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^%^%#^%#& IBM Drives

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Fox2k

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Alright i'm sick of this. I received an IBM hard drive 2 christmases ago. It died on me last year, and I got it RMAd. The replacement is now dying. Of course it had to start while seeking to burn a cdrw, which cost me a CD, but that's beside the point. My 80 gig maxtor is also dying, I need to RMA it as well. Does ANYONE know a brand of hard drive which is RELIABLE and won't die on me? I take remarkable care of my system and everything in it, with the exception of overclocking. If O/Cing is killing my drives, someone tell me now, otherwise i'd like to know where I can turn to to get a reliaible hard drive.

Thanks for listening to my rant.

 
Thanks for your reply. I have an antec case, with cool air blowing directly on the drives at all times. I don't think that's the source of the problem.
 
If you're overclocking with just the CPU multiplier, then you should be fine as you're only increasing stress on the CPU. If you're overclocking with the FSB, then yes, you're actually overclocking the entire system. Harddrives and CDRW's are generally the first to go when overclocking in this manner (which is why I always try to avoid o/c'ng this way). Unfortunately, unlike video cards and CPUs, when HDDs and CDRW's start showing the initial signs of trouble, it's already too late and they generally bite the dust shortly there after.
 
Seagate, little slower, but very quiet, Maxtor, which I have had good luck with only 1 has died in the last 3-4 years I've installed about 30 of them all together. I have 2 IBM's and one maxtor currently in the main rig, one 3GB seagate that just won't quit in a secondary rig. Everyone here though will tell you to get the WD SE 8MB hardrives. I have no experience with them, but alot of peeps here praise them for speed and quietness.

That's about all of your tier1 options...

Was the IBM a 75gxp? Might wanna give the 120gxp, or 180gxp's a try.
 
The IBM is an old 30 gig, the maxtor that is about to take its last mouthful of dust is an 80 (that hurt a lot..had to delete 20 gigs of stuff in order to have room to back everythign up before I RMA it)

Yes, I have been overclocking using the FSB. I realized that increased the fsb to most devices, I ddin't know IDE devices were among those however.

Thanks for the heads up.
I'm upgrading to a p4 system next week, are they multiplier locked? I'm getting a 2.4gig 533 fsb. I heard something about the northwoods being unlocked or something, I'm not sure wheteher it was the other way around or not
 
IBM's new 120 and 180GXP are the fastest and in my experience the most reliable drives available for IDE systame. Seagate comes second but is a bit slower.
 
segate = good. My 80gb just crapped out on me....but other 40gb i got is running strong. (knock on wood)🙂...all drives have there up's and downs...........but seagate has more up's than downs from my expierence.
 
If you do not have an Intel board with the AGP/PCI lock, then you are running your hard drives out of spec if you are overclocked. Overclocking too far can lead to data corruption in the short run, and in the long run will wear out your drive much faster than normal. Your hard drives run off the South Bridge, which also controlls your PCI devices. It is designed to run at 33 MHz, and is not designed to run better at higher speeds. On the contrary, it can degrade performance and can hurt your components if you go too far. It is possible that you have just had bad luck with your drives as IBM and Maxtor make good quality drives, but your overclocking may also be taking it's toll on them.
 
hard drives suck.
one of the only things i dont ever trust
only brands i have complete faith in are fujitsu and seagate, and some of the new WD drives are proving to be okay.

other than that, if you want reliability... go SCSI.. they never seem to fail!
 
i only use ibm drives ,and i have bought 5 ibm drives (13.5g 75gxp, two 20g 60gxp, two 80g 120gxp) so far in the pass 2 year, none fail on me. they make the fastest IDE drive imo.
 
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