I am thinking of buying Western Digital 160 GB for $156 CAD because it is cheaper than Maxtor which is $168. Is there any difference between them? which one would you recommend? How about Seagate? is it a good brand?
In general, I'd feel comfortable recommending a drive by any of those three companies. Western Digital, Seagate, and Maxtor all generally make good products.
When selecting a drive, you should look at the differences between particular models, like drive speed, access time, and whatnot.
Originally posted by SmoothCorn I am thinking of buying Western Digital 160 GB for $156 CAD because it is cheaper than Maxtor which is $168. Is there any difference between them? which one would you recommend? How about Seagate? is it a good brand?
thx in advance
Seagate is, IMO, the best brand for reliability. WD is the best for speed and Maxtor is the best if you like RMA drives.
That said I don't buy Seagate IDE drives because they tend to have poor performance (but are very quiet).
Originally posted by MrDigital Seagate is, IMO, the best brand for reliability. WD is the best for speed and Maxtor is the best if you like RMA drives.
That said I don't buy Seagate IDE drives because they tend to have poor performance (but are very quiet).
So chalk up my vote for the WD.
-MrD
Basically what he said. Seagates are the quietest but not the fastest. But if you get a SATA, it can make a difference. I was surprised that my 160 sata seagate defrags, chkdsk's, and burns faster from than my 120 WD JB ide. But then again, WD sata's are probably a little faster than seagates satas.
Maxtor is a good company that I had a few drives crash on and some problems getting an RMA, so I don't buy from then anymore. Generally though their drives run well, so I hear. WD is REALLY GOOD about RMAing drives, and I've never had a Seagate crash on me (I've got a working 1gig seagate drive with no bad sectors ), so I don't know how thier RMA is.
Originally posted by SmoothCorn guys, sorry for my ignorance, but what is RMA?
Return Merchandise Authorization.
In order to return something you usually need an RMA number, which allows the company to track the product. You need to get one instead of just blindly sending the drive back and hoping you ever see it again.
Im in the market for an EIDE ATA/100 HD...i found a Western Digital 120 Gig HD for a really good price on ebay...its the 7200 8mb variety...
with that said...my good friend keeps telling me to buy Seagate..he perfers them...know i have a segate that came with my oooold Compaq(shudders) that i kept because i was too poor to buy me a new hd...and is in my rig atm...its a miseally 20 gig hd...
so my question is...how much louder are WD compared to Maxtor or Seagate...i mean i dont mindi too loud...but if its very noticeble then i might not really wanna buy one...
Originally posted by E5150 Im in the market for an EIDE ATA/100 HD...i found a Western Digital 120 Gig HD for a really good price on ebay...its the 7200 8mb variety...
with that said...my good friend keeps telling me to buy Seagate..he perfers them...know i have a segate that came with my oooold Compaq(shudders) that i kept because i was too poor to buy me a new hd...and is in my rig atm...its a miseally 20 gig hd...
so my question is...how much louder are WD compared to Maxtor or Seagate...i mean i dont mindi too loud...but if its very noticeble then i might not really wanna buy one...
thanks in advance
I have Maxtor 160GB 8mb sata and the thing is not quiet .Under load you can clearly hear the HDD , but is a fast drive and cooled with a fan never pass 21/celsius .
But if they have problems with RMA service you better get a WD ,..i always liked WD , they make great drives .
Ya i've seen some awesome prices on Ebay from 120 gig WD Hard Drives but im not sure if i shoudld get one...i get really mixed reviews on them... some people say there loud...some people say they aren't...my friend tells me to get a seagate...but there a little bit more expensive...but damn quite i hear...
so im just tryin to find out if paying for a cheapt WD is worth it...it seems more and more that it is...
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), so I don't know how thier RMA is.
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