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What's up everyone, i just had a general question for y'all. I'm planning on building a new computer (the one i have in my profile) and i'm still not sure what kinda hard drive i wanna get, anyone have any suggestions on who the best maker of hd's are. I'm only looking to purchase one drive, no raid setup here, and i'm not looking for anything more than 80GB. Thanks for the input.
IMHO You should choose either Maxtor or Western Digital... They make the best hard drives out there.....
Cgate or western digital, Ibm is good too.
I've had two fujitsu's, and haven't had a problem.
I have one IBM 40 gig Deskstar; but haven't had a problem like most other people are reporting.
Seagate is one of the very best, but they are expensive, and i'm not sure if they do IDE.
I have; and is still working, a Western Digital Caviar 31200, 1281.9 mb. - Sure don't make 'em like they used too :) This drive was built 1995.
I'm currently running 4 40GB IBM Deskstars on one machine, and 4 30GB Quantum AS30's on another. I've had no troubles with any of these devices. The only downside I've had with the quantums was that I originally had some difficulties getting them to read on the Raid controller, but that was more than likely user error.
Thanks all :) i'm sure i'll have more questions later about my next computer, i'm still relatively poor at the terminology for everything, but i'm sure i'll get the hang of it sooner or later. More than likely i will be getting a western digital, that's what i got for my old computer when we upgraded it and i still haven't heard anything bad about them.
yeah western digital is the overall fastest for the same RPM of a drive at reading and writing
a hard drive is a hard drive, once it's in your machine you'll never be able to tell one from the other. i've always been able to get western digitals and maxtors at the best prices and have yet to have any problems.
word of warning: if you're buying your parts online, stay away from oem....especially for something mechanical like a drive.
I got a 40GB Seagate and it's all working fine, I have no problems with it. Mind you, I've only had it for about 2-3 months or so, so it hasn't had a long life yet, but hopefully it'll last a few more decades...centuries... :)
Anyways, check this link out, it's got some good reviews and could help you pick out which you end up getting:
http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/index.html
Greg
yeah my wd, is pretty much below 65° (degrees) F all day. =) this is how ya doo it.
take some legos, get a fan, a nice big powerful fan from an old computer..
and put the fan ontop of legos that are on top of your hd.
my hd> click this picture =)
..enjoy
http://www.geeksarecool.com/legos.php
I say Western Digital for speed, but I have found Maxtor drives are much easier to install in my experience. (could just be my situations but I've done this a lot, building comps is my job)
Also, Maxtor's website offers plenty of info to get you started.
Enjoy!
depends on what you are using the system for. i have a maxtor and a western digital and they both work well, but after 2 years (computer on most of the time, sleep mode enabled) the maxtor broke and i had to send it in for a new one, which i recieved within two business days of its arrival to their location...
Perfection in equipment is an elusive goal but I've had the best luck with Maxtor. I build custom systems and the only drive I put in is Maxtor for two reasons. Extremely low RMA's and when it does occur they replace them within 2 days. Can't argue with that. I grabbed a Maxtor off the shelve at Staples just after they bought out Quantum and when I got back to the shop and opened up the box I had a quantum fireball staring back at me. :eek: I mentioned it to Maxtor at one point and was told if i had any issues, even just being nervous about the quantum I was to RMA it. Few months later, it started making this god awful clicking noise and I called Maxtor CS, no argument and in 2 days I had a Maxtor Diamond in replacement. I just can't find fault with Customer Service like that.
TC
Just wondering, are there any issues (negative) to take into account when considering using a larger (80 gig and up) hard drive?
Well that settles it, i'll most likely be goin for either a Maxtor or WD, has anyone had any problem with Western Digital support? b/c most likely i will go for WD b/c i've already had a WD install. Thanks again for all your guys help, really made me, a lowly newbie, feel welcome here.
I've had a ton of problems with WD, they have a three year warranty on the drives but my theory is why replace garbage with garbage?
That's just my thought and my experience. I've had terrible luck with Western Digital no offense to all the people that haven't.
TC
The new one: IBM Desktar 75GXP,
75GBytes, 7200RPM,UltraATA/100
Sustained data transfer rates @ 37 MB/sec
Average seek time 8.5 ms
i have A seagate 7200rpm 80GB HD and no problems with it it's quite fast just search for a cheap one and then look on hardware site's how that HD behaves