[POLL] Best HD Brand

[Nimdock]

WD

[nowimnothing]

every maxtor i've had (About 6) has worked perfectly, whereas i've had at least one IBM and one WD drive have major issues. My vote is for Maxtor, but i obviously don't expect everyone to see the same results as i did.

[lsdn]

Seagate :) :) :)

[Luis.A]

Maxtor... Problem free for 3 years

[rstroud]

I wish Quantum still made drives, my 30 gig 7200 rpm drive is awesome. But I would buy either WD or Maxtor now. However, I do have a Seagate 4 gig hd laying around somewhere...it's still kickin!

[darkmark327]

Ugh, I have a POS quantum 6 GB that came in a Compaq in the Pentium 233 days

It's a 5?, it's slow (6 MB/s sustained) and it's noisy as hell. It has a louder whine and louder seeking than any drive I've ever heard, and I know it's sure as hell not even 5400 RPM.

[rstroud]

Ugh, I have a POS quantum 6 GB that came in a Compaq in the Pentium 233 days

It's a 5?, it's slow (6 MB/s sustained) and it's noisy as hell. It has a louder whine and louder seeking than any drive I've ever heard, and I know it's sure as hell not even 5400 RPM.

But my seagate 4 gig is the same way...all hard drives were that way in that day!:rolleyes::

[darkmark327]

My WD 330 MB was quieter. And not all HDs were that big and slow back then. I've never seen a full-fledged 5 1/4 HD before or since.

[MR_Candyman]

geez...still can't believe all these WD followers. Even my roommate who has 5 WD drives is saying "Well another one of my drives is dying, but who care's WD's are cheap pieces of crap and I knew it in the first place."

BTW: 3 of his 5 are dying...his brother has a raid 0 array and replaces the drives every 6 months when one breaks.

[darkmark327]

If they work fine for me why wouldn't I follow them. I have 4 altogether and have had 0 problems. They all still work: a 330 MB, a 20 GB, an 80 GB, and a 120 GB.

[EZRecovery]

I've had Western Digital in the past and I was never pleased with them, so I switched to Maxtor, been using Maxtor for 3 years now, I own 12 of them all different sizes, 8 of them on my main computer that runs 24/7 unless there is a storm and power is down longer than 30 mins (battery backup works for 30 mins :D )

My sig would let you know some of my Maxtor HDs :p

[DigitalFreedom]

to tell you the truth i voted seagate cause its the best hands down, but personaly i always buy WESTERN DIGITAL drives, brand loyality i guess, i donnno why but i always buy WESTERN DIGITAL even thou I would rather have a seagate sometimes :p lol

[darkmark327]

to tell you the truth i voted seagate cause its the best hands down, but personaly i always buy WESTERN DIGITAL drives, brand loyality i guess, i donnno why but i always buy WESTERN DIGITAL even thou I would rather have a seagate sometimes :p lol

Why are seagates better? Their desktop drives are slow.

[AOXOMOXOA]

i build alot of computers on a daily basis. i use all brands of drives and western digitals have the least failure rate.

[mikeh420]

MATXOR,....Then Seagate or WD. Definately not Hitachi (IBM).

Definitely STAY AWAY from IBM drives, because Hitachi makes them. I bought the IBM drive because after working with IBM systems of all sizes for 14 years, I know IBM drives are quality; you don't get 98% system reliability from bad HDDs.

Anyway, the first IBM DeskStar 60GB used to make noise a few times a day like the heads were wiping the disks; three clicks. The replacement drive they sent me was a Hitachi Deskstar. It made the same noise, but only clicked once instead of three times. An improvement?

I now have a Maxtor IDE 60GB for the system drive.

[Stingray]

I?d say Seagate and Western Digital: both.

[Zoiks]

one more for seagate... cool.. quiet and they have yet to fail on me. I think the reason why the WD are winning is because there is more brand awareness for them, like intel. Ask a person on the street if they know who intel and amd are... I would be very surpised fi they didnt go whos amd.

[parhamreza]

I personally prefer seagate

[Samoa]

Definitely STAY AWAY from IBM drives, because Hitachi makes them. I bought the IBM drive because after working with IBM systems of all sizes for 14 years, I know IBM drives are quality; you don't get 98% system reliability from bad HDDs.

Anyway, the first IBM DeskStar 60GB used to make noise a few times a day like the heads were wiping the disks; three clicks. The replacement drive they sent me was a Hitachi Deskstar. It made the same noise, but only clicked once instead of three times. An improvement?

I now have a Maxtor IDE 60GB for the system drive.

yeah? 60GXP drives have quite a history of FAILURE.

[EZRecovery]

to tell you the truth i voted seagate cause its the best hands down, but personaly i always buy WESTERN DIGITAL drives, brand loyality i guess, i donnno why but i always buy WESTERN DIGITAL even thou I would rather have a seagate sometimes :p lol

The only Seagates that I know are good besides Maxtor are Seagates Barracuda, those drives last a long time. :yes:

I worked for a telemarketing company as the system administrator for 5yrs (they had dumb terminals still :whistle: ). Before I left the company cause I got a better job, the drives started making the "click of death". I called the company in charge of the dialer, they sent 4. Replaced them and "walla", back to work.

:D

[EZRecovery]

go whos amd.

haha, I get that a lot, I build computers and when I tell customers the difference between Intel and AMD, they go, What is AMD? :lol:

[Iain]

My western digital is quiet as hell. Can never hear it, and I've had it going on two years I think.

[MR_Candyman]

The only Seagates that I know are good besides Maxtor are Seagates Barracuda, those drives last a long time. :yes:

I worked for a telemarketing company as the system administrator for 5yrs (they had dumb terminals still :whistle: ). Before I left the company cause I got a better job, the drives started making the "click of death". I called the company in charge of the dialer, they sent 4. Replaced them and "walla", back to work.

:D

it's VOILA, not WALLA!!!!!!

I should make it my mission in life to assassinate who ever came up with that dumb walla crap.

[EZRecovery]

it's VOILA, not WALLA!!!!!!

I should make it my mission in life to assassinate who ever came up with that dumb walla crap.

I will remember next time I have to type "WALLA" excuse me "VOILA" :rofl:

/edit (It is great to type a weird or a wrong word because it catches people attention)

Edited January 23, 2004 by EZRecovery

[xplatinum]

Today I might go buy a WD drive. is the WD 120GB 7200RPM 8MB CACHE a good buy ?