The IBM DeskStars..........

[SPB]

So, what is the general concensus on thses drives? I just bought and received my 80gig 120gxp which is supposed to be the shnit and preform verry well. I am concerned about the reliability of the drive though having heard so many bad things about the previous gxp's. Is most of this just trash talk or is there an actuall problem? People I personaly know have never had a single problem with their IBM drives. When is AnandTech going to do a review of the new series of GXP's? Any wyas, I haven't even hooked the drive up yet so I will have to come to my own conclusions later. Thanx.

 

[DoOLiE11]

i dont think it will be a problem,

i have had my 75gxp and havent had a single problem with them yet.

 

[SaturnX]

My 30GB 75GXP is still rolling along, great drive, but it's only a storage now, since I bought a Maxtor D740X (60GB) for my new main drive. But the IBM was my system drive for last year, and still going strong.

--Mark

 

[John]

<< So, what is the general concensus on thses drives? >>



One would think you should ask that question before the purchase if there is doubt in your mind.

 

[Paulson]

I don't believe I've seen anyone having a gripe about the 120GXP models... maybe I'm wrong, but I'm hoping that IBM ironed out all the problems by this model...

 

[John]

The 120GXP is too new of a HDD to make a viable conclusion.

 

[Paulson]

Very true John...

I'm hoping IBM is trying to at least fix this damn problem, or else Maxtor, Western Digital, and Segate are going to be getting a hell of a lot more business

 

[SPB]

John you have a good point and I had asked a few people and decided through that info to go with the IBM. The other option was the Maxtor or the Seagate but IBM won me over in the end. I seriously considerd the WD "Special Addetion" for about 5 seconds. It may not have been as thought out as it should have been but that was my decision none the less. Besides if I have any problems I hear that new egg is good about RMA's. Thanx for the input peoples. I will find out tonight if it was a good decission or not and then time will tell from there.