Slow Boot & Games!!

[danger_mouse]

I have a 100gb HD and its about full, now people would say uninstall some stuff but i have about 10 games which i play mostly all the time which does take up alot of space, and since the HD is nearly full i think this is the reason why boot up is slow and loading BF2 and CS:S maps are slow (very slow some times)

The comps specs are:

Intel Pentium 4 2.8ghz
DDR 1gb ram
256mb GeForce 6600

So i think it can only be the HD. What do you guys think?

I have been looking for a new HD, a bigger one, what do you think to these:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-020-SA

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-006-WD

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-087-SE

All about the same price and all 250gb which should do me fine! I cant see much difference between them. Is there any major difference?

Cheers guys!!

 

[Rik]

Hi Danger_mouse and welcome to TechSpot!!!

Of the 3 hard drives the first one will be the quickest as it is ata 133 and the other 2 are ata 100!!!

What antivirus, antispyware, and firewall software do you use??

 

[danger_mouse]

Ad-Aware, Spybot and Zone Alarm Pro!!

I take it the 1st HD i posted "should" fit? And the ata 133 is just the speed?

 

[Rik]

133 is its data transfer rate and yes it will fit provided you have enough room inside your case for it!!!!

I'm assuming that you are going to add it rather than use it to replace your 100!! Is this correct??

 

[Rick]

133 is the maximum interface transfer rate. The drive itself will be much slower, so pay little attention to 100 vs 133.

However, what does make drives faster are platter density, RPM and seek times.

The Seagate is probably your best bet. It has the largest platter size available, utilizes a new technology called perpendicular storage (which appears to reduce latency) and comes with a 5 year warranty... And it may say ATA-100, but I seriously doubt that's even correct. It's a very new drive and I'm sure it supports ATA-133 - but either way - its a better drive than the other two... on paper, at least.

 

[danger_mouse]

Thanks for the help guys!

rik: Im going to replace the 1 i have now and give it to my bro (who only has a 32gb HD lol) I "think" there is only room for 1 HD anyway. Do you know anywhere that is cheaper than overclockers?

 

[mailpup]

While you are waiting to get your new hard drive, try defragmenting the one you have to speed it up a little.

 

[Rik]

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Prod...ilterMaxPrice=&FilterCategories=166&OrderBy=1

and

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/sear...ntStoreID=33&bolShowAll=true&intSubcatUID=379

are fairly cheap!!!!

 

[danger_mouse]

Is it the higher the buffer speed the better? Or doesnt that really matter?

 

[Rik]

The difference in speed between them is nanoceconds really!!!!

Only one thing, if you intend to swap from the 100 to a new one, how do you intend going about sorting windows out?? Any plans as yet??

 

[danger_mouse]

I have a XP disk with a code for my comp, and my bro has a disk and a code for his comp! That aint a problem is it?

I found this HD:

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...m9kdWN0X3NwZWNpZmljYXRpb25z&product_uid=89532

Is it better than the others? Hopefully going to buy my new HD and the G5 Gaming Mouse from Logitech tomorrow!