hdd question

keenstep · #1 11-24-2003, 11:20 AM

i wanna buy a hdd with a 8mb buffer, 7200rpm, 80gb and i don't know what to choose. i'm opend for ideas. will it be western digital or seagate or ibm or maxtor. i want the best one but i don't know how to make my pick. please help

snowmonkey · #2 11-24-2003, 11:46 AM

I would suggest you to go with "Maxtor",, I haven't purchase any Wester Digital since the day that 6.4 gig were biggest drive on the market and I must have lost close to 10 6.4 gig W.D drive,, IBM is just as good as Maxtor but I found Maxtor to generat less noise,, Seagate would be at the bottom of my list,, since their support sucks.

cheers

curtybob · #3 11-28-2003, 10:20 PM

The WD really has gotten better. In fact, I'd say the best of the major brands. At least in the IDE line of drives.

NO^GUN · #4 12-02-2003, 06:21 AM

im a seagate fan so ye

bboysatch1 · #5 12-02-2003, 05:45 PM

go for the cheapest one, i don't care, but i like the name "Western Digital"

cfisher · #6 12-02-2003, 06:06 PM

All 4 have been good to me, but I personally would go with a seagate or maxtor.

curtybob · #7 12-02-2003, 09:45 PM

Yeah, the only thing I forgot to mention is the best one is the one with the longest warranty.

boyNamedFoo · #8 12-05-2003, 02:32 PM

I definitely say the Maxtor. I have exactly that (7,200rpm 8MB cache 80GB) and never had any problems. Its very quick also.