Recent content by guac

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    Maxtor or Seagate

    My first post to this forum was in the rant against a maxtor drive I purchased, so I'll continue it here in an addition to this thread. I ordered a maxtor Diamondmax 10 from zipzoomfly (who made the hit list for their sorry excuse for customer service). The drive arrived DOA. The replacement...
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    What's the verdict for ASUS A8N-SLI and Maxtor Maxline III HD's?

    If Murphy's Law prevails as usual, then WD will in fact release a kickin' drive, as I waited for months to put together this system, after prices stabilized. hehe mike
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    What's the verdict for ASUS A8N-SLI and Maxtor Maxline III HD's?

    My friend told me that Western Digital is supposed to be releasing a new drive in about a month, similar to the maxtors. I believe this to be: large capacity, NCQ, and the 16 mb buffer, if I'm not mistaken. I haven't done any 'leg' work on the subject. I definately would have bought a WD over...
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    a8n-sli chipset heatsink fan

    Hello all... This is only my second post, and my first one was just to whine about my Asus/maxtor combo in the motherboard section. I too am plagued with the rattly fan that fades in and out of imminent failure...whether due to its own course, or from me smashing it due to the constant...
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    What's the verdict for ASUS A8N-SLI and Maxtor Maxline III HD's?

    Well, I have been reading these informative posts for well over 2months, and some of the kudos and complaints given to components were a help when I built my first PC. I just HAD to join, so I could comment on this thread. I ordered a Diamondmax 10 300 Gb from zipzoomfly (boo on their...