[POLL] Best HD Brand

[elliot]

raptors, then maxtor, then normal western digitals

i voted maxtor because raptors are too expensive :cry:

[DigitalN.]

Western Digital

edit: i know, because when you have 4 36 Gig raptors in Raid 0.... :whistle:

Edited February 16, 2004 by dacoolness15566

[LordHatrus]

I'm with elliot, raptors are waay to expensive to be good in a price/performance comparison...

However, I like seagate, WD, and maxtor, probably in that order.

[xplatinum]

mmmmm probably a noob question but is the 8mb cache really worth it and how does it affect performance ?

[sjiggag23]

i cant decide between wd and seagate. but seeing as that i've never used a seagate....

[RufioPan]

I have to vote Seagate because they've never given me any problems, and for all the other brands I have heard one horror story or another. I admire them because they've never gone after the title of "largest drive capacity", but instead they've aimed to provide a fast and stable product. You have to respect that when it comes to data storage..

[dreamthief]

mmmmm probably a noob question but is the 8mb cache really worth it and how does it affect performance ?

8mb cache is definitely worth it. Besides it just a couple of bucks difference from 2mb versions.

Notable performance tranferring large files, working with fairly large files. In plain english, lots of data movement harddisk activity

[isus]

seagate. the others are just too loud.

[RufioPan]

seagate. the others are just too loud.

:yes:

[CubanPete]

Would have been seagate except the last seagate i bought lasted about a year, then died!!! Never again

Now all my hdd's are IBM (x2) hitachi (x1) cant fault em. speed, quite and reliable!!!

[Rage]

I have to agree, I have a 120GB Seagate and a 120GB Maxtor. You can't even hear the Seagate, but the Maxtor makes tons of noise.

[uniacid]

WD and Maxtor have been great for me (Y)

[jack_canada]

wd

[isus]

I have to agree, I have a 120GB Seagate and a 120GB Maxtor. You can't even hear the Seagate, but the Maxtor makes tons of noise.

you should have heard my old wd... that thing made more noise than my fans.

now it's my cpu fan that is loud :D

[jwkuipers]

I must vote WD. They rock, awsome prices, awsome warrantys, awsome preformance. I have owned about 20-30, never had a dead one. See my sig for more info :-).

[RufioPan]

I must vote WD. They rock, awsome prices, awsome warrantys, awsome preformance. I have owned about 20-30, never had a dead one. See my sig for more info :-).

Wow, that's some serious hardware :) What's a RAID 5 setup, again?

[Blaine]

Western Digital here

[kennyout]

WD has been my drive of choice due to value...

I have had Segate before...and honestlly i could not tell the difference...

none have failed me...