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Interested in upgrading your desktop with a higher capacity, faster laptop hard drive? We have a large selection of hard drives compatible with all of today's popular desktop models.
Please scroll the the list of brands below to upgrade your computer. |
Wholesale/Bulk
Purchase Inquiry?
If you are interested in a wholesale/bulk purchase of desktop hard drives, contact our dealer representatives using our Inquiry Form |
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What type of desktop hard drive do you need?
After you select the type of computer hard drive you are upgrading
from the list below, you will be able to select from various hard drive
Manufacturers as well as different sizes. The type of size hard drive that
you select depends on your own preferences and needs. If you plan on storing
large files, we recommend our larger GB models. These faster RPM models
also improve system performance. If you are unsure what type of hard drive
size is right for your desktop, please click here
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select the type of a Hard Disk Drive you are looking for by clicking on
the links provided bellow. For your convenience we've provided samples to
assist you with your selection. |
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What
is IDE/ATA?
This drive type used most in consumer grade computers
(commonly called an IDE drive). The ATA standard dates back to 1986 and
is based on a 16-bit parallel interface which has undergone many evolutions
since its introduction to increase the speed and size of the drives that
it can support. The latest standard is ATA-7 which supports data transfer
rates up to 133MB/sec. This is expected to be the last update for the
parallel ATA standard. |
What is SATA?
Serial ATA is the next -generation internal storage
interconnect, designed to replace parallel ATA technology. Serial ATA is
the proactive evolution of the ATA interface from a parallel bus to a serial
bus architecture. This architecture overcomes the electrical constraints
that are increasing the difficulty of continued speed enhancements for the
classic parallel ATA bus. Serial ATA will be introduced at 150Mbytes/sec,
with a roadmap already planned to 600Mbytes/sec, supporting up to 10 years
of storage evolution based on historical trends. Though Serial ATA will
not be able to directly interface with legacy Ultra ATA hardware, it is
fully compliant with the ATA protocol and thus is software compatible. Users
of the Serial ATA interface benefit from greater speed, simpler upgradeable
storage devices and easier configuration.
*SATA Hard Drives are compatible only with SATA enabled
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What is SATA II?
Serial ATA (SATA) has been designed and marketed
as the replacement for parallel ATA, the most common disk drive interface
in home and office computers. SATA I drives and controllers are currently
available in many new desktop machines, however, improvements to the SATA
interface led to SATA II that is faster and more reliable. What's the real
difference between SATA I and SATA II? SATA II is better because of three
important features, port multipliers, port selectors and native command
queuing. These features provide outstanding improvements over SATA I.
*SATAII Hard Drives are compatible only with SATAII
enabled systems. |
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