Maxtor ata 133 drives

[sterling]

HI

I was wondering if anyone here has used the Maxtor ata133 drives and have anything good to say about them??

thanks

 

[Sniper82]

Got the 80gig version. I can't say much about them. Other than I have had to RMA 3 drives in the past year. Two Maxtor 40gigs(non ATA133) and a 80gig. Their RMA rocks I will give ya that. Last 80gig I had I thought was louder than it should be so I called them up and told them how loud the sound was and the guy told me if I wasn't pleased with it they would RMA it. Well I went ahead and RMA'ed it but for all I know their drives might just be loud. I mean there was nothing wrong with it but the noise. Well sure enough it was the drive my new 80gig is much much quieter. I guess the bearings was getting ready to go out on the other drive.

I have no complaints with it though. Seems to run fast(haven't done any benchs) and is fairly quiet other than when it is working hard you can hear it. Heard Seagate Cuda IV(VI) are nice and quiet drives.

 

[NOX]

I have two 40GB Maxtor Quite Drives (6L040L2) running in RAID0.

I never liked Maxtor, I always bought Quantum. Then I tried IBM when people were going hoopla over them. However I bought a brand new Maxtor from a fellow AT and have developed a fondness to them ever since. This is only my 2nd & 3rd Maxtor drives, and I like them a lot.

 

[rbV5]

I'm using 3 in my system, 2 in RAID 0 array. Stable, fast rock solid for me.

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: rbV5
I'm using 3 in my system, 2 in RAID 0 array. Stable, fast rock solid for me.

Same with me. I have been using Maxtor drives exclusively for about 3 years, all the drives I have bought are still in service today. I'd recommend them to a friend or my boss.

 

[Tseng]

I have owned at least 5 Maxtor HDs. Still have 2 now. Compare with other brands, I'd say that Maxtor is reliable and fast. Maxtor is the only manufactor that supports ATA/133 on the market. With the WinXP SP1 and VIA 4-in-1, I get to enjoy the speed of UltraDMA 6. Although most people will tell you that there is no significant difference between ATA/100 and ATA/133. But, I just love the feeling of having the theoically fastest HD on the market.

 

[DaFinn]

Maxtor rules!

I am using currently ONLY Maxtor drives, both at work and at home, as I have never had any troubles with them. I've had IBMs, Seagates and WDs die on me, but never a Maxtor!

Fast enough, quiet enough, reliable enough, enough said...



-DaFinn

 

[Elcs]

I have a Maxtor 1.6 gig in my dinky rig and thats been going for a long time. I think its over 5 but could be as high as 6 or 7 years.

No sectors in over 5 years cant be bad.

Market has changed so much in that time so they might not be as good as they used to be.

 

[Texun]

I recently built a Thunderbird 1.3 with a Maxtor 40g ATA133 and it flies. Not only does it feel faster, it is. Not sure what the catch is but it smoked my XP1700 with the Maxtor ATA100 45g drive. All else being equal I would much rather use his 1.3 over my XP1700. Both have the 266A chipset and 512DDR. The slower processor with the new Maxtor are the key differences.

Haven't seen many 45g 7200RPM Maxtors. Mine may have an odd array of platters.

 

[NicColt]

>Maxtor is the only manufactor that supports ATA/133 on the market

This basically means nothing. Hard Drive manufacturers make their own UDMA 5 and UDMA 6 bios, they follow the ATA-ATAPI standards. Maxtor owns the rights to the UDMA6 bios and therefore the ATA/133 name. Other hard drive manufacturers can make ATA/100 bioses that support drives over 137GB but they can't call it ATA/133 unless they licence the bios from Maxtor. In other words IBM, WD and others who do drives >137GB will be ATA/100 (unless they licence the maxtor bios) but will work the same at the Maxtor >137GB drives. It has nothing to do with performance or anything to do with the ATA-ATAPI standard. Mobo's who claim that they are ATA/133 compatible just means that they can support all ATA-ATAPI standard drives.

MaxLine Plus II has 7200 RPM spin speeds, capacities to 250GB, 9 ms average seek time, a choice of Maxtor-developed Ultra ATA/133 or serial ATA interfaces, a 2MB buffer and the only 5-year limited warranty for an ATA drive in the industry.

This is interesting they say either ATA/133 or Serial ATA. Also here at Akiba it's as if It shows the drive with an 8Mb Buffer. They also seem to confirm the 8Mb buffer in Maxtor's PFD MaxLine Plus II specs

 

[warrenpeace]

I have an 80 gig that i bought when they first came out (bundled with a Promise ATA133 pci card). It is very very quiet which i like, and it has never missed a beat. I now also have a WD 80 gig JB with the 8mb buffer, and i have to say it performs much faster. Programs load a lot faster with the WD, but the maxtor has been stable as can be.

 

[apoppin]

I have 3 - 7200 Maxtors . . . 2-30GB and a 40GB. Both of the 30s are ATA100 and run noticeably slower than the ATA133 40GB.

No problems with reliablilty. With Maxtor(re)bates, I got ALL 3 of my drives for less than $100 (total - gotta love Hot Deals Forum).

 

[Shamrock]

My Maxtor 60GB quiet drive survived a PC meltdown, motherboard shorted out. Mine is still recognized as "healthy" by MS defrag and Diskeeper 7