HD for audio recording

[mhuang]

Hi,

I am shopping for HDs for my new audio recording computer, any recommendations?

brand name
RPM
IDE/SCSI

thanks

P.S. is SCSI HDs really worth the money for audio recording?

 

[Gidge]

Maxtor Diamond Max 7200 rpm
IDE

SCSI just isnt necessary these days.....

 

[Milkman]

scsi=real noisy

I have a Western Digital 7200 RPM (IDE) 40 gig drive...

 

[ChuckU]

I just laid down 8 tracks at once...

on my new Maxtor 7200rpm 40gig IDE. I'm using this drive for audio only. Got it on Saturday at Staples for 99 bucks US. I recorded 8 tracks at 44.1 16 bit on Sonar. The disk usage meter said 3%. 24 bit should be easy. We'll see.

 

[Queue]

Go IDE!

>=7200 RPM
>=ATA 100
Seek time <~9 msec

I've had success with IBM Deskstar, Maxtor DiamondMax Plus, and WD (can't recall the model name)

I tend to buy drives in the 20-40GB range. Sometimes the larger drives (60GB+) have poorer performance ratings than drives in the same model line with less platters/heads.

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[Queue]

Don't forget to get the 40pin/80strand ATA66+ IDE cables or your new drive will suck .

Oh yeah, make sure your MOBO can push data at ATA100 or more. If not, buy a PCI controller.

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[SirRiff]

WD?

Greetings,


Maxtor's DiamondMax Plus D740X 80 GB
seek time of just 8.0 milliseconds
ATA-133 interface (not usefull right now obviously)
outer-zone score of 41.7 MB/sec
inner-zone rate of 25.4 MB/sec



Western Digital Caviar WD1200JB
8 megabytes of buffer
measured seek time of 9.3 milliseconds
outer-zone transfer rates at 48.8 MB/sec
inner zone at 29.2 MB/sec

Expensive, but freaking huge capacity and fastest out there.

Read the reviews at www.storagereview.com cause its going down soon.

SirRiff