Difference between Deskstar 120GXP .Deskstar 75GXP & Deskstar 60GXP

[Hossam]

Hello,

what r the Difference between "IBM IDE Drive" Deskstar 120GXP .Deskstar 75GXP & Deskstar 60GXP?


who is better ?

 

[JellyBaby]

All reliability issues aside, the 120GXP series is the best performer in that group though it does appear to run warmer than its ancestors. The numbers indicate the maximum size of each product line (eg. 120GXP = 120 GB max). Otherwise they have the same cache size (2 MB) and other features.

 

[Stealth1024]

JellyBaby - what does your sig mean?

 

[JellyBaby]

Stealth1024, I take it you've not seen Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country?

 

[Devistater]

Be warned though! The IBM 120GXP has a monthly power on recommended usage of 333 hours, that means only 11 hours a day. I've never seen this before, but it was brought to my attention by the storagereview.com site. Check out IBM's official specs on the drive:
http://www-3.ibm.com/storage/hdd/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/E0B26749E1A7728C87256B290055ECA5/$file/D120GXP_ds.pdf

 

[billabong]

Also the new drives have a high platter density, hence the faster performance

 

[Mday]

these are different generations. 75GXP then 60GXP then 120GXP

the newer drives are more dense, that is, have more gigs per platter which increases speeds some. The 75GXP were all the rage when they were out. But ppl had problems with them. Then the 60GXPs supposedly fixed problems, but some drives (much fewer than the 75s) also crapped out. the 120GXP is still fairly new. PPL dont go out and buy drives all the time so i have not heard much of the 120GXP save the reviews stating they are the best of the best. Of course we could always get into the WD 120GB drive that has 8 MB of cache.

Frankly I like IBM drives, so get the 60GXP series or the 120GXP series.

And yes, the numbers of the generation do refer to the highest capacity drive offered (in gigabytes).

 

[sean2002]

Stay far away from IBM drives. I had a 75GXP fail so they sent me a 60 GXP which also failed, and the one they sent to replace the replacement now has unrepairable bad sectors

 

[oldfart]

Oldest to newest:

75GXP: 15 Gig/platter
60GXP: 20Gig/platter
120GXP: 40 Gig/platter

 

[Sunner]

With their "power on hour per day" recomendation, I just can't see myself recomending the 120GXP to anyone.