Hard Drive Question

[braz]

Is this a good harddrive for the price? I see it says parallel ATA... does my ASUS P5N-D have that kind of cable slot? Is it the same as Serial ATA? I want to replace my 160gb IDE HDD. Thanks! Link: Maxtor DiamondMax 21 500GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, ATA-100, EIDE, OEM STM3500630A at TigerDirect.com

 

[Ste]

Its the old ribbon cable, its an ok price, but you can find SATA 2 drives for near the same.

 

[braz]

can anyone recommend me a SATA HDD around the same price? thanks. How bout this? Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB Hard Drive - 7200, 16MB, SATA-300, OEM WD5000AAKS at TigerDirect.com

 

[Ste]

Its fine, but do you need to order from tiger direct? They are not exactly the cheapest....

 

[braz]

no, but the store is 5min from my house so I would just go pick it up
*EDIT* Just called, they have the same one, but different model for $90. Are there any other similar ones for less you can recommend me? thanks!