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What do you guys like better? There's some halfway decent deals on them right now, just wondering which you guys would choose. I just ordered a the Maxtor L01P160 (160GB 8MB cache) for 149, with a 50 dollar rebate, but I can always cancel and get a WD. :) What do you guys think?
I've got two, 2 yr old Maxtors that never have given me a hint of a problem. And a 4 yr old Seagate that simply won't die!
I've used a whole bunch of drives from both manufacturers, and would be comfortable recommending either. If you're trying to decide between two particular models, try looking them up on storagereview.com to see if one performs significantly better than the other. If there's not much of a performance difference, just go for the cheaper one.
Yeah, I have 2 maxtors, working great. I've 1 80 giger for over a year, and another for about 6 months.
I've had a few IBM Death stars die, and a few WDs back in the day. I'm just wiggy about the warranties n' stuff. They all seem to die fairly quickly these days. Just tryin to play it safe. What do you think?
I've got a couple 80 & 120 MB Maxtors laying around from around 1991 or 1992 that probably still work fine. Some of 'em were in continuous operation for about 6-7 years. I've also got some pretty old Western Digital and Conner drives that are still humming along.Quote:
Originally posted by OS-Wiz
I've got two, 2 yr old Maxtors that never have given me a hint of a problem. And a 4 yr old Seagate that simply won't die!
I've also got an assortment of pretty ancient SCSI drives that still work, but that's to be expected for SCSI drives.
That's one of the major reasons I bought a Western Digital "Special Edition" drive for my home system -- that's one of the few models that still carries a three year warranty.Quote:
Originally posted by PinchyCM
I've had a few IBM Death stars die, and a few WDs back in the day. I'm just wiggy about the warranties n' stuff. They all seem to die fairly quickly these days. Just tryin to play it safe. What do you think?
(Good point -- I should've mentioned warranties in my first reply, but forgot!) :)
yea, that's why i was considering canceling my order and getting the WD. i might just stick with the 160gb i just picked up from office depot. 149 - 50MIR = 99 + tax = 108. .675 cents a gig. not a bad deal. i'm gonna call OD tomorrow and see if they'll honor the thing they put up in the ad which was wrong, which i found out was wrong AFTER i ordered, and their craptastic inventory. (not a single drive within 75 miles of my 2 residences)
You mean .675 dollars a gig?! .675 cents a gig would be insanely cheap! :eek: I bought a WD 160GB SE hard drive about a month ago and haven't had any troubles with it. I love it to death. :)
Don't mess with either of them.lol Get a seagate. They are silent and reliable.:)
haha, yea. my bad. 68 cents a gig. yea. dopey me.
Hard to ignore WD's 3 year warranty...:D
hence the reason for this post. :)Quote:
Originally posted by gurutoo
Hard to ignore WD's 3 year warranty...:D
My WD is one of the quietest hdds I've owned. They have really turned it around from about 10 or so years ago.
lol, get a Seagate 7200.7 plus (8mb cache). about the same performance of a wd or maxtor, but the silence and reliability of a seagate drive. Oh yeah, the 8mb cache pata versions have a 3year waranty btw. Just bought a 120GB of these @ newegg for 103 or so.
Hard to ignore Seagate's also. btw, newegg is wrong, the plus versions have a 3 year waranty, go read on storagereview.Quote:
Originally posted by gurutoo
Hard to ignore WD's 3 year warranty...:D
True but, Seagate wasn't listed as an option. Only Maxtor andQuote:
Originally posted by pudad
Hard to ignore Seagate's also. btw, newegg is wrong, the plus versions have a 3 year waranty, go read on storagereview.
Western Digital. Of those two, I say Western Digital any day. ;)
there's no doubt that maxtor is quieter than WD. the 3-year warranty is nice, though. overall i prefer maxtor, i think the quality is slightly higher.
I have one of each... never had any problems with either..... Maxtor seems a little more noisy though....
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Originally posted by Luke01
I have one of each... never had any problems with either..... Maxtor seems a little more noisy though....
really?? do you have a drive with the fluid ball bearings?
me too :DQuote:
Originally posted by gurutoo
True but, Seagate wasn't listed as an option. Only Maxtor and
Western Digital. Of those two, I say Western Digital any day. ;)
WD and Seagate are good in my book so far.
I have three WD and one maxtor - two WD are several years old and the maxtor is 3 or 4 years old - cant even remember buying it :) IMO both are good drives and if they survive the first 6 mths or so they should be good for several years.
i have an ancient 3 gig and 7 gig western dightal harddrive that are close to 8 years old and they have yet to fail, and i also have two 20 gig western digtal harddrive that has yet to fail to.
I too, have found that the liquid bearing Maxtors are almost dead silent. I can't hear them over my case fans, and those are just a gentle hum. Is it weird that I am comforted by the sound of my case fans? :)