Maxtor or Western Digital hard drive?

[Lager]

Which hard drive do you like better? Maxtor or Western Digital hard drive?

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: coldcut
Which hard drive do you like better? Maxtor or Western Digital hard drive?

Personal preference is Maxtor. However, I use both and can't complain about either.

 

[Johnnie]

MAXTOR.....

 

[Eli]

They are both excellent.

I have a WD Expert that I bought 4 years ago.

4 years of 24/7 power.

 

[Jugernot]

No question, Western Digital...

 

I have both in my machine now (an 80GB Maxtor and a 120 GB Western Digital). Neither have given me ANY problems, but the WD is much quieter than the Maxtor.

 

[amdskip]

Maxtor, don't use western digital.

Seagate are really nice too, quietess drives that are out there.

 

[pyonir]

I have two maxtor drives have have no problems at all.

 

[murphy55d]

I have one of each in my system now... both have been flawless. (40gb Diamondmax, 80gb caviar)

 

[Koing]

2x80 WD SE.

Fast.

I also like IBM but the WD SE are faster and IBM screwed with my 60GXP. I will have to send that back to IBM later. On the other hand one of mY WD SE was playing up a few months ago. Seems to work better as slave and not master HD. Reason I bought another one. FAST.

I will go with the quickest and the most reliable. I will go with a Rapter if any of my HD fail. 5yr warrenty!

 

[Paulson]

5 western digial drives (40, 60, 80, 80, 120 all 7200RPM)

I'm a firm believer

 

[HiTek21]

I have a Western Digital 120GB SE drive and a Seagate Barracuda IV 80GB

I like my Seagate better because my western digital makes a high pitched sound where as my Seagate is dead silent.

 

[AznMaverick]

had only one problem with a maxtor (i have 5 maxtor drives adding up to a total of 280 gigs). however, i was very surprised and satisfied with their service. i RMAed the drive and got a new one back +10 gigs in less than a week. that is just amazing since i live in hawaii and crap gets shipped here fairly slowly.

 

[GoingUp]

wd

 

[Lager]

Wow, lot's of Seagate fans. I should get some Seagate drives next time.

 

[H34D0N]

I bought a Maxtor (80 gig) its never skipped a beat... I dont like Western Digital's for one reason, they seem louder to me.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

My WD flaked out, just got the replacement. I voted for Seagate 'cause I've had no problems whatsoever with it.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

My WD flaked out, just got the replacement. I voted for Seagate 'cause I've had no problems whatsoever with it.

Also, the Seagate is VERY quiet.

 

[Sid59]

2 Maxtors
1 WD in my rig

Samsung and Fuji in the other

just got 2 free WD today.

all have performed awesome.

only time i've had a drive fail .. was installing a WD retail and it was DOA.

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Maxtor

 

[brunswickite]

WD

 

[slackerinabox]

I have a maxtor, 2xWD's and a samsung in one computer.. My favorite among them all: the samsung.. It's really quiet and feels zippier for some reason (I made it the boot HD now)..

 

[Electrode]

I really haven't done enough with hard drives to prefer one brand over another. All I know is that I've got 2 Maxtor's, 5 WD's, and an IBM in use right now, and my dead HD pile consists of a 30GB IBM, a 6GB WD, a 13.6GB Fujitsu (broken IDE connecter, WTB replacement controller board), and a 10GB Samsung.

If I were to buy a new hard drive today, all brands at the same price, I would flip a coin. Heads, WD for me; Tails, Maxtor scores.

 

[Tal]

wd

 

[spidey]

I've had two Maxtors, and both died. I'm clearly in the minority on that, they have a good rep, but I decided to try something else - my first WD arrives on Tuesday.