I need to buy a new HD: WD or Seagate?

[AnitaPeterson]

I need to but a new hard drive for storage, and I'm trying to decide between Western Digital and seagate. This is a regular IDE interface, not SATA. The drive I'm replacing is a Maxtor (which has died and been replaced by the company three times) so I don't want to but this brand anymore...

So:

Western Digital or Seagate?

 

[Rip the Jacker]

Seagate.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: ItmPls
Seagate.

 

[DaveSimmons]

exact same question and poll from last night:
WD or Seagate? I say Spinpoint

 

[airfoil]

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001

Originally posted by: ItmPls
Seagate.

Going by your experiences, there's really nothing to it. Get a Seagate.

 

[Ilmater]

Eh, both are fine. I've had zero problems with either, but have had problems with every Maxtor I've ever bought.

 

[Stoneburner]

what's the difference between a WD2000JB and a WD2000BB ??? besides 6 dollars at new egg?

 

[Cheesetogo]

seagate. make a poll.

 

[Kilgore65]

Seagate http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=27&threadid=1563159

 

[MobiusPizza]

Originally posted by: Stoneburner
what's the difference between a WD2000JB and a WD2000BB ??? besides 6 dollars at new egg?

JB has 8MB Cache memory, while BB has 2MB only

I wouldn't mind both, both brand I heard are good drives. I've only used Maxtor and Western Digital so I can't really comment.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: Stoneburner
what's the difference between a WD2000JB and a WD2000BB ??? besides 6 dollars at new egg?

JB means 8mb cache, BB means 2mb cache (or at least, that's what they used to mean).

 

[Stoneburner]

i had just ordered a maxtor 200gb diamondmax 10 then i saw this thread and cancelled. Personally i've used maxtor w/o problems for years and have the 300 gb sata diamondmax 10 too, but now i think i'll get another wd. Or try seagate for the first time.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

seagate it is, then...

As for Maxtor, they're not getting my business ever again... The HD which failed on me yesterday had almost 80 GB of data, most of which I can only *hope* to recover... like I said, it's been replaced three times already in the past three years. I can probably dig out the old thread when I first told the story here, on AT...

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

I have 5 WD in my computer right now. I still voted for Seagate because I think it's the best choice now.

 

[Oyeve]

Seagate.

W=We
D= Die

 

[ShadowBlade]

Originally posted by: ItmPls
Seagate.

 

[stevty2889]

I use both, never had a problem with either, and they perform about the same, but the seagates are a bit quieter. I've never had either a WD or Seagate fail on me, but the 5 year waranty on seagates is an added plus in their favor.

 

[Paulson]

I have a lot (and I repeat a lot) of western digital drives... I've had three go bad but I still use them...

I just bought a 200GB seagate and I might be switching over to Seagate from now on... I'll just have to see

 

[n0cmonkey]

I haven't had problems with either, but I prefer seagate.

 

[Promethply]

It's really quite hard to pick between WD and Seagate, since I've had good experience with both -- just pick the less expensive of the two.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Western Digital, but Seagate is cool too. Anything but Maxtor.
Tas.