[mythtv-users] Big quiet drive on the cheap

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Tuesday 13 January 2004 17:09, Boyd II, Willy wrote:
> Has anyone actually picked up one of these in the stores?  I went by
> my local CompUSA last night, and all they had on the shelves was a
> 160GB, for $99 after rebates.  But the website indeed says 200GB, so
> I ordered online and selected in-store pickup.  Just curious what
> kind of arguing to expect tonight when I go pick mine up ;-)

I believe the 160GB drive they have on special is the Barracuda V drive, 
and (I believe) is Serial ATA only.  The 200GB drive is the 7200.7 
drive and is EIDE/ATA 100.  Don't get the 160GB drive unless you have 
SATA (and even then, you may have difficulty using it under Linux, 
unless your mobo/BIOS has a 'legacy' mode that can control an SATA 
drive like a regular IDE/ATA drive).

-JAC