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Maxtor vs IBM

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jaybird24

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I am going to buy a new HD soon and was wondering what drive I should buy. I want either the Maxtor DiamondMAX Plus or the IBM Deskstar 75GXP. I will more than likely get the 30GB but may go for the 40GB. Not sure yet. The prices are close to the same so which do you guys think is the best?

Thanks for your feedback!
 
"For our part, we believe the Deskstar 75GXP successfully defends its crown as the best 7200 RPM drive around" - Storagereview.com

Thats all you need to know. Yes, IBM is going to be faster, but Maxtor is coming strong and has been on its heels. I still like Maxtor though, the newer Plus 45 model made excellent advancements over the older Plus 40, and offering the top 45GB model at a mere $179. I want to see an IBM do that.
 
Question for all the Maxtor fans out there, have you used your HDs for more than 2-3 years? I ask because I've owned two Maxtor drives in my life, one a 2 gig and one an 8 gig. The 2 gig ran fine for about 2 years then just died. The 8 gig on the other hand (5400rpm, ata 33, nothing special) ran for 9 months then started clicking and never worked again.

Yet the remainder of the drives I've owned are all Western Digital (80 meg in my old 386 to the current 15 gig now) and they all still work fine, yes even the 80 meg which I got when I was a freshman in High school (early nineties)!!

Perhaps I just have bad luck with Maxtor, but I won't purchase another one of their HDs. So I'm just curious if a Maxtor fan can share some of their time frame's for their HDs.. thanks!
 
I have:

Maxtor 5GB, working since 1996, still does
Maxtor 10GB, working since winter of 1998
Maxtor 13GB, working since spring of 1999, sold to a friend, still works
Maxtor 20GB, Im running it now
Maxtor 45GB, running in my machine now.


Never had a problem with them, it can only be

1. Maxtor is great.
2. I am extremely lucky.

I bet 9 out of 10 of you will pick 2 for me.
 
10GB Maxtor here. I used to have it running off of 124MHz FSB (1/4 PCI), but now it's at 133 FSB.

Been running since Q1 1999. Great drive.
 
I've had 2 Maxtors. One didn't work well from the start. Got that returned. The other is still up. I believe the newer models are more reliable.
 
Just my 2 cents here, but I just moved from a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus, 13.6 GB, to an IBM 30.7 GB 75GXP.

Noticeably faster and MUCH quieter. Best money I ever spent on a hard drive. There was nothing wrong with the Maxtor, but remember: "You get what you pay for." 🙂
 
Same thing if you had gone with the Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40/45. Hey, I have heard of the loudest hdds in the world, the Maxtor 10GB and 13GB, oh the newer models is a day and night difference. Faster, cooler, quieter.
 
I have had nothing but BAD experience with maxtor drives.
Bad sectors, vibration, just plain dead, you name it. luckily their support is ok!

go IBM anyday
 
i have a maxtor diamond max6800 and a ibm 75gxp. The 75gxp is quieter even though its 7200rpm. ALso the maxtor reformatted it self a couple times when it was up at 83mhz bus . The maxtor seemed more prone to killing its data if overclocking wasnt stable, in the year i've had it. I had an old seagate with it and that thing didnt even get messed up but the maxtor would lose data sometimes when i was overclocking.
 
My over 4 year old 2gb Maxtor still runs fine, though I pulled it about a month+ ago for a 30gb IBM 75gxp. I got 2 for my partially built new sys.
Man that old Maxtor was loud.

Anyway the IBM and Maxtor etc newer models were all the same price so IBM for me.

The new Quantum AS drives might take IBMs crown but they aren't out yet.
Hope there quiter than the LMs. But gotta love the low access times of the Quantums, and their claims should see Quantum pushing IBM in transfer speeds, something the LM+ doesn't do.

For now IBM rules.
But if you can get a 45+ for say $30 less than maybe.
 
Lokan:

I have no idea what performance Maxtor are showing recently. But I did have one yrs ago. It was a Maxter 540M 🙁. I belive it was 7 yrs ago when I bought it and yep it is still working for me, though not quietly.
 
So far I've seen 5 dead Maxtor's(all between 7.2g - 10g)3 of those came from the same customers system. I have seen 1 dead IBM, but it died at the hands of couriers(the circuit board just hung off the bottom of the drive, worked for awhile then died).

Given the 2 choices, I'd recommend the IBM.
 
Vote for Maxtor here - I'm quite impressed with their Diamondmax 40/45+ line. But from what I've read IBM drives are awesome too. For most people, I don't think either is a bad choice.
 
IBM: Quiet, fast, reliable, and cool running.

I am personally running 3 x 20.5GB, 1 x 22.5GB, and 1 x 14.4GB right now. I've also built dozens on systems of the Deskstars and they have been solid.

Windogg
 
Hard drives are pretty much like cars. You can say x brand is better than y, but they ALL have their chances.

People say Hondas are awesome, but has there never been a honda that needed repairs? Not likely.

I have used numerous drives. A Seagate that came with my 386 has lasted over 10 years. The seagate in my Compaq (miraculously) has lasted 2 1/2.

The Maxtor I bought in February is still kicking without a single problem and is my favorite drive for speed and being quiet.

My first new drive, a WD Caviar I bought last summer died last week. My friend's WD died a few months ago and his maxtor is still going. My second WD drive is still running fine.

The fact that you use your computer increases the risk your components will fail. Nothing is 100% and if they die, there's always warrantees and most of the companies are pretty good about replacing them. Just back your stuff up every once in a while.
 
Well My friends WD drive went belly up, and so did my WD drive. But I was able to semi-repair them with a zero-fill and a surface scan to block out the bad parts. the drive wouldn't even read past the bad sectors until after I zero-filled.
 
My drive experience.

340MB WD - Died the same day I bought a WD6.4 GIG - My sister call me on the way home telling me the old drive died as I was driving home from the store.

Quantum Fireball 9.1 SCSIs x2 - Both RMAed Different Periods due to sector not found, etc. - Sold as RMAed and never heard from it.

Quantum Fireball 13.1 IDE x3 - Still working, 1 gets sector not found sometimes.

Quantum Atlas 10Ks x4 - Still running but one makes a scratch sound - 5 year warranty, 4 to go, not complaining.

Maxtor DiamondMax 40Gig x2 - 2 Month old drive die this past sunday, taking me to the repairs shop = $2000.00 worth of recovery data. The spare is still running.

I like to give those IBM a try
 
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