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| Thread ID: 52090 | 2004-12-09 06:38:00 | Which is the better hard drive? | Terry Porritt (14) | Press F1 |
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| 301257 | 2004-12-09 06:38:00 | Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80GB, 7200rpm, IDE ATA 133, 8MB cache, 9ms seek time, fluid dynamic bearings, 3 year warranty, $135. Or: Western Digital WD800JB, 80GB, 7200 rpm, ATA 100, 8MB cache, 8.9ms seek time, fluid dynamic bearings, 3 year warranty, $153. Both have much the same specification, I currently have both Maxtor and Western Digital ball bearing hard drives in various sizes and types (but not the above) and cannot really tell much difference. I think Maxtors are slightly noisier, but I havent any experience of the fluid bearing types. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 301258 | 2004-12-09 06:49:00 | Of those two I'd say the Maxtor is better. Why? Because it's $18 cheaper. If they were the same price I'd say go with whatever one you pick up first :) Most new drives these days are very quiet - chances are you wouldn't hear them over the sound of your PSU/CPU fans (ignoring the possibility that there might be other fans in the system). Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 301259 | 2004-12-09 06:51:00 | > Of those two I'd say the Maxtor is better. Why? > Because it's $18 cheaper. If they were the same > price I'd say go with whatever one you pick up first > :) That said though, Dick Smith have a Western Digital 160gb drive for $147 (2mb cache though, but is it that necessary?) Link. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 301260 | 2004-12-09 06:56:00 | Buy a Seagate or Samsung 80GB,FDB, 2MB cache,5yr warranty, $115. Both probably quieter and I doubt the cache makes much difference in most situations. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 301261 | 2004-12-09 07:13:00 | > Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80GB, 7200rpm, IDE ATA 133, 8MB cache, 9ms seek time, fluid dynamic bearings, 3 year warranty, $135. Or: > Western Digital WD800JB, 80GB, 7200 rpm, ATA 100, 8MB cache, 8.9ms seek time, fluid dynamic bearings, 3 year warranty, $153. Why haven't you compared a Seagate as well? You could get a Seagate 7200rpm 80GB 8MB cache, Serial ATA for $108~. Don't know if your board supports SATA though, but better options are around. |
E|im (87) | ||
| 301262 | 2004-12-09 08:38:00 | I would recommend a Seagate with 5 years warranty | bk T (215) | ||
| 301263 | 2004-12-09 08:54:00 | >>Why haven't you compared a Seagate as well? You could get a Seagate 7200rpm 80GB 8MB cache, Serial ATA for $108~. At Paradigm, the $108 drive is 2MB cache, I didnt see a direct comparison with the Maxtor or Western Digital. I think PaulID or bk T suggestions may be the way to go. I dont really need 8MB cache. Over the years each of the manufacturers have gone through bad patches, and each in turn have gone through periods of not being recommended by local vendors. Maxtor I think, was the last one to produce some dodgy batches, though I bought one at that time and it is still going strong, and in everyday use. Before that Seagate produced some very noisy ones that clacked, and I went off them too. Thanks folks, I'll make up my mind tomorrow, but I may go Samsung, the last one of those I had was an enormous 120MB during the 386 days :) |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 301264 | 2004-12-09 20:34:00 | the maxtor is ata133 so it's gotta be potentially faster ?........I have a maxtor 60gb 7200rpm ultra ata/133 and as far as noise is concerned well I'd have to stick my ear on the case to hear it at all...........it's very reliable too........ | drcspy (146) | ||
| 301265 | 2004-12-09 20:53:00 | Typical IDE drive read speed is less than half the potential interface speed. Even WD 10000 rpm Raptors are about 72MB/S. So ATA 66,100 or 133 won't make much diff. | PaulD (232) | ||
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