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Somewhere on teh intarweb "thingy" typed:
> Plus the <$1000 PC....now this almost seems to be considered a "budget
> PC" but hell anything with a dual 8800GT graphics card setup cant be
> considered basic to my mind....
>
> Price drops forecast,
>
> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ati...orce,5818.html
>
> Overclocking a "cheap" dual core PC,
>
> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/System...iew-31034.html

Interesting that they use a Seagate 500MB 7200.*10* rather than the
(superior) 7200.11s we've been getting here for a while. The 10s have 16Mb
cache, the 11s have 32MB. Also Seagate claim the 11s use "second-generation
perpendicular recording technology". It made me double-check the date of the
article.

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On Jul 7, 8:47*pm, "~misfit~" <misfit6...@hooya.com.au> wrote:
> Somewhere on teh intarweb "thingy" typed:
>
> > Plus the <$1000 PC....now this almost seems to be considered a "budget
> > PC" *but hell anything with a dual 8800GT graphics card setup cant be
> > considered basic to my mind....
>
> > Price drops forecast,
>
> >http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ati...orce,5818.html
>
> > Overclocking a "cheap" dual core PC,
>
> >http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/System...iew-31034.html
>
> Interesting that they use a Seagate 500MB 7200.*10* rather than the
> (superior) 7200.11s we've been getting here for a while. The 10s have 16Mb
> cache, the 11s have 32MB. Also Seagate claim the 11s use "second-generation
> perpendicular recording technology". It made me double-check the date of the
> article.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Shaun.
>
> DISCLAIMER: If you find a posting or message from me
> offensive, inappropriate, or disruptive, please ignore it.
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What do the 10's use? I hope perpendicular works out okay long term,
it's what i've switched to. My backup drives are still old school
though.

Somewhere on teh intarweb "Craig Shore" typed:
> On Jul 7, 8:47 pm, "~misfit~" <misfit6...@hooya.com.au> wrote:
>> Somewhere on teh intarweb "thingy" typed:
>>
>>> Plus the <$1000 PC....now this almost seems to be considered a
>>> "budget PC" but hell anything with a dual 8800GT graphics card
>>> setup cant be considered basic to my mind....
>>
>>> Price drops forecast,
>>
>>> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ati...orce,5818.html
>>
>>> Overclocking a "cheap" dual core PC,
>>
>>> http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/System...iew-31034.html
>>
>> Interesting that they use a Seagate 500MB 7200.*10* rather than the
>> (superior) 7200.11s we've been getting here for a while. The 10s
>> have 16Mb cache, the 11s have 32MB. Also Seagate claim the 11s use
>> "second-generation perpendicular recording technology". It made me
>> double-check the date of the article.
>
> What do the 10's use? I hope perpendicular works out okay long term,
> it's what i've switched to. My backup drives are still old school
> though.

The 10s use perpendicular too, just that they were the 'first generation'.

I think perp tech has proven itself, it's been around for a while now (the
10s were the first to market). Most manufacturers are using it, I can't see
why it would fail long-term. It's the same tech as older drives, just stood
on it's head.

Cheers,
--
Shaun.

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