+1

The Samsung Spinpoint F3's are the next best thing to SSD's and you can pick up the 1TB version for about €60.

ingen

hi thanks for all the replies, im a bit confused with sata 150 /300 etc

in the pc i have the intel SATA RAID controller, ICH7R/DH,

does it matter if i chose a drive thats sata 150/300? does that make a difference?

i was just on the HP part surfer, and it has my drive listed as ER891-69001
200GB Serial ATA 3G (SATA) hard drive - 7,200 RPM - Does NOT include recovery discs
RoHS: Original

i was going to go with 2 of these http://www.dabs.ie/products/samsung-500gb-spinpoint-f3-7200rpm-16mb-sata-6605.html ( as recommended earlier) and add them into the raid ....

will these samsung drives work ok with my system?


and also one of these

http://www.dabs.ie/products/akasa-duodock-desktop-docking-enclosure-for-2-5----3-5--sata-hdd---black-634F.html




am i correct in thinking that i have a SATA 150 controller in my pc?
i was using the pc set as RAID 0 which was good for games, and very fast loading, boots real quick etc...

slave1

SATA II is 'backwards compatible', second recommendations for the Samsungs, look beyond Dabs and Komplett, check Amazon as you'll most likely get free shipping...

ingen

just thought id update this thread, bought a number of the samsung spinpoint f3 drives 500gb for €37 from dabs.ie, very fast drive, and very quiet.... great price.......