Hi.
In the market for a new SATA II internal HDD, approx. 300-320GB for a Dell E520 desktop. Reliability is the most important deciding factor as it will be running my part-time business, followed by quietness (don't fancy listening to a noisy HDD scratching away for hours on end!). Performance, i.e. running speed isn't a huge factor as it will be running basic software such as e-mail, internet etc.
Read a couple of reviews on other sites and think I've narrowed my choice down to these two:
Samsung Spinpoint T166 320GB (model: HD321kJ) SATA300 7,200RPM 16MB cache (3yr warranty) £44.05 incl vat
Seagate ST3300620AS Barracuda 7200.10 300GB, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache (5yr warranty) £40.88 incl vat
Any comments on the above two drives from peeps currently using them? Any others I should consider?
Looking to place an imminent order so that I may receive it ready to re-install OS etc on Monday.
On a slightly different subject but related to this all the same, what back-up options would peeps recommend other than RAID 1 (for the simple fact I've never used RAID before and it seems to involve more than I first thought!)? I am thinking along the lines of either having a second internal SATA II HDD in my Dell desktop that backs up on a regular basis via the use of automatic backup software. Would this be a better/worse option that using an external HDD connected via USB 2.0? Which software would peeps recommend?
Thanks.
Cheekster.


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but if it is for backups the external might be usefull because if the reason for HDD damage is power supply issue it shouldn't suffer. Ofcourse i have no evidence for this





