Anyone got opinions on a 40gig IBM 60GXP???

[kehi]

Title pretty much says it. I am in the market for a new drive and I need to know if anyone has experienced the problems with these like the 75gxp models.Thanks and take care

 

[rommel]

i have used both the 75 and the 60gxp's and i have never had trouble with any of them...go for it...infact i like ibm better then seagate now...i think they run cooler

 

[TunaBoo]

Haw? I think my 7.2k 60GXP runs hotter than any of my 7.2K segates.

Anways, 60GXP's are nice, go for them.

 

[rommel]

i dunno tuna boo....i had two seagate 7200 20gigs set to raid 0 in a system i built for a friend and they were hot as crap...ran fast and all but they were hot....i was thinking it may have be attributed to that metal plate and foam on that covers the circuitry on the bottom of the seagates...nice feature though...but they sure were warm

 

[TunaBoo]

<< i dunno tuna boo....i had two seagate 7200 20gigs set to raid 0 in a system i built for a friend and they were hot as crap...ran fast and all but they were hot....i was thinking it may have be attributed to that metal plate and foam on that covers the circuitry on the bottom of the seagates...nice feature though...but they sure were warm >>



Before I had a fan cooling my 60gxp, I could toast bread on it (don't ask)

 

[zippy]

<< Before I had a fan cooling my 60gxp, I could toast bread on it (don't ask) >>

You're sick.


















Heh, I'll have an opinion for you later tonight, mine just came today.

 

[thraxes]

IBM drives rool
but Maxtor is also quite good

 

[spazntwich1]

Heh. I'd give an opinion of the 40GB 60GXP that came tonight, except my damn fan on my heatsink doesn't work!

I can't run my computer without risking meltdown!

 

[heffe734]

so i suppose that these HD's run hot?

 

[neuralfx]

ive had the 60gxp for a few months now, it doesnt run hot to me, performance has been great, no problems with it, and i havent read any real amount of problems with it on any msg board, not like the 75gxp.. check storagereview.com if ur not sure..
-neural

 

[Celeryman]

Very nice drive. Got one two weeks ago and have enjoyed its performance and queitness. Go for it man.

 

[NCstateBen]

I ran two of the things in RAID 0. Had many stability problems and several hangups while trying to format them. I believe this was the result of a bad board however b/c when clocked down to 900 from 1200, they ran great. Very quiet, very fast.

 

[eLiu]

IBM 60GXP's and Maxtor's current line of drives are great You cant go wrong with either side.

If you're in the market for some high-end performance...(scsi drives), then Seagate is the way to go...otherwise, their IDE drives are slower than the IBMs/Maxtors.