Choose The Right HDD for You

Day by day computers are getting advanced. Capacity & performance are increasing with every passing year. This is true for the primary storage also. Latest Hard disks are getting bigger in capacity & with higher rotational speed can access the knowledge faster. This is lovely news for computer users.

The digital revolution has brought with it the necessity to store giant amounts of knowledge. The new Hard disks are prepared to take the challenge. The lovely news is, these Hard disks with higher capacity are affordable. Thanks to a competitive market & demanding consumers.

Hard disk expertise is suitable for the bandwidth demands of today's applications. The 7200 rpm hard disk drives with a maximum storage space of 40 GB & above are now more common than ever before.

The demand for storage in PCs has boomed. With lots of multimedia files being used today, including MP3, Flash files & movies--even today's entry level 40 GB hard disks are not for users. On the other hand, 80 - 400 GB, 7200 rpm drives are also available & are preferred by professionals.

Depending on your require, you ought to pick the proper hard drive. Ask yourself few questions, before going for the choice of new hard drive. This strategy will be useful in long run.

Think of the following points.

Hard drive storage capacity, speed, brand & cost.

First select the Hard drive storage capacity.

) Also what program, you will loading in your computer.

) What type of files, you will be loading.

In the event you are a basic computer user, go for the 40 GB hard drive which is for OS & file storage. The text files require less storage space however multimedia files require giant storage space.

In the event you are a gamer or a graphic designer, go for maximum 80 / 120 GB hard drive.

In the event you are film or song lover who would be storing lot of movies then go for higher capacity of 240 GB depending on your budget.

Let us pick the proper speed. The most common speeds which are available in the market are 5400 & 7200 RPM. The 5400 RPM means hard disk will be rotating at a speed of 5400 revolutions per minute.

Now there is not much cost difference between 5400 & 7200 rpm. It is better to go for 7200 RPM hard drive.

It is better to go for standard brand. Seagate, Maxtor, Western Digital, Samsung & Hitachi are the standard brands available in the market.

The above suggestions are for your internal hard drives.
In the event you require to carryover knowledge often, you can go for outside hard drive. These drives can be connected to computer through USB port. There is absolutely no difference between outside hard drive & internal hard drive in the event you think about the operation or drive mechanics. USB interface has made outside hard drive installation user friendly.

Outside hard drives give lot of portability. However these outside hard drives have higher access time compared to desktop drive because of USB interface. But because of USB interface, CPU utilization is less in the range of 8.4 to0. This means less load on CPU.

Iomega, Freecom, Transcend are a few the manufacturers of outside hard drives. These drives require outside power supply & are most suitable for desktop use. When you are selecting outside hard drive, check whether the manufacturer is offering a carryover bag, knowledge cable & power supply if it is externally powered.