IBM 75GXP...good drive?

[Stang46]

Guys I'm about to build my first computer next week(woohoo) and the hd I choose is a 30GB IBM 75GXP. Just wanted to hear is this was a wise choice or not...
Thanks,
Justin

 

[Muadib]

Can't go wrong with IBM. Anand did a review not too long ago.

 

[Oyeve]

Do a thread search and you will get MANY hits.

 

[Wuming]

quiet and reliable!

 

[hagbard]

Go to the Usenet newsgroup <<comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage>> download a couple months worth of messages (if available) and look through. Make sure you check out topics that say &quot;problem&quot; and see how it compares with others for reliablity. I have that drive...and experienced some strange occurances (of which IBM is aware) but otherwise its working well (knock on wood).

...hag

 

[Celstar]

This topic comes up every 3 days... the answer is always the same. Do a search.:disgust:

 

[Noriaki]

I love it.
I bought a 30.7 Gig 75GXP some months ago and loved it so much I pucked up a 46.1 Gig a week ago. Now my system is running with ~75Gigs of 75GXP goodness.

Great drive, super fast, very quiet, good and reliable.

 

[Stang46]

Thanks for the replies...