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Maxtor or Western Digital
Name: Dr. Nick Date: December 20, 2002 at 21:45:09 Pacific OS: WinXP Pro CPU/Ram: P4 2.0ghz & 1024mb pc133
Comment:
Does anyone have any experience with the 120GB versions of these two manufacturer's drives? I wonder about speed, durability, and noise.
I have an 80GB Maxtor now, which is actually a replacement for an identical drive that crashed on me about 3 months ago. Although the replacement was painless, losing everything isn't anybody's idea of a good time :(
Name: Beerboy Date: December 20, 2002 at 22:16:42 Pacific
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I'm running 2 of the Maxtor 80 gig 133-RAID drives in a new system and so far so good. I have heard alot of good reviews on the WD with the 8mb cache running 10-15% faster. Might be worth giving it a try.
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Response Number 2
Name: ryan Date: December 20, 2002 at 22:20:33 Pacific
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yeah western digital is a good brand..beat the crap out of the other brand..maxtor and ibm. only go for it if you have the money lol.
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Response Number 3
Name: w Date: December 20, 2002 at 23:18:34 Pacific
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Wd..............
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Response Number 4
Name: Amourek Date: December 20, 2002 at 23:44:03 Pacific
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WB JB series if you want great performance for a few extra bucks. If not, there's not much a difference between the brands, but I'd go with a seagate personally.
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Response Number 5
Name: Amourek Date: December 20, 2002 at 23:44:50 Pacific
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Sorry, that's WD JB series.
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Response Number 6
Name: DMA Date: December 21, 2002 at 09:07:52 Pacific
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WD by far i have NEVER had a WD go bad on me. I have had a maxtor go bad once. Seagates sre the worst half of my Seagate hard drives have bad clusters
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Response Number 7
Name: Dr. Nick Date: December 26, 2002 at 20:59:27 Pacific
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From what I've read, most of the posting world agrees with you fine chaps (except for Amourek (what's with that?)).
I have stood by Maxtor for quite a few years, and they always seem to do pretty good in the benchmarks as well as in practical use, but since my 80GB DiamondMax failed on me, I am starting to look around. While all drive brands have had their share of returns, I figure that considering Dell, Gateway, and Compaq (HP) all use WD, maybe they know what they are doing.
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