elliot Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 raptors, then maxtor, then normal western digitals i voted maxtor because raptors are too expensive :cry: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/133538-poll-best-hd-brand/page/4/#findComment-1741170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalN. Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 (edited) Western Digital edit: i know, because when you have 4 36 Gig raptors in Raid 0.... :whistle: Edited February 16, 2004 by dacoolness15566 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/133538-poll-best-hd-brand/page/4/#findComment-1741184 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordHatrus Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 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. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/133538-poll-best-hd-brand/page/4/#findComment-1741188 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xplatinum Posted February 16, 2004 Author Share Posted February 16, 2004 mmmmm probably a noob question but is the 8mb cache really worth it and how does it affect performance ? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/133538-poll-best-hd-brand/page/4/#findComment-1741189 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjiggag23 Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 i cant decide between wd and seagate. but seeing as that i've never used a seagate.... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/133538-poll-best-hd-brand/page/4/#findComment-1741204 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RufioPan Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 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.. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/133538-poll-best-hd-brand/page/4/#findComment-1741416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamthief Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 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 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/133538-poll-best-hd-brand/page/4/#findComment-1741428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
isus Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 seagate. the others are just too loud. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/133538-poll-best-hd-brand/page/4/#findComment-1741442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RufioPan Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 seagate. the others are just too loud. :yes: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/133538-poll-best-hd-brand/page/4/#findComment-1741454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubanPete Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 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!!! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/133538-poll-best-hd-brand/page/4/#findComment-1741465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rage Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 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. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/133538-poll-best-hd-brand/page/4/#findComment-1741467 Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacid Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 WD and Maxtor have been great for me (Y) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/133538-poll-best-hd-brand/page/4/#findComment-1741470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack_canada Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 wd Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/133538-poll-best-hd-brand/page/4/#findComment-1741481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
isus Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 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 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/133538-poll-best-hd-brand/page/4/#findComment-1741501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwkuipers Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 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 :-). Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/133538-poll-best-hd-brand/page/4/#findComment-1741608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RufioPan Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 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? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/133538-poll-best-hd-brand/page/4/#findComment-1741965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaine Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Western Digital here Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/133538-poll-best-hd-brand/page/4/#findComment-1742669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyout Posted February 17, 2004 Share Posted February 17, 2004 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... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/133538-poll-best-hd-brand/page/4/#findComment-1743095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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