HD Brands

DaKon · Ville Supporter Joined: 19 Feb 2002 Posts: 2342

I would like to see some recomandations for a good HD brand.

Features I am looking for are 8mb cache and altleast 100 - 200 gb.

I wont get a IBM or aka a Hitachi drive.

But I look forwards to your opinions.

DK
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<TVB>IdiotSavant · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 11:30 am Post subject:

I purchased 2 new Western Digital 120GB Hard Drives with 8MB Cache.
I am not disappointed with them. They perform as expected and after 24/7 usage over the last 6 months, I don't think I would recommend any other brand. Of course I went with the drive size where the price break was best for me. By now you should be able to buy a larger drive at a decent price.

http://westerndigital.com/en/products/current/retailkits/wd1200jbrtl.asp

Check that link. It gives all the lowdown.
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Warhammer · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 1:47 pm Post subject:

I got a Western Digital 200GB disk with 8MB cache in January, after rebate and discounts for $200 at Microcenter. Haven't seen any other deals that good so I jumped at it. Though I don't really beat it up (its just for holding all my warez) it's been pretty good so far.
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Clay Pigeon · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 4:39 pm Post subject:

My main drive is the same as savants. It has excellent performance. Im not buying any more HD's until WD comes out with some high capacity 10k rpm SATA drives

DaKon · Ville Supporter Joined: 19 Feb 2002 Posts: 2342

Well I was looking at a Segate Barracuta drive 140gb.

But I will get the WD drive now.

DK
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Chan · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2003 10:13 pm Post subject:

I got a Maxtor drive... 120 gigs 72k speed, can't go wrong with it, and it only cost about 160. Lots of stuff can fit on it. and if you enable the quite feature, you can't even hear it.
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Verman · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 8:52 am Post subject:

I've been running mostly WD in all my systems. Solid, reliable performance. Nuff said for me.
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Dahak · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 10:35 am Post subject:

WD works best for me.

PondScm007 · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 5:55 pm Post subject:

no problems with wd here either, i have an 80gb maxtor on this comp for non-program file sotrage and its pretty decent... seagate has good quiet drives
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