What kind of HDD for and IDE connection?

[Santuzzo]

That's a laptop drive, hikari. Newegg.com - Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKB 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives

EDIT:
Newegg.com - SYBA SD-VIA-1A2S PCI SATA / IDE Combo Controller Card RAID 0,1,0+1 JBOD - Controllers / RAID Cards
and
Newegg.com - HITACHI Deskstar P7K500 HDP725050GLA360 (0A35415) 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives
work out cheaper. IDE drives are expensive it seems.

Sorry for warming up this old thread, but I still have a question (I want to order a new HDD for my old PC this week).

What is the por/con of getting an IDE controller card and a SATA drive versus getting a HDD with an IDE connection? Is it just a difference in price and it's basically the same for the rest?

 

[Brinson]

SATA is faster. The cables are also slimmer which improves air flow.

In addition to an SATA controller you'll need a molex-sata adapater for the power supply. They are rather cheap.

I'd just buy an IDE hard drive, though.

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, ATA-100, OEM at TigerDirect.com

Edit: Didn't read the other posts. Looks like other people posted the same drive for cheaper.

 

[Santuzzo]

Thanks !

I think I might just do as you suggested and get the WD IDE hard-drive!

EDIT: What kind of IDE drive would you suggest if I only need a smaller HDD. Maybe 250GB or something like that....

 

[Santuzzo]

What do you think of this one:

Western Digital Caviar SE 320GB 7200rpm 8MB ATA100 for a smaller HDD?

 

[Yami]

What do you think of this one:

Western Digital Caviar SE 320GB 7200rpm 8MB ATA100 for a smaller HDD?

You might want to see if there any with larges caches (i.e. 16MB), otherwise good choice.

 

[Santuzzo]

You might want to see if there any with larges caches (i.e. 16MB), otherwise good choice.

Thanks !

I could not find drives of that size with a 16MB cache.

The old HDD (the one that crashed) had only 60GB, so I will not need a drive much bigger than that. Maybe even this one's enough:
Databyte - WD 160GB 8MB 7200rpm PATA Caviar 3.5inch DT , WD1600JB

But then again, the bigger ones are not that much more money.
I was thinking of the WD 500GB drive, but I read a few negative reviews (also some good ones, btw) saying the drive is not very reliable ....