Need to get a couple of IDE drives...suggestions ?

[Brig]

I need to get two 7200 RPM IDE disk drives, and will be using them in a Raid 0 array. Western Digital has always been reliable for me, and I've been using a couple of IBM 75GXPs with no problems since they first came out. However, I've been hearing a lot lately about high failure rates with some IBM drives. Are all these failures happening on a specific IBM model, or on all their drives ?

If you have any other specific suggestions for quality IDE drives I'd be glad to hear them.

Thanks

 

[LoneWolf1]

Maxtor drives have always been reliable for me.

 

[minendo]

<< Maxtor drives have always been reliable for me. >>


Same here, but I recently upgraded to two WD 60 gb harddrives. I havent had a problem yet(* knock on wood *).

 

[NEVERwinter]

Ya, i agree with that statement "Maxtor drives have always been reliable for me. "

hehehee... but the new Seagate is also good and fast.

 

[Brig]

Thanks for the input guys. Seems like most everyone who has/had Maxtor or WD is pretty happy with their choice...I'll have to check out that new Seagate, too.



Semper Fi Lone Wolf.

 

[Abzstrak]

I'd go with the IBM 60GXP series.... very fast/reliable.


outta curiosity, what raid card?

 

[Brig]

Well, since there were a couple of good recommendations I decided to stick with what I already had confidence in, so went with WD.

Abzstrak, according to your other post, you don't wanna hear which card I'm gonna use.

Now you got me curious, though. Was the Promise card that bad, and which chipset were you using it with ? I was using my IBM drives on an Abit BX133 (HPT370). Worked good for a long time.....then all of a sudden the array just disappeared. Probably something I did while playing around. Anyway, I've not used a seperate raid card before, so figured I'd give the Fastrak 100tx2 a shot.

 

[teriba]

Damn, you should have got two new Seagate Barracude ATAIV's. I have one, 40GB, and it's sweet! So silent and fast!

 

[ojai00]

<< Damn, you should have got two new Seagate Barracude ATAIV's. I have one, 40GB, and it's sweet! So silent and fast! >>



Barracuda IV 60GB owner here. Love the drive...quiet and fast.

 

[AndyHui]

I recommend the Maxtor D740X drives.

 

[Dundain]

I love Western Digital drives, never had any problems with em and they're fast and fairly quiet Though I have heard of some people having problems returning them...just make sure you buy em from a reputable company and you should be fine.

 

[TheWart]

got a pair of WD400BB (40GB) from newegg with a Promise 100TX2 in Raid-0. pure loving in winXP.

 

[zodder]

Another Maxtor vote. Cheap, fast and reliable.