new hd for samples

thermos · Post by **thermos** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:31 pm

im gonna buy a new hd for halion any suggestions?, im not up to date in the hw world at the moment.

thermos · Post by **thermos** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 4:58 pm

i have an asus p4b533

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 5:24 pm

for anything that isn't a streaming sampler (or repeatedly has to load > 256 MB sized sets, I'd use a 5200 rpm disk. Cheap, cool, quiet and reliable

my 2 cents, Tom

Ricardo · Post by **Ricardo** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 7:44 am

I only just installed a seagate barracuda 200Gb drive ATA100. Very quiet and I'm very happy.

astroman · Post by **astroman** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 2:54 pm

@Ricardo: if you haven't done yet, it's worth checking the heat of the Barracuda after half an hour uptime or so.
Due to the increased number of platters (more air friction inside) all large disks seem to develope lots of xtra heat.
Aside from that Barracudas make a really solid impression

cheers, Tom

thermos · Post by **thermos** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 8:24 pm

thanks for your replays, i guess ill go for a segate hd.

i have an ekstra fan laying around if i get any heating problems.

ill let u know how it works out.

thanks

Ricardo · Post by **Ricardo** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:31 am

Thanx Tom, will do! Although I haven't noticed any prblems so far. My box is quite well ventilated.