POLL: Western Digital,Maxtor or Seagate?

[glen]

Western Digital,Maxtor or Seagate?

 

[SZLiao214]

hey, are you asking which one is better or which one we have?

 

[brtspears2]

All of them have been equally reliable to me, though the Segate 200Gb still has a 3yr warranty, something rare these days.

 

[eplebnista]

Maxtor

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

WD

 

[nickdakick]

Originally posted by: eplebnista
Maxtor

Rock stable for more than 4 years now.

 

[Chadder007]

After having 4 WD's (two 40 gig and two 100 gig) go in a row and a consistent flow of Maxtors (6 and 10 gig) go out here at work.....Seagate.

 

[NutBucket]

Been using Maxtors since my 425 meg drive years ago (which still works perfectly). When my last maxtor died I bought a WD while the max was out for RMA.

 

[aircooled]

WD here (but I also have the other brands and they are fine too)

 

[gsaldivar]

Whatever is on sale.

 

[glen]

Seems to me that the Segate should be the most reliable because there liquid suspention, which makes them the quietest, also reduces friction - less heat and less wear and tear - so, I presume they last longer. All things being equal, I would still rather have a Seagate because they are 1000 times quieter (actually they are probably more like a billion times quieter - about 9db or more).

 

[nick1985]

seagate

 

[edro]

Originally posted by: glen
Seems to me that the Segate should be the most reliable because there liquid suspention, which makes them the quietest, also reduces friction - less heat and less wear and tear - so, I presume they last longer. All things being equal, I would still rather have a Seagate because they are 1000 times quieter (actually they are probably more like a billion times quieter - about 9db or more).

They almost all have a liquid bearing now a days.

 

[Anubis]

i have 2 seagates, 1 maxtor and 1 WD in my comp right now

wheres the option for all 3, they have all been fine for me

 

[glen]

need more votes for better statistics.

 

[DannyBoy]

Maxtor for performance by far, seagate for quietness by far...

 

[TitanDiddly]

I'm using a Samsung right now, but I got it for free. (Dumb friend had one break on him, thought it might be fixable, gave it to me, I RMA'd)

 

[Ynog]

Have all three drives. Prefer WD and Seagate over Maxtor, but I have no problems with Maxtor.
Just a preference.

 

[vexingv]

have tried maxtor and WD and i think that WD is better

 

[Paulson]

Obviously western digital!

(I have 6 of them that work notoriously all day and all night long )

 

[dr150]

Originally posted by: Anubis
i have 2 seagates, 1 maxtor and 1 WD in my comp right now

wheres the option for all 3, they have all been fine for me

Along with a new 250gb Hitachi DeskStar.

All these drives are made reliably these days.

 

[GRIFFIN1]

See Storagereview.com

Hitachi has been their favorite for a while now. They are supposed to be fast and quiet. The computer I'm using right now used to have 2 - 120 gig WD drives in it, but now it has 1 - 200 gig Seagate drive. I just got sick of listening to those loud Western Digital drives. The WD drives are still in the case, but they aren't hooked up.

I used to buy a lot of WD because you could usually get a good deal on them. I would buy another one only if it was free and it had a rebate large enough to pay for the segate that would replace it.

 

[SZLiao214]

Generally seagate is the more exspensive out of the 3 by about 10-20 bucks for equivalent sized hard drive. But they are a great deal quieter then the other choices. WD/Maxtor both equally good if you dont care about sound.

 

[Doggiedog]

Where is the option for IBM/Hitachi?

J/K

<== Former owner of 3 IBM Deathstars

 

[Vertimus]

Seagate server drives = teh king