40gb Ibm Harddrive, What do you recommend, will it work? Options

[soulmethod]

Hi friends.

I have an old IBM 40GB 7200rpm harddrive in my PC but I'd like to move it to my XBOX and put it to some good use. I have never, dealing with my PC, had any problems with IBM harddrives. Rather the opposite, but I've heard that it heats up.

So, what brand works the best with the XBOX and do I need to get another harddrive? Is 5400 rpm okay?

Regards,
Mikael.

[cykiller]

5400rpm is fine, actually all the retail hd's are 5400, also the 40gig ibm will do fine, it will heat up alittle more being as though it's a 7200rpm drive but it won't heat up to fuck up your box, it just gets alittle warmer than usual drives, nothin serious. mod away

[soulmethod]

thanks. but i have heard that an IBM drive is harder to install and making it work. is this true?

[Scan-C]

not true.i've one box with a 40 gb 7200 rpm ibm deskstar hdd.the installation was easy and there was never a single problem with that drive.it's running for 2 months now

[master83]

me too! I inserted a IBM deskstar 7200 ATA 100 40GB in my box and it didn't cause any problems. Only that I'm getting short of free space right about now... thinking of putting a 120 gig inside instead.

~Master~

[Scan-C]

QUOTE (master83 @ Dec 26 2002, 03:31 PM)

me too! I inserted a IBM deskstar 7200 ATA 100 40GB in my box and it didn't cause any problems. Only that I'm getting short of free space right about now... thinking of putting a 120 gig inside instead. ~Master~

that's my prob too
1,5 gig free and so many games on my pc
it's after xmas and now i've money for a 120 gb hdd and that'll be a western digital 7200 rpm 8 mb cache.these drives are that damn fast and run cooler than any other i know

[soopahfly]

IBM GXP60's and GXP75's are prone to dying. IBM lost their HDD reputation on those models.
If you have one of these models, and plan on putting irreplaceable stuff on there, I'd look for a diffrent brand.