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| Thread ID: 35678 | 2003-07-19 01:40:00 | Seagate vs Maxtor HDD | bk T (215) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 160993 | 2003-07-19 10:09:00 | Maxtor HDDs are crap tedheath |
tedheath (537) | ||
| 160994 | 2003-07-19 10:16:00 | http://www.pp.co.nz/ Blimin great and friendly service, and free delivery anywhere in NZ! Highly reccommended. I think they've got the cheapest deal still. You can't imagine how many hours I spent on pricespy looking for the thing :D I can't link directly to the page, they use php or something. Anyway youre looking for Hard disk drives -> IDE 7200rpm page and then find Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus 120GB 7200RPM IDE ATA100 Hard Disk Drive 8MB cache 9.4ms seek time (actually 8.5ms manufacturers specs) = $233 and 3 year warranty. Note most hard drives only have 1yr warranty these days, except the premium models. And I can't hear the thing at all. ;) |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 160995 | 2003-07-19 10:45:00 | My preference is Seagate but I have to say that I have had two Maxtor drives and have had no problems with them either. Just a few days ago I was supplied a western digital ( I asked for a Seagate) which I wanted to put into a computer as the main drive and have the current Seagate in a removable bay for backup. I wanted to have the new drive as Master primary, the old drive Slave primary. I also wanted to have the CDWriter as Master secondary and the DVD player Slave secondary. The western digital went in and was fine as Master primary but when I attached the 20 Gig Seagate as slave neither drive was recognized by the BIOS. I have since put the Western Digital in a different computer where it was quite happy. They sent me a Seagate as well and that went in quite happily in the original computer I'm talking about. There can be compatibility issues. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 160996 | 2006-07-22 23:47:00 | :rolleyes: ive got 1 maxtor at 300GB on ATA 133, and 1 seagate barracuda 160GB on SATA, and i have had no issues what so ever, apart from the SATA drivers lol | AUTOgod (4264) | ||
| 160997 | 2006-07-22 23:53:00 | pressf1.pcworld.co.nz ive got 1 maxtor at 300GB on ATA 133, and 1 seagate barracuda 160GB on SATA, and i have had no issues what so ever, apart from the SATA drivers lol Welcome to PressF1. I note that you are replying to a thread that is just over three years old. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 160998 | 2006-08-18 22:14:00 | Welcome to PressF1. I note that you are replying to a thread that is just over three years old. oops lol :blush: |
AUTOgod (4264) | ||
| 160999 | 2006-08-21 22:54:00 | I got a 260GB Hard Drive made by Maxtor for a total amount of $87.00. In California. | JMobile (4265) | ||
| 161000 | 2006-08-22 07:08:00 | I have only had one Maxtor in my time, and it broke down on me corrupting data, basically I lost everything. Like most things first impressions last and I have never bought another one. Seagate and Western Digital are the only HDD manufacturers I buy from now and have never had a problem from either... Hope that helps. By the way, I reply to these threads that are re-opened for the benefit of people that and currently seeking advice... So if its of use to anyone..... |
joeflies256 (387) | ||
| 161001 | 2006-08-22 08:13:00 | Seagate is the best choice at the moment - performance is just as good as the other brands, they are a similar price to the other manufacturers with a good reputation, and they give you a 5 year warranty on all their drives. Essentially you are getting an extra 2 years warranty for free when you buy seagate. |
Greven (91) | ||
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