Harddrive Compatibility

[Laddey]

Hello, so i need a small harddrive at an easy price. So i was browsing the PC World website, and come accross a harddrive ... 50quid, at pc world is like 5min drive.

So the specs like

# Hitachi Deskstar Internal Hard Drive
# 40Gb Drive Capacity
# 7200 rpm Drive Speed
# 2MB Buffer Cache
# 3.5" High Performance Hard Disk
# S-ATA Interface
# Quiet Drive Technology
# Designed for Computing, Gaming and More
# Ideal Capacity for Video & Music Files

Will i need a super computer to be able to run that on my pc no trouble?
Should i just plug it in the same one i'm taking the old one out?

Final question, is that a slow or moderate harddrive? Thanks

 

[Malcolm]

Will i need a super computer to be able to run that on my pc no trouble? Should i just plug it in the same one i'm taking the old one out?

Final question, is that a slow or moderate harddrive? Thanks

Providing your PC supports Serial ATA it will be fine. 7200rpm is a reasonable speed. However, you can probably find the same hard drive (or better) at somewhere else than PC World

ebuyer.com are selling the 80GB one for £32.21+P&P and even if you pay for next day delivery it'll still be cheaper than PC World

 

[Laddey]

Providing your PC supports Serial ATA it will be fine. 7200rpm is a reasonable speed. However, you can probably find the same hard drive (or better) at somewhere else than PC World

ebuyer.com are selling the 80GB one for £32.21+P&P and even if you pay for next day delivery it'll still be cheaper than PC World

How do i know it'l support that? My PC is erm, not old but not new, it supports most things i put in it.

Thanks, i'll check it out

 

[Ingafgrinn Macabre]

How do i know it'l support that? My PC is erm, not old but not new, it supports most things i put in it.

Thanks, i'll check it out

You're asking something like:
- I've got this cabinet. it's 6' by 3' by 2'... will it fit in my car?
- Depends on if your car is big enough
- Dunno, but it is a 5 door model...

 

[Malcolm]

How do i know it'l support that? My PC is erm, not old but not new, it supports most things i put in it.

Thanks, i'll check it out

Look at device manager (control panel->system->hardware->device manager) and see if you can find it mentioning SATA somewhere

 

[Laddey]

You're asking something like:
- I've got this cabinet. it's 6' by 3' by 2'... will it fit in my car?
- Depends on if your car is big enough
- Dunno, but it is a 5 door model...

Well i'm abit of a biff on the ole' computer. Havn't got the first clue about it, and here seems to be full off wizzies