recommended internal Hd's for gigabyte motherboards?

[Cory]

So i'm running wd data diagnostics for my HD and seems like I'm going to need a new HD due to every test failing/too many bad sectors. Do you guys have any recommendations for HD's that work well with a gigabyte x58-usb3 motherboard?

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome.

The Western Digital have always been one of my favourites and are built to a good standard. Of course a lot depends on your purchasing criterior. If you are after performance over cost then a SSD is the best way to go but you would probably still want a cheap magnetic disk for data backup.

[bzachary]

I would have to agree wi tithe choice with a WD hard drive as they are pretty much reliable and functions great in whatever implementation you have running on your computer setup.

But that would totally be determined by your budget and requirements to have. So you just have to pick one that appeals to you. But most specifications are more off just making you know what you have than real performance boosts for casual use.

[soarwitheagles]

Cory,

I too like Western Digital's Caviar Black Editions.  A while back you could purchase myriads of the 1.5 TB - 2 TB external hard drives for under $70 at Target stores through out the USA. Those are mostly gone now. I purchased a lot and removed them from the external case and used them for builds requiring internal HD's.  They were a great deal, but unfortunately, the 5 year warranty is voided if you remove the HD from the external cover.


A couple of days ago Seagate 2 TB's were available nationally for $99.  These HD's were available through Best Buy Stores.

Seagate somehow attached a 5 year warranty to this drive too.

Both are excellent hard drives and get the job done.

Finally, if you do not need massive storage, SSD's are the way to go and the prices have been dropping like lead.

Recently I picked up a number of the Intel 520 Series Cherryville 2.5" 180GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) for under $150 per unit.  These drives are screaming fast:

Max Sequential Read
    Up to 550 MB/s (SATAIII)
    Up to 280 MB/s (SATAII)

Max Sequential Write
    Up to 520 MB/s (SATAIII)
    Up to 260 MB/s (SATAII)

4KB Random Read
    Up to 50,000 IOPS

4KB Random Write
    Up to 60,000 IOPS

So fast, they make your head spin even though there is no platter spinning inside!

They are nick named, "The Speed Demon."
Soar

[henkelbritta]

Hi there , im still using my Maxtor HD since 3 years i think with a Gigabyte N650SLI-DS4L and till now i had no problems what so ever.
I think maxtor stopped suport though not sure about that, i might have it wrong in mind.