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| Thread ID: 46047 | 2004-06-11 22:28:00 | What HDD to buy? | fus1_n (3818) | Press F1 |
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| 243536 | 2004-06-11 22:28:00 | I am planning on buying a new 80 or 120 GB HDD. What brands do you pF1ers recommend? who has had good experiences with certain brands. who has had bad? Is it worth the extra money for an 8MB cache? help much appreciated :) |
fus1_n (3818) | ||
| 243537 | 2004-06-11 22:32:00 | IMO the 8m cache is nothing,but if the price is in your budget then why not? Everybody has different views on certain drives based on their own experiences so you may get some conflicting advice,i've seen em die horribly many many times no matter what the brand is, Using Seagate in systems myself,reliability seems good and the price is right. |
metla (154) | ||
| 243538 | 2004-06-11 22:34:00 | how about western digital? | fus1_n (3818) | ||
| 243539 | 2004-06-11 22:54:00 | i'm a western digital fan myself :) just fond what brands/models you can afford then check out reveiws on what the fastest one is. storagereveiw.com is quite a good site. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 243540 | 2004-06-11 22:57:00 | I have 3 WD drives. 2 80's and a 40. They seem ok. To be honest I think you would be lucky to notice the difference between most brands if your an average user. WD's do seem to be a bit noisier than some of the others tho. Shaun |
Shaun Minfie (2961) | ||
| 243541 | 2004-06-11 23:06:00 | Have been using Seagate for years and they are so far good - quiet, and reliable. Highly recommended Again, it's a matter of personal preference. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 243542 | 2004-06-12 00:11:00 | the new Seagate 7200.7 are far from quiet, they can actually be quite annoying at times. Western Digital drives are slightly quieter and offer better preformance. The western Digital PATA drives with 8mb of cache are awsome preformers and have been shown to outpreform Seagate SATA drives. Maxtor seem to be expensive and dont offer the best preformance so i cant personally reckonmend them. If you want the best value for money grab a Seagate, if you want the best preformance grab a Western Digital. | Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 243543 | 2004-06-12 00:51:00 | I'm running 3 Seagate 'Cuda's in my system and an older IBM Deskstar. No way can I hear the Seagate drives, but the IBM (Hitachi now) is "slightly" audible above the system fans. If you get new drives with fluid bearings you'd have to have your ear right next to them to hear anything, and that makes using the keyboard quite difficult.... | Sb0h (3744) | ||
| 243544 | 2004-06-12 02:52:00 | > Have been using Seagate for years and they are so far > good - quiet, and reliable. Highly recommended > > Again, it's a matter of personal preference. Same here |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 243545 | 2004-06-12 02:54:00 | Also, depending on price, it's not a silly idea to consider getting two smaller drives rather than one larger. This way the second drive can have a backup partition which is isolated from the main drive - and it'll have less usage so will be more reliable as a backup | Greg S (201) | ||
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