samsung spintpoint vs maxtor maxline pro

saimike

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which is a better drive?

Maxtor MaXLine Pro 500 7H500F0 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

SAMSUNG SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM


The Maxtor is the same price as the Samsung after a coupon code. I could not find a review which compared the 2 of them head to head.

Storage Review had a Maxtor vs Seagate vs WD review, and Tomshardware talked about Hitachi vs Samsung.

Appreciate it if anybody can point me in the right direction here.
 

Auric

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Better for what? The Maxtor is a bit long in the tooth but has a much higher reliability rating, particularly as it was meant for servers. Warranties are five years versus three?

Performance wise we can reasonably guess it's a wash since Maxtor would have been at the higher end for that generation while Samsung is at the lower of this generation.

They should both have relatively quiet motors and AAM for quiet seeks (since a genuine Maxtor drive and not a Seagate rebrand). There may still be a risk of the rythmic vibration schtick from Samsung with a certain motor (JVC rather than Nidec). Samsung likely runs cooler 'cause they normally are at the lower end of the range but also because of one less platter.

It's a tough call but for a constant duty drive I might be inclined to suggest the Maxtor for the higher rating and warranty, proven tech, and no motor worries but maybe the Samsung for a backup or other temporary useage drive where that and seek performance matters less and the presumed cooler and at least li'l bit quieter operation could be a plus - particularly in an external enclosure, as long as the possible vibration doesn't outweigh that. Check out silentpcreview for user experiences

If there was more moolah in the budget (15-30%) I would consider the WD5000YS instead and if yet more then the applicable model from the Hitachi T7K500 series or if to be a media-only situation then maybe a CinemaStar.
 

Bradtechonline

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I've dealt with a lot of hard drives, but everyones experiences are different. I use nothing but Western Digital, or Samsung hard drives. Seagates seem to be hotter than both of them. Samsungs are definatly the quietest drives I've worked with. I've use WD for the Raptor line of hard drives, and really like them.

I've had a couple of Maxtors die on me, and then after a couple months of use start to get real loud. The only other line of hard drives I dislike more than Maxtor are the Hitachi hard drives which are horrible. I have about 20-30 Acer computers with those things in them, and they sound horrible inside there.

I'd definatly go with Samsung over Maxtor.
 

saimike

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Sorry for forgetting to include how I'll use it. I plan to stick this into my fileserver PC. I dont expect to have it turned on and sitting idle most times but when it's on, it probably will be running for a couple of hours at least while I'm streaming video/audio out of it.
 

saimike

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To those who said samsung, why did you pick it? There seems to be a trend where those who pick samsung dont justify their choice so i was just curiuos.
 

Blain

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Originally posted by: saimike
To those who said samsung, why did you pick it? There seems to be a trend where those who pick samsung dont justify their choice so i was just curiuos.

Bradtechonline: "I've dealt with a lot of hard drives,
Samsungs are definatly the quietest drives I've worked with."

Samsung drives are...
A. Quiet
B. Reliable
C. Cool running
D. Fairly priced