Hi,
I've built four servers for family and friends: I'd recommend against using the old IDE interface (in favor of SATA). I'd also suggest that you avoid the cheaper Maxtor drives (I used 16 200GB in these various machines and 4 have failed). Seagate's reliability has improved since the late 1990s.
The current HD server I'm building uses some capacious drives for storage in a RAID array, on the order of 2.5TB for storage.
For you, a next generation SATA with a greater amount of storage (say, 0.5TB) might be promising: there's a new 500GB 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda available should you wish to accommodate future storage requirements.
In any case, the Barracuda 7200 series supports NCQ and 3GB/s throughput (about 3X the speed of first generation SATA) and is warranteed for 5 years.
If these specs are overkill for you, the 5400 series drives are good all-around performers, as well.
I've built four servers for family and friends: I'd recommend against using the old IDE interface (in favor of SATA). I'd also suggest that you avoid the cheaper Maxtor drives (I used 16 200GB in these various machines and 4 have failed). Seagate's reliability has improved since the late 1990s.
The current HD server I'm building uses some capacious drives for storage in a RAID array, on the order of 2.5TB for storage.
For you, a next generation SATA with a greater amount of storage (say, 0.5TB) might be promising: there's a new 500GB 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda available should you wish to accommodate future storage requirements.
In any case, the Barracuda 7200 series supports NCQ and 3GB/s throughput (about 3X the speed of first generation SATA) and is warranteed for 5 years.
If these specs are overkill for you, the 5400 series drives are good all-around performers, as well.